US 11,808,519 B2
Drying system and method for manufacturing coated metal plate
Tomohiro Sekiguchi, Tokyo (JP); Koji Iwata, Tokyo (JP); Shino Katayama, Tokyo (JP); Koki Sugiyama, Tokyo (JP); and Yuta Sakata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/441,134
Filed by JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/011321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/203204, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-065581 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187017 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. F26B 21/02 (2006.01); F26B 3/04 (2006.01); F26B 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC F26B 21/028 (2013.01) [F26B 3/04 (2013.01); F26B 21/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drying system comprising:
drying furnaces connected in series;
an air supply system including an air supply pipe, the air supply system being configured to supply dry air into the furnaces, and an air exhaust system including an air exhaust pipe, the air exhaust system being configured to exhaust wet air in the furnaces, wherein
the air supply system and the air exhaust system are alternately connected to the series of drying furnaces at positions outside of and between the drying furnaces;
a first flow rate regulation valve provided to the air supply system and the air exhaust system; and
a second flow rate regulation valve provided to the air exhaust system.