Automobile drying plant

Abstract

Abstract IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE OUTPUT CAPACITY AND TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF STATIONARY OR TRANSPORTABLE DRYING PLANTS FOR WASHED VEHICLES OF THE TYPE USING A TUNNEL OR GANTRY COMPRISING SLOT NOZZLES CONNECTED TO A HIGH-PRESSURE BLOWER OF HIGH EFFICIENCY AND DIRECTING THE COMPRESSED AIR WITH HIGH VELOCITY AGAINST THE VEHICLE SURFACES TO BE DRIED, THERE IS PROVIDED HEAT-EXCHANGING MEANS HEATED WITH CHEAP ENERGY, FOR INSTANCE FUEL OIL BY MEANS OF AN OIL BURNER, AND ARRANGED AT THE DISCHARGE SIDE AND, IF OCCASION ARISES ALSO AT THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE BLOWER. BY CONTROLLING THE INCREASE OF THE AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE BLOWER IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT DYNAMIC PRESSURE AT THE SLOT NOZZLES AT TEMPERATURES VARYING BETWEEN 20*C. AND 150*C. THEREBY ALLOWING THE DRYING PLANT TO ADAPT TO THE MOMENTARILY PREVAILING OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS. AT THE SAME TIME THE NOISE LEVEL OF THE BLOWER IS REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY BY PROVIDING THE HEAT EXCHANGING MEANS WHICH ACTS AS SOUNDDAMPING MEANS. IN ADDITION THE HEAT-EXCHANGING MEANS MAY ALSO INCLUDE NOISE-DAMPING MEANS OR SEPARATE MUFFLING MEANS MAY BE PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT EXCHANGING MEANS.

Inventors

• 👤 Armin Peters

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