SUBJECT: BYPASS YOUR TOWER
DRYERS FOR BETTER DRYING.
BYPASSING THE TOWER DRYER HAS PROVEN TO BE THE CHEAPEST AND SIMPLEST WAY
TO DRY COTTON, AND INCREASE THE REMOVAL OF FINE TRASH, LEAF TRASH AND DIRT,
THAT ANYONE HAS SO FAR COME UP WITH.
IN YOUR GREEN GINNERS HANDBOOK UNDER DRYING YOU WILL FIND THAT THE
USDA RAN TESTS ON PIPE DRYING IN 1973 AND FOUND THAT IN 30 FEET OF PIPE YOU GET
85 PERCENT OF ALL THE DRYING YOU CAN GET FROM ONE DRYING SYSTEM.
THIS IS BECAUSE IN ABOUT 30 OR 40 FEET OF PIPE THE AIR HAS TAKEN ON ALL OF
THE MOISTURE IT CAN HOLD. AFTER THE AIR GOES ANOTHER 30 OR 40 FEET IT HITS DEW
POINT AND THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR FALLS OUT AND CONDENSES BACK ON THE
SURFACE OF THE COTTON.
BYPASSING THE TOWER DRYER INCREASES THE AIR FLOW IN THE INCLINE
CLEANERS, RESULTING IN MORE TRASH REMOVAL.
THE INCLINE CLEANERS GET HOT, THE FEEDERS GET HOT AND THE COTTON
COMING DOWN THE FEEDER APRON IS HOT.
YOU CAN GIN HOT WET COTTON BUT YOU CANNOT GIN COLD WET COTTON.
THE PUSH FAN IS NEEDED BECAUSE WITHOUT IT THE DRYING SYSTEM GOES TO
VACUUM AND SUCKS IN 40 PERCENT OF IT’S AIR FROM OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM. THIS AIR
DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE BURNER. IT IS COLD AIR AND IT DRASTICALLY REDUCES
THE AMOUNT OF DRYING THE SYSTEM WILL DO.
THE PUSH FAN NEEDS TO RUN SLOW AS IT ONLY NEEDS TO MAKE ENOUGH AIR TO
MAKE THE BURNERS BURN GOOD AND PROVIDE JUST A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF AIR
PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM SO THAT COLD AIR IS NOT SUCKED INTO THE DRYING
SYSTEM. THE SLOW RUNNING FAN USES MUCH LESS HP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,
GENE SLOVER