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e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2e6fcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0cdc58 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0cdc58\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e14a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3e14a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-422c6d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"422c6d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RESIN DRYER TECHNOLOGIES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac5a22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eac5a22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is Desiccant Regeneration, and Does It Make Desiccant Dryers Energy Hogs?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d214c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d214c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By <strong>Mark Haynie<\/strong> and <strong>Joshua Belisle<\/strong> \u00b7 Edited by Dana Gardner \u00b7 Technically reviewed by Mark Haynie<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f82fe1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f82fe1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5b955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c5b955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Short answer.<\/strong> Regeneration is the periodic heating of a desiccant bed or wheel to drive out the water it has adsorbed from the process air, so it can adsorb again. It uses real energy, and it belongs in any cost comparison. It is also a smaller share of the picture than it is usually presented as. Heating accounts for roughly 50 to 85 percent of a drying system&#8217;s energy, regeneration is one slice of that heating budget, and the adsorption process itself gives back 7 to 15\u00b0F of process air temperature that the heater never has to supply. The fair comparison is the total energy per pound to take pellets from ambient to melt, compressor energy included, not the dryer&#8217;s meter alone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71b2e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e71b2e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-twin-tower-desiccant-dryer-regeneration.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6687\" alt=\"Cross-section of a twin-tower desiccant dryer with one tower drying process air and the other regenerating\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-twin-tower-desiccant-dryer-regeneration.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-twin-tower-desiccant-dryer-regeneration-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-twin-tower-desiccant-dryer-regeneration-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-twin-tower-desiccant-dryer-regeneration-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62cbf63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62cbf63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have been evaluating resin drying equipment recently, you have probably heard some version of this claim: desiccant dryers are energy-intensive because they have to regenerate their desiccant medium, and that regeneration cycle consumes energy that newer technologies avoid entirely. The implication is that choosing desiccant drying is choosing a higher operating cost, and that processors who have invested in desiccant equipment are paying an ongoing energy penalty for it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9596ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9596ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That claim deserves a careful look. The regeneration energy conversation is real, but it is frequently presented in a way that leaves out the most important parts of the picture. Understanding what regeneration actually is, why it is necessary, and how to evaluate its true cost in context leads to a different conclusion than the one-number comparison most marketing material offers. This article supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-dryer-technologies\/compressed-air-resin-dryers\/the-science-of-vacuum-and-desiccant-drying-for-engineering-plastics\/\">The Science of Vacuum and Desiccant Drying for Engineering Plastics<\/a>, which covers the energy question across drying technologies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51821e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51821e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-082011a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"082011a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Desiccant Regeneration Actually Is<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c34262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c34262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-drying-heat-airflow-time-pellet-bed.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6688\" alt=\"The elements of resin drying: heat, dry air, airflow and time acting on a bed of pellets\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-drying-heat-airflow-time-pellet-bed.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-drying-heat-airflow-time-pellet-bed-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-drying-heat-airflow-time-pellet-bed-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-drying-heat-airflow-time-pellet-bed-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f051e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5f051e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A desiccant dryer works by passing process air through a desiccant medium, a molecular sieve bed or a desiccant wheel, that adsorbs moisture from the air and brings it down to a very low dewpoint before delivering it to the hopper. At \u221240\u00b0F dewpoint or lower, that air creates the vapor pressure gradient that drives internal moisture out of hygroscopic engineering resin pellets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37eb73c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37eb73c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The desiccant medium can only hold a finite amount of moisture. As it adsorbs water from the process air, it gradually becomes saturated. A saturated desiccant no longer lowers the dewpoint of the air passing through it, which means it no longer creates the drying gradient the process depends on. Before that happens, the desiccant must be regenerated: superheated to drive out the adsorbed moisture and restore the medium&#8217;s capacity to adsorb again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da8150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9da8150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a twin-tower desiccant dryer, one tower is always drying process air while the other is being regenerated, alternating so the process air supply never interrupts. In a desiccant wheel dryer, the wheel rotates continuously through dedicated drying, regeneration, and cooling zones, maintaining constant dewpoint without the switching that tower designs require. The mechanism differs but the principle is the same: the desiccant adsorbs moisture, gets regenerated, and returns to adsorb again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0cade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c0cade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the cycle that consumes the regeneration energy the marketing claims are talking about. And yes, it is real energy. Heating the desiccant medium to the temperatures required for thorough regeneration, typically several hundred degrees, requires electricity. That cost exists and it belongs in any honest operating cost comparison.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123117f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123117f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What the one-number comparison almost always leaves out is what that regeneration energy is actually buying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa69a21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa69a21\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c040c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94c040c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Part Nobody Mentions: Heat of Adsorption<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa9f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fa9f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-desiccant-heat-of-adsorption.