Process and apparatus for desolventizing and drying solvent wet materials

摘要

There is a disclosed a process and apparatus wherein a solvent- enriched material is introduced into a desolventizer-toaster tower to form a desolventized material which is introduced into a dryer and heated in the absence of air to form a dried material and a vapor steam including solvent which is compressed and passed to the desolventizer- toaster tower to provide all or a portion of the sparger steam requirements therefor.