MICROWAVE CONVECTIVE DRIER Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F26B15/14 F26B17/04 

FIELD: heating.

SUBSTANCE: in a microwave convective drier containing alternating microwave chambers and cooling chambers, an endless thrust component with blades fixed on it, a new feature is that a drier housing is made in the form of a box, inside which there located in series are alternating microwave chambers and cooling chambers; with that, on the internal side wall of each microwave chamber there installed is a magnetron; the lower part of cooling chambers is connected to a fan, and their upper parts are connected to an exhaust diffuser for removal of waste heat carrier; partition walls are installed between microwave chambers and cooling chambers with possibility of being moved in a vertical plane by means of a rope; a rope conveyor, on which perforated trays are fixed with an equal pitch and the movement of which is performed in cycles, passes through all the chambers.

EFFECT: improving quality of finished products owing to removing evaporated moisture, maintaining rational temperature effect on the product, and minimising power consumption on drying of products.

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