MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517032304 A) filed by Etex Building Performance International Sas; and Etex Building Performance S. P. A., Avignon, France, on April 1, for 'apparatus and method for drying construction panels.'
Inventor(s) include Rigaudon, Michel; Pierdomenico, Renato; Somers, Ken; and Sans, Jerome.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention concerns an apparatus for drying construction panels comprising, ? a conveyor (40) for conveying wet construction panels (60) along a drying path through a number of high temperature chambers (1, 2) (= HT chambers) located upstream along the drying path of a number of low temperature chambers (N) (= LT-chambers), ? a distribution system (5) for distributing a fluid into the HT- and LT-chambers for heating the main surfaces of the construction panels and for removing moisture therefrom as they travel through the chambers, ? an exhaust system (7) configured for evacuating out of the apparatus exhaust fluid along an exhaust flowing path extending from the N chambers (1, 2, ... N) to outside the apparatus, wherein the fluid flowing into the HT-chambers is heated by heating elements (11) and wherein the fluid flowing into the LT-chambers is heated by a heat pump / MVR-system comprising a heat pump (8) transferring heat from the exhaust fluid to an MVR-cycle, which transfers the heat to the fluid in direct communication with the LT-chambers."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 06, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/080817.
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