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6689\" alt=\"Water molecules adsorbing onto desiccant beads and releasing heat into the passing air stream\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-desiccant-heat-of-adsorption.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-desiccant-heat-of-adsorption-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-desiccant-heat-of-adsorption-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-desiccant-heat-of-adsorption-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa3086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aa3086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When moisture adsorbs onto a molecular sieve desiccant surface, it does not just disappear into the medium. The adsorption process releases heat, called heat of adsorption, at the desiccant surface. For water on molecular sieve, that heat is about 1,800 BTU per pound of water adsorbed, more than the heat it takes to boil the same water. That heat transfers to the process air passing through the desiccant bed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a796008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a796008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The result is that process air leaving the desiccant medium is warmer than the air entering it. If ambient air enters the desiccant at 100\u00b0F and the drying process needs to deliver 180\u00b0F air to the hopper for Nylon drying, the desiccant stage contributes heat toward that target at no additional electrical cost. The energy came from the adsorption process itself: heat generated by the physics of moisture capture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49320a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e49320a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nobody includes this in the regeneration energy comparison. The regeneration energy cost is quoted prominently. The adsorption heat credit is never mentioned. A complete accounting would subtract the heat contribution from the stated regeneration cost, because the dryer heater has to do less work to reach target temperature when the desiccant stage is already warming the process air.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1bdbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c1bdbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is not a marginal effect. Depending on the operating conditions, incoming moisture load, and desiccant medium, the heat of adsorption contributes meaningfully to the process air temperature. In polymer drying, that contribution typically runs 7 to 15\u00b0F, heat the dryer&#8217;s heater does not have to supply during active drying. The energy balance is more favorable than the regeneration number alone suggests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ef0b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45ef0b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e91cbf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e91cbf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where Drying System Energy Actually Goes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333f025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"333f025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The regeneration cycle is the visible, easy-to-quote energy number in a desiccant dryer. But regeneration is not where most of the energy in a drying system lives. A useful breakdown:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439514e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"439514e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Approximately 50 to 85 percent of energy consumption in a drying system is in heating: heating the process air, heating the resin to drying temperature, and maintaining that temperature throughout the residence time. This is the work of drying itself, and it applies to every drying technology that uses heat. A hot air dryer, a desiccant dryer, and a hybrid hot-air\/vacuum dryer all have to do this work. The energy to heat resin from ambient to drying temperature is essentially identical across methods. It is physics, not equipment choice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686d459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"686d459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The remaining energy is in air movement: blowers, motors, and the mechanical work of moving process air through the system. This is where equipment design makes a real difference, and where modern desiccant dryer designs have improved substantially.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29cb92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a29cb92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The regeneration energy is a portion of that 50 to 85 percent heating budget, specifically the energy to superheat the desiccant medium rather than the resin. It is real. It is also a much smaller fraction of total system energy than the marketing conversation implies. Comparisons that present regeneration energy as the dominant cost of running a desiccant dryer are not presenting a complete picture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade4972 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ade4972\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f931d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0f931d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Figure 1. What the one-number comparison counts, and what a complete accounting counts<\/figcaption>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a127505 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a127505\" data-element_type=\"container\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Scrollable comparison table\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5a0ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a5a0ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"table\" aria-label=\"Article comparison table\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de44f0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de44f0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e503e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e503e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"columnheader\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f24d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f24d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Energy item<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc3af50 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc3af50\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"columnheader\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ab78e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ab78e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the one-number comparison?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df379c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3df379c\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"columnheader\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf11b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cf11b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a complete accounting?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf03a44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf03a44\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666e4be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"666e4be\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26bc7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b26bc7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Heating process air and resin to drying temperature<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d5995 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03d5995\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b570e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b570e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93b353f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93b353f\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d18604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d18604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. Roughly 50 to 85 percent of system energy, and essentially the same for every heated drying method.