PROCEDE ET INSTALLATION DE SECHAGE D'UNE MASSE DE MATIERE FIBREUSE HUMIDE, NOTAMMENT D'UNE MASSE DE LINGE

摘要

A method and an apparatus for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry washed and placed in a washer/drier machine or a clothes drier, wherein a closed-circuit flow of superheated steam at 102-180 DEG C and substantially at atmospheric pressure is passed through the load of fibrous material. The method is characterized in that, prior to the superheated steam drying step, the air in the closed circuit is flushed therefrom by means of steam.