公开(公告)号：US20240345015A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18434400

申请日：2024-02-06

申请人： Novatec, Inc.

发明人： Conrad BESSEMER ,  Gregory Michael Washburn ,  Frederick W. EICHHORN, II ,  Diego Ruben BARRETTINO ,  Ryan ISMIRLIAN ,  Kevin Shipley ,  Perry Jordan ,  Mark Haynie ,  Sean P. Healy

IPC分类号： G01N27/22

CPC分类号： G01N27/223

摘要： A moisture sensing system is configured to determine the moisture level in granulate materials, such as, but not limited to, plastic resin pellets and agricultural grains. The system is configured to measure various parameters relating to the environment around the granulate material, and to determine additional characteristics of the granulate material based on these parameters. In some embodiments, the system is configured as a multi-sensor array with the computational and communicative capabilities to process the acquired measurements and provide outputs to a process device, such as a dryer, to help optimize the drying or other processes performed on the granulate material after the moisture measurements and other data are acquired.

公开(公告)号：US20240263874A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18467810

申请日：2023-09-15

申请人： Novatec, Inc.

发明人： Conrad BESSEMER ,  Mark HAYNIE ,  Diego Ruben BARRETTINO ,  Sean P. HEALY ,  Ryan ISMIRLIAN ,  Frederick W. EICHHORN, II ,  Gregory Michael Washburn

IPC分类号： F26B3/16 ,  B29B13/06 ,  F26B25/22

CPC分类号： F26B3/16 ,  B29B13/065 ,  F26B25/22 ,  F26B2200/06 ,  F26B2200/08

摘要： Systems for drying granular materials, such as resin granulates, powdered materials, and agricultural grains, can include a storage vessel for holding the granular material; a drying hopper having a body defining an interior volume configured to receive the granular material; a diffuser configured to direct process air into the interior volume; a vacuum source for transferring the granular material from the storage vessel and to the drying hopper; and a moisture sensor for determining a moisture content of the granular material at a location upstream of the drying hopper. At least one of the residence time of the granular material within the drying hopper, and the temperature, humidity, and flow rate of the process air are regulated based on the moisture content of the granular material measured upstream of the drying hopper at, for example, the storage vessel.