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d1687 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f0d1687\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f52433 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f52433\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-642b800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"642b800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Blowers and motors<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71eaabf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71eaabf\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25af2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25af2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3e1a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af3e1a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6606122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6606122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1057e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce1057e\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cd236 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70cd236\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165b038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"165b038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Desiccant regeneration<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1289f8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1289f8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39afbb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39afbb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, usually as the headline<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15204a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c15204a\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c46239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c46239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, as one slice of the heating budget<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb652c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abb652c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47dca27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47dca27\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3906a66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3906a66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Heat of adsorption returned to the process air<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd9d7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"afd9d7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b7ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41b7ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbda40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"afbda40\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4bb90f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4bb90f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, as a credit: typically 7 to 15\u00b0F the heater does not supply<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff37a68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff37a68\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d984866 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d984866\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e55f870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e55f870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Compressed air for a venturi vacuum, where one is used<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3812cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3812cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88fbba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88fbba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8598a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b8598a\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa58ac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa58ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. The compressor&#8217;s energy is real; it is on the plant&#8217;s meter, not the dryer&#8217;s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7fc5ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7fc5ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c80a8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c80a8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d472011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d472011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reheating cool resin at the machine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2b676e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2b676e\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5897e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5897e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030e8f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"030e8f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98856e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a98856e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. Energy not spent at the dryer appears at the press.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403a439 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"403a439\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26275ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26275ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10106e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10106e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scrap, rework and instability from incomplete drying<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7516e86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7516e86\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d44002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d44002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00ce742 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00ce742\" data-element_type=\"container\" role=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd631b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd631b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d233c6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d233c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de02b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7de02b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What \"Energy Saver\" Modes Actually Do<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abd11a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5abd11a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many desiccant dryers offer energy-saver modes: settings that reduce energy consumption during low-demand periods by dialing back heaters, airflow, or regeneration frequency. For certain applications and operating conditions, these modes deliver real savings without sacrificing drying performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9ff1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b9ff1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The important question is what the mode is actually reducing. If energy savings come from smarter regeneration timing, regenerating only when the desiccant medium actually needs it rather than on a fixed schedule, that is a real efficiency gain with no drying penalty. The dryer is doing the same drying work with less regeneration waste.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93757c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93757c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If energy savings come from reducing process air temperature, cutting airflow, or shortening the drying cycle, the calculus changes. Lower temperature reduces the diffusion rate inside the pellet, the same exponential relationship that makes Nylon so demanding to dry. Reduced airflow weakens the moisture removal at the pellet surface. A shortened cycle may not give internal moisture enough time to complete its migration outward. In those cases the energy saver is not saving energy from drying. It is saving energy by doing less drying. The resin leaving the dryer reflects that tradeoff, whether or not any instrument at the dryer catches it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4018d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4018d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The test is always the same: does the resin meet the supplier&#8217;s moisture specification under those settings, verified by a rebound-stable Karl Fischer measurement at full production throughput in the most demanding seasonal conditions the line will actually run? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-drying-basics\/the-moisture-rebound-test\/\">The moisture rebound test<\/a> is how to check.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038ed46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"038ed46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Related reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-drying-basics\/\">Drying Basics<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-drying-basics\/what-is-ficks-law-resin-drying\/\">What Is Fick&#8217;s Law, and What Does It Have to Do With Drying Plastic?