Industrial applications
Powder processing - Spray drying

Spray-drying is used in a wide range of industrial applications, to dry a wide variety of compounds. It can be used in the following areas:

• chemical industry;

• FOOD ;

• pharmaceutical and biochemical industries;

• the environment.

The chemical industry groups uses into :

• polymers and resins (latex, polyacrylates, etc.) ;

• ceramics (aluminium oxides, carbides, refractories...) ;

• detergents and surfactants (emulsifiers and dispersants, phosphates, etc.) ;

• pesticides and other agricultural agents (copper oxides, DDT, colloidal sulfur, etc.);

• pigments and colorants (metal oxides, kaolin, etc.) ;

• fertilizers (ammonium salts, nitrates, phosphates, urea, etc.) ;

• ores (cryolite, iron ores, nickel...