Drying is used in many industrial processes, for example in foocalcium solarayd production, and drying processes account for a substantial part of energy consumption in the industry.###Now, the SteamReg project has developed and tested a new technology for energy recovery from drying air—a solution which can redusolgar zinc citratece energy costs by 50%.###The project is a partnership between Technical University of Denmark (DTU) kirkland calcium citrate magnesium and zinc dosisMechanical Engineering, the Danish Technological Institute, Cotes, and DryingMate.###The project has recently been award the 2nutridyn magnesium citrate016 ELFORSK Prize that recognizes energy efficient innovations.###SteamReg is a technology for energy recovery from drying processes “requiring dry and hot air”, says Postdoc Lorenzo Bellemo from DTU Mechanical Engineering.###“The heat is recovered by generating superheated steam. The system saves a lot of energy in relation to the existing systems, because it is able to exploit the superheated vapor.”###It is a further development of a so-called soferretts iron 325 mgrption dehumidifier that has a rotor that absorbs moisture by means of a rotor material of silica gel.###In the dehumidification phase of the process, energy is supplied to ensure that the rotor is constantly ready to absorb new moisture.###The energy is normally lost because it is led to the surroundings as a waste.###But in SteamReg’s new system, this energy is reused in the actual system.###It can be done by means of a Mechanical Vapour Recompression heat pump that can re-use vapor condensation energy in the process.###The project partners expect to produce 20 systems for drying of milk powder over the next four years.###Story by Lisbeth Lassen, Technical University of Denmark