<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38ed0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c38ed0e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb9660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eb9660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Whole-Process Energy Comparison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc2c6d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc2c6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-reheating-in-machine-barrel.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6690\" alt=\"Resin that leaves the dryer cool must be reheated in the processing machine barrel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-reheating-in-machine-barrel.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-reheating-in-machine-barrel-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-reheating-in-machine-barrel-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-resin-reheating-in-machine-barrel-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e0a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4e0a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The energy comparison between desiccant drying and alternative approaches only makes sense when it accounts for the entire process, not just the dryer cabinet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924ab79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"924ab79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A hybrid hot-air\/vacuum dryer, hot-air heating and pre-drying followed by a short, unheated vacuum finishing step, may show lower energy consumption at the dryer. Some of that difference is real. Eliminating regeneration does reduce dryer cabinet consumption, and for non-hygroscopic commodity resins where deep drying is not required, that saving is legitimate. Some of it is relocated rather than saved: where the vacuum is drawn by a venturi, the compressed air behind it is compressor energy that never appears on the dryer&#8217;s meter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a0fff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53a0fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For hygroscopic engineering resins, however, two additional factors belong in the comparison. First: the vacuum step adds no heat, so the pellets cool during it. Resin that enters the vacuum chamber at drying temperature leaves it cooler, mainly because it is losing heat to an unheated chamber with nothing heating the pellets. Heat that was already paid for is thrown away, and the cooler resin arrives at the injection molding machine below the optimal processing temperature, so the barrel heater bands and screw shear have to make up the difference. Energy not spent at the dryer appears as energy consumed at the press.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c90ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3c90ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Second: incomplete drying produces scrap, instability, and rework. Splay, brittleness, inconsistent shot weights, and dimensional variation all have energy costs: the energy of the shots that failed, the downtime to diagnose and adjust, the regrind that has to be reprocessed. A complete energy comparison counts those costs. They are real and they belong in the accounting even though they do not appear on the dryer&#8217;s energy meter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea422b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea422b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For a detailed breakdown of how the energy argument applies to specific drying technologies and resins, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-dryer-technologies\/compressed-air-resin-dryers\/the-science-of-vacuum-and-desiccant-drying-for-engineering-plastics\/\">The Science of Vacuum and Desiccant Drying for Engineering Plastics<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7527267 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7527267\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d171d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2d171d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Modern Approaches to Regeneration Efficiency<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9d1de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a9d1de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The regeneration energy conversation has driven real innovation in desiccant dryer design. Two approaches worth understanding:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50d171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50d171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Demand-based regeneration.<\/strong> Rather than regenerating on a fixed time schedule regardless of actual desiccant saturation, modern dryers can monitor desiccant condition and regenerate only when the medium actually needs it. Regenerating only as much as conditions require, rather than running a fixed cycle regardless of load, delivers energy savings without any compromise to dew point performance. This is legitimate efficiency: same drying result, less regeneration waste.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258e080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"258e080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Eliminating regeneration entirely.<\/strong> A sealed desiccating cartridge takes a different approach. Instead of a bed or wheel that saturates and is periodically heated back to capacity, the desiccating mechanism is continuous, so there is no regeneration cycle because there is no medium that needs to be restored. The only meaningful energy consumption is in heating, which is where it needs to be to complete the drying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de90eae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de90eae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a2c36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8a2c36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How we know this:<\/strong> the heat-of-adsorption figure comes from desiccant manufacturers&#8217; published adsorption data; the energy shares and the 7 to 15\u00b0F process-air contribution are field figures from Novatec&#8217;s drying engineering group, drawn from more than 40 years of dryer installations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ed9e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49ed9e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ef430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67ef430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Right Question to Ask About Energy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6848c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e6848c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The right question in any drying energy conversation is not &#8220;how many kilowatts does the dryer consume?&#8221; It is: &#8220;what is the total energy cost, across the entire process, of delivering resin to the machine at the correct moisture level, at the correct temperature, consistently, in every season?&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573714a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"573714a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That question includes dryer energy, regeneration energy, heat of adsorption credit, retained resin temperature, reheat at the barrel, scrap from incomplete drying, and the cost of process instability. It asks for the number at full production throughput on the hardest resin the line runs, in August conditions, not a demonstration batch in ideal circumstances.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fa565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7fa565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A desiccant dryer that regenerates efficiently, hands off hot resin at full drying temperature, produces stable parts across the production run, and delivers a rebound-stable moisture reading at discharge is not an energy hog. It is a controlled process doing its job completely. The energy it uses to do that job completely is money well spent, because the alternative cost of doing it incompletely is paid somewhere else in the process, in someone else&#8217;s budget line, at a time when the root cause is much harder to trace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee42fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ee42fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Regeneration is not a flaw in desiccant drying. It is the price of maintaining a controlled input. And a controlled input is what consistent output requires.