Factsheet Nederlands Kennisnetwerk Drogen (NWGD)

Nederlands
Het kennisnetwerk Nederlandse Werkgroep Drogen (NWGD) wil de ontwikkeling en toepassing van duurzame droogtechnologie voor kwalitatief goede producten stimuleren. Dit leidt tot energiebesparing, vermindering van de milieubelasting, duurzamere processen, hogere productkwaliteit en een verbeterde concurrentiepositie. Deze doelen worden bereikt door bevordering van kennisoverdracht en netwerkvorming tussen toepassers van drogers, drogerleveranciers, kennisinstituten en adviesbureaus.

English
Drying is one of the most common industrial processes. If products need to be dried in your company, you will need to choose one of the many different drying techniques, as well as select drying equipment. Mirroring the vast variety of products to be dried, is a great diversity of dryers. Often used are hot air (bulk drying, thermal drying) and contact (surface drying, mechanical drying) processes, for which a lot of experience is available. Then there are the new alternative drying techniques, such as dielectric drying. Only limited experience is available for these, and their suitability and drying results are generally not known in advance. Interest in industrial drying has clearly increased lately, in view of the soaring costs of energy and the increasingly strict standards of quality demanded by clients.