Abstract
An air/radio frequency assisted (ARFA) dryer has replaced a conventional steam heated oven for the drying of heavy textile webs at TBA Industrial Products Limited, Rochdale, United Kingdom. The environmental acceptability of the radio frequency equipment was investigated by the Electricity Council. It concluded that there was no danger of radiation absorption by the operators at present, but attention was drawn to two doors on the machine which needed preventative safeguard measures. The demonstration project at TBA was supported under the Energy Efficiency Demonstration Scheme because of its replication potential throughout the textile industry, and has shown that the technology is a viable alternative to conventional steam heated dryers. At a projected level of production of 3,000 m/week, the ARFA oven would save 3,264 GJ/year valued at Pound 17,169/year in comparison to the steam heated oven. In addition to the energy savings, TBA has quantified the additional benefits of being able to increase production at the same manning levels and improved production flexibility to be Pound 75,000/year. The total cost of removing the old steam heated oven and installing the ARFA oven was Pound 212,097 which, on the above savings, would be paid back in 2.3 years. The project has
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title = {Air/radio frequency assisted (ARFA) drying of heavy textiles. Demonstration at TBA Industrial Products Ltd. [Rochdale (GB)]}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {An air/radio frequency assisted (ARFA) dryer has replaced a conventional steam heated oven for the drying of heavy textile webs at TBA Industrial Products Limited, Rochdale, United Kingdom. The environmental acceptability of the radio frequency equipment was investigated by the Electricity Council. It concluded that there was no danger of radiation absorption by the operators at present, but attention was drawn to two doors on the machine which needed preventative safeguard measures. The demonstration project at TBA was supported under the Energy Efficiency Demonstration Scheme because of its replication potential throughout the textile industry, and has shown that the technology is a viable alternative to conventional steam heated dryers. At a projected level of production of 3,000 m/week, the ARFA oven would save 3,264 GJ/year valued at Pound 17,169/year in comparison to the steam heated oven. In addition to the energy savings, TBA has quantified the additional benefits of being able to increase production at the same manning levels and improved production flexibility to be Pound 75,000/year. The total cost of removing the old steam heated oven and installing the ARFA oven was Pound 212,097 which, on the above savings, would be paid back in 2.3 years. The project has shown that ARFA drying of heavy webs is an economically attractive alternative to traditional steam heated ovens, and should encourage replication in similar industrial sectors. (author).}
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title = {Air/radio frequency assisted (ARFA) drying of heavy textiles. Demonstration at TBA Industrial Products Ltd. [Rochdale (GB)]}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {An air/radio frequency assisted (ARFA) dryer has replaced a conventional steam heated oven for the drying of heavy textile webs at TBA Industrial Products Limited, Rochdale, United Kingdom. The environmental acceptability of the radio frequency equipment was investigated by the Electricity Council. It concluded that there was no danger of radiation absorption by the operators at present, but attention was drawn to two doors on the machine which needed preventative safeguard measures. The demonstration project at TBA was supported under the Energy Efficiency Demonstration Scheme because of its replication potential throughout the textile industry, and has shown that the technology is a viable alternative to conventional steam heated dryers. At a projected level of production of 3,000 m/week, the ARFA oven would save 3,264 GJ/year valued at Pound 17,169/year in comparison to the steam heated oven. In addition to the energy savings, TBA has quantified the additional benefits of being able to increase production at the same manning levels and improved production flexibility to be Pound 75,000/year. The total cost of removing the old steam heated oven and installing the ARFA oven was Pound 212,097 which, on the above savings, would be paid back in 2.3 years. The project has shown that ARFA drying of heavy webs is an economically attractive alternative to traditional steam heated ovens, and should encourage replication in similar industrial sectors. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1990}
month = {Nov}
}