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-873ef90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"873ef90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f7498 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49f7498\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421ea69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"421ea69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Novatec Approaches Regeneration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc71eea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc71eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-novatec-novadrier-novawheel-dryers.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6691\" alt=\"Novatec NovaDrier desiccating cartridge dryer and NovaWheel desiccant wheel dryer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-novatec-novadrier-novawheel-dryers.png 1408w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-novatec-novadrier-novawheel-dryers-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-novatec-novadrier-novawheel-dryers-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kc-oct21-novatec-novadrier-novawheel-dryers-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78d22c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a78d22c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At Novatec, we believe the energy question should be answered at the machine, not at the dryer&#8217;s meter, so we built our two showcase dryers around the two approaches above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0825497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0825497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/product\/drying\/desiccant-wheel\/novawheel\/\">NovaWheel<\/a> desiccant wheel dryer uses Intelligent Regeneration, which monitors the regeneration process in real time and adjusts heater output to actual desiccant saturation rather than running a fixed cycle. The molecular sieve desiccant is bonded to the wheel rather than packed as loose beads, so there is no desiccant dust and no drift in dewpoint as the medium ages, with wheel life of up to 15 years. Resin leaves at full drying temperature, so the energy invested in drying stays in the material.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c878e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c878e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/product\/drying\/desiccating-cartridge-dryers\/\">NovaDrier<\/a> Desiccating Cartridge Dryer has no regeneration cycle at all. Its Desiccating Cartridge is guaranteed for the life of the dryer, delivers \u221240\u00b0F or lower dew points without a bed or wheel to restore, and sheds nothing into the process air. A venturi air amplifier replaces electric blowers and motors, so the only meaningful energy consumption is in heating, and patented Dual Drying Zones keep the upper bed at temperature as well as the lower one. Cartridges installed in 1999 are still delivering \u221260\u00b0F or lower today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2f7a54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2f7a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not sure how the energy math works out for the resins you run? Give us a holler on the form below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0b5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf0b5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No sales pitch. No pressure. Just a conversation about what&#8217;s best for your operation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3739d25 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"3739d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"Ask the Expert Drying\" aria-label=\"Ask the Expert Drying\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"6685\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"3739d25\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"Plastic Knowledge Center\" 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Send<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed282c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed282c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec071e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ec071e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43acdcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43acdcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbfda3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfbfda3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8182f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8182f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is desiccant regeneration in a resin dryer?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1aabb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb1aabb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Regeneration is the periodic heating of the desiccant, a molecular sieve bed or a desiccant wheel, to several hundred degrees to drive out the water it has adsorbed from the process air. Once the water is driven off, the desiccant can adsorb again and keep delivering \u221240\u00b0F or lower dewpoint air to the hopper. In a twin-tower dryer one tower regenerates while the other dries; in a wheel dryer the wheel rotates continuously through drying, regeneration and cooling zones.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a631ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a631ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9cc4e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9cc4e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How much energy does desiccant regeneration use?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e90fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14e90fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is a real cost, but a smaller one than it is usually presented as. Roughly 50 to 85 percent of a drying system&#8217;s energy goes to heating, and regeneration is one slice of that heating budget. The rest is blowers and motors. Adsorption also returns heat to the process air, typically 7 to 15\u00b0F in polymer drying, which the dryer&#8217;s heater does not have to supply.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea8ece0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea8ece0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6254ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6254ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is a dryer with no regeneration always more energy efficient?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f12c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1f12c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not necessarily. A dryer that avoids regeneration by running on ambient air, at lower temperature, or on a shorter cycle may use less energy at the cabinet while delivering resin that is cooler or not fully dry. That energy reappears as reheating at the machine, and as scrap and instability. Compare the total energy per pound from ambient pellets to melt, compressor energy included, in the most humid season the line runs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4db130 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b4db130\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3dbb12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3dbb12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do dryer energy-saver modes affect drying quality?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b31d310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b31d310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It depends on what the mode reduces. Smarter regeneration timing saves energy with no drying penalty. Lower process air temperature, less airflow, or a shorter cycle save energy by doing less drying. Check the resin with a rebound test under the energy-saver settings before trusting it in production.