2. Record the weight of sand and tray.

3. Start the blower and fix the air flow rate and also its inlet temperature by adjusting the energy regulator.
4. When the desired conditions of temperature and air velocity are reached , remove the sample tray and put
known amount of water in it to give a desired initial moisture content.
5. Keep the tray gently in the drying chamber and start the stop watch.Record the balance reading with time at
about 3-5 min interval.
6. Drying is assumed to be complete when atleast 3 consecutive readings are unchanged.
7. The same steps are repeated for other runs at different operating conditions.

CALCULATIONS :

At Pressure = 1.5 cm of water

Weight of dry solid, S = 100 gm
Amount of initial moisture = 15 ml
Weight of solid, W= solid + water

Moisture content present in solid,

We have the experimental data as :

Time ,t Wt. of solid(solid + water ) W Moisture content present in solid X

(sec) (gm) (gm water/gm of dry soild)
0 115 0.15

3 112 0.12

6 109 0.09

9 107 0.07

12 105 0.05

15 103 0.03

18 101 0.01

21 100 0

Now we plot a X vs t plot as shown