CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MATERIAL DRYER

摘要

A flushing system for a dryer includes a support ring, a tubing ring fixed to the support ring, wherein the tubing ring comprises an inner diameter and an outer diameter, a fluid source in fluid communication with the inner diameter of the tubing ring, and a plurality of openings disposed around a circumference of the tubing ring configured to expel fluid from the tubing ring. A method of flushing a solids outlet of a material dryer separating a mixture of solids and liquids into a solids phase and a liquid phase, collecting the solids phase in a discharge chamber section, providing a flow of fluid to an inner diameter of a tubing ring, expelling the fluid through a plurality of openings disposed in the tubing ring, and removing accumulated solids from a wall of the discharge chamber section of the material dryer.