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615cc68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"615cc68\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b6d05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30b6d05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Authors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9636a75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9636a75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cbd941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"4cbd941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"5946\" class=\"elementor elementor-5946\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac2ce0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ac2ce0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4853d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4853d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mark-haynie-studio-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-5924\" alt=\"Mark Haynie, Novatec resin drying expert\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e7ff1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23e7ff1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04137fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04137fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/#mark-haynie\">Mark Haynie<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7dfce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d7dfce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice President of Moisture &amp; Drying Technologies, Novatec<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9ecb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f9ecb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mark Haynie has designed and installed resin drying systems for more than 40 years, working in thousands of plastics plants across the industry. As Novatec\u2019s Vice President of Moisture &amp; Drying Technologies, he leads the company\u2019s drying technology group, including its work on moisture measurement and predictive drying. He also serves as a technical reviewer for Novatec\u2019s Drying Knowledge Center and has authored numerous technical articles and whitepapers on resin drying and moisture. <br \/><span data-teams=\"true\">Mark earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.<\/span><br \/>Through Novatec\u2019s Ask the Expert program, Mark regularly helps processors troubleshoot drying performance and resin-moisture challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec4f36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5ec4f36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/#mark-haynie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View Mark\u2019s full profile \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7edd74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7edd74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"5958\" class=\"elementor elementor-5958\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a33181 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56a33181\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eebdf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1eebdf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/joshua-belisle-studio-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-5928\" alt=\"Joshua Belisle, Novatec Technology Manager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f21cf5e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f21cf5e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f48c421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f48c421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/#joshua-belisle\">Joshua Belisle<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552f0471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"552f0471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technology Manager, Novatec<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33395608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33395608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joshua Belisle is Technology Manager at Novatec, where his work focuses on simulation and technology development for resin drying. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Engineering Business from the University of Virginia in 2023 and joined Novatec that same year. Joshua uses simulation tools to investigate previously difficult-to-measure aspects of the drying process, helping Novatec better understand airflow, heat transfer and other variables that influence resin-drying performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfbf296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6dfbf296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/#joshua-belisle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View Joshua\u2019s full profile \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b9e05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24b9e05\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265fba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"265fba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314890f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"314890f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n    <li>Novatec, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-dryer-technologies\/compressed-air-resin-dryers\/the-science-of-vacuum-and-desiccant-drying-for-engineering-plastics\/\">The Science of Vacuum and Desiccant Drying for Engineering Plastics<\/a>, August 2026: the whole-process energy comparison, reheat at the barrel, and the rebound-stable standard.<\/li>\n    <li>Sorbent Systems, <a href=\"https:\/\/sorbentsystems.com\/desiccants_charts.html\">Desiccant Charts<\/a>: heat of adsorption of water on molecular sieve, about 1,800 BTU per pound of water adsorbed, compared with about 1,300 BTU per pound on silica gel.<\/li>\n    <li>Novatec, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-drying-basics\/\">Drying Basics<\/a>: the four drying parameters and why temperature setback moves heating load to the press rather than removing it.<\/li>\n    <li>Novatec, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-dryer-technologies\/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-the-right-desiccant-resin-dryer\/\">The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Desiccant Resin Dryer<\/a>, 2026: twin-tower, wheel and sealed-cartridge designs and their desiccant service life.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0008653 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0008653\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e49cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66e49cd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82da93c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82da93c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6fd187 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6fd187\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3988d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f3988d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fffa5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03fffa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b7c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86b7c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-moisture\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blue-resin-pellets.1678456989270.webp\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524daf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"524daf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-moisture\/\">Understanding Moisture in Resin<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5001d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5001d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Understand surface and absorbed moisture, starting moisture levels, and their effect on resin processing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf6d33b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cf6d33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/plastic-drying-knowledge-center\/resin-moisture\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78ccd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a78ccd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa0da1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa0da1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/dewpoint-is-a-dryer-output-not-a-resin-readiness-score\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dewpoint-hero-sensor.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6616cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6616cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/dewpoint-is-a-dryer-output-not-a-resin-readiness-score\/\">Dewpoint Is a Dryer Output, Not a Resin Readiness Score<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f64b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19f64b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>See why dryer dewpoint must be paired with direct resin moisture 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