Electronic waste, or e-waste, is continuing to capture global attention thanks to a litany of issues associated with the waste, ranging from environmental hazards to humanitarian concerns. As growing amounts of the waste add to fears of a looming crisis, efforts to recover valuable materials …
Whether you are using a rotary dryer, rotary kiln, or rotary cooler, there is one thing that all these instruments have in common: they all use methods of heat transfer to carry out their jobs. Heat transfer is how heat moves from one source to …
This week’s highlighted resource is a Slideshare presentation on rotary kiln customization. Rotary kilns are incredibly flexible and can be customized to meet a variety of different thermal processing needs. This Slideshare presentation looks at some of the many options used to customize rotary kilns …
This week’s highlighted resource is a project profile on a rotary kiln resource recovery system. The recovery and reuse of metals is becoming ever-more critical to meeting the demands of the growing global population. This project profile highlights a rotary kiln FEECO designed to recover …
This week’s highlighted resource is a Slideshare presentation on rotary kiln sizing and design. Rotary kilns are capable of carrying out various objectives and processing hundreds of materials. The principles behind the sizing and design of this advanced thermal processing device are explained in this …
Our photo this week comes from a processing plant where a rotary kiln is being used to process a bulk solid. The equipment in the image is a direct-fired rotary kiln with insulation on the exterior of the drum shell. Insulation helps to increase efficiency …
This week’s highlighted resource is a brochure on FEECO combustion chambers. Combustion chambers are utilized on rotary dryers and kilns to prevent the material from coming into contact with the burner flame. With our expertise in advanced thermal processing, FEECO engineers custom combustion chambers that …
This week’s highlighted resource is an infographic on producing activated carbon and other products from biomass. Producing materials such as biochar, activated carbon, and biocoal from biomass sources continues to be a growing trend. This infographic gives an overview on all of the products that …
Rotary dryers and kilns have been essential pyro processing systems for over a century, offering advantages like uniform heat exposure, reduced processing times, and high efficiency. These rotating drums are widely used across industries for processes such as drying, calcination, and chemical reactions, making them …
As the global population expands and water quality issues continue to make headlines, never has it been more important to conserve water resources to our fullest ability, and to ensure that the water available to us is clean and contaminant-free. Simultaneously, researchers and scientists everywhere …