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Drying
Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final production step before selling or packaging products. To be considered "dried", the final product must be solid, in the form of a continuous sheet (e.g., paper), long pieces (e.g., wood), particles (e.g., cereal grains or corn flakes) or powder (e.g., sand, salt, washing powder, milk powder). A source of heat and an agent to remove the vapor produced by the process are often involved. In bioproducts like food, grains, and pharmaceuticals like vaccines, the solvent to be removed is almost invariably water. Desiccation may be synonymous with drying or considered an extreme form of drying. In the most common case, a gas stream, e.g., air, applies the heat by convection and carries away the vapor as humidity. Other possibilities are vacuum drying, where heat is supplied by conduction or radiation (or microwaves), while the vapor thus produced is removed by the vacuum system. Another indirect technique is drum drying (used, for instance, for manufacturing potato flakes), where a heated surface is used to provide the energy, and aspirators draw the vapor outside the room. In contrast, the mechanical extraction of the solvent, e.g., water, by filtration or centrifugation, is not considered "drying" but rather "draining".
Webster Dictionary
Drying
of Dry
Dryingadjective
adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room
Dryingadjective
having the quality of rapidly becoming dry
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Drying
Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final production step before selling or packaging products. To be considered "dried", the final product must be solid, in the form of a continuous sheet, long pieces, particles or powder. A source of heat and an agent to remove the vapor produced by the process are often involved. In bioproducts like food, grains, and pharmaceuticals like vaccines, the solvent to be removed is almost invariably water. In the most common case, a gas stream, e.g., air, applies the heat by convection and carries away the vapor as humidity. Other possibilities are vacuum drying, where heat is supplied by conduction or radiation, while the vapor thus produced is removed by the vacuum system. Another indirect technique is drum drying, where a heated surface is used to provide the energy, and aspirators draw the vapor outside the room. In contrast, the mechanical extraction of the solvent, e.g., water, by centrifugation, is not considered "drying" but rather "draining".
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drying in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of drying in a Sentence
What's clear is that the quick cement is rapidly drying on how the new Senate is going to operate.
People need to be aware there is a high threat and this year that threat is coming earlier. The grasses are drying out sooner, so things are quicker in terms of us getting into that extreme fire season. Be careful Craig Clements aren't a part of starting these fires.
Down-specific gear like jackets and sleeping bags require machine drying, no amount of air drying will get those down clumps to break apart.
The spider web effect of it spread through the industry and rural towns in the rice belt. Mills and rice drying facilities cut back on shifts, trucking and agriculture supply companies lost business.
Governments are now scrambling to make sure people have water, groundwater wells are drying faster and faster every year.
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