Method and apparatus for thermally processing polyester pellets, e.g., polyethylene terephthalate pellets, in order to achieve a partial crystallization, whereby the polyester melt is fed to an underwater pelletizer and pelletized, the pellets obtained are fed to a water/solids separating device and
Method and apparatus for thermally processing polyester pellets, e.g., polyethylene terephthalate pellets, in order to achieve a partial crystallization, whereby the polyester melt is fed to an underwater pelletizer and pelletized, the pellets obtained are fed to a water/solids separating device and the dried pellets are fed at a pellet temperature of greater than 100°C. to an agitation device that the pellets leave at a pellet temperature of over 100°C.
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1. Method for thermally processing polyester pellets in order to achieve partial crystallization, comprising feeding polyester melt to an underwater pelletizer,pelletizing the polyester melt in the underwater pelletizer to obtain pellets,conveying the pellets from the underwater pelletizer with proc
1. Method for thermally processing polyester pellets in order to achieve partial crystallization, comprising feeding polyester melt to an underwater pelletizer,pelletizing the polyester melt in the underwater pelletizer to obtain pellets,conveying the pellets from the underwater pelletizer with process water having a temperature of over 80°C. to a water/solids separating device to dry the pellets,feeding the dried pellets at a pellet surface temperature of greater than 100° C. to an agitation device, which comprises a vibrating conveyor device,agitating and crystallizing the pellets in the agitation device wherein the crystallization uses specific heat present in the pellets, andremoving partially crystallized pellets from the agitation device at a pellet surface temperature of over 80° C. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pellets while in the agitation device form a pellet layer, and further comprising flowing a fluid around the pellet layer during agitation of the pellets in the agitation device. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pellets are fed to the agitation device at a pellet surface temperature of over 110° C. 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising flowing a fluid around the pellets during agitation of the pellets in the agitation device. 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the pellets while in the agitation device form a pellet layer, and further comprising flowing a fluid around the pellet layer during agitation of the pellets in the agitation device. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the process water has a tempurature of up to 98°C. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the process water has a temperature of 98° C. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the polyester pellets comprise polyethylene terephthalate pellets. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vibrating conveyor device comprises a conveyor channel. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the vibrator conveyor device comprises a plurality of spaced apart dams distributed over a length of the vibrating conveyor device, each of said plurality of spaced apart dams causing a damming up of pellets. 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the vibrating conveyor device is surrounded at least in part by a housing. 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the water/solids separating device comprises a centrifuge. 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dried pellets from the water/solids separating device have a core temperature of 130 to 180° C. 14. The method according to claim 7, wherein the dried pellets from the water/solids separating device have a core temperature of 130 to 180° C. 15. The method according to claim 8, wherein the dried pellets from the water/solids separating device have a core temperature of 130 to 180° C. 16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pellets removed from the agitation device have a pellet surface temperature of over 100° C. 17. The method according to claim 3, wherein the pellets removed from the agitation device have a pellet surface temperature of over 100° C. 18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the pellets removed from the agitation device have a pellet surface temperature of over 100° C. 19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising flowing a fluid around the pellets during agitation of the pellets in the agitation device. 20. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vibrating conveyor device comprises a vibration motor. 21. Method for thermally processing polyester pellets in order to achieve partial crystallization, comprising feeding polyester melt to an underwater pelletizer,pelletizing the polyester melt in the underwater pelletizer to obtain pellets,conveying the pellets from the underwater pelletizer to a water/solids separating device to dry the pellets,feeding the dried pellets at a pellet surface temperature of greater than 100° C. to an agitation device comprising a vibrating conveyor, an oscillating conveyor, or a spiral conveyor;agitating and crystallizing the pellets in the agitation device wherein the crystallization uses specific heat present in the pellets, andremoving partially crystallized pellets from the agitation device at a pellet surface temperature of over 80° C. 22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the pellets from the underwater pelletizer are conveyed to the water/solids separating device with process water having a temperature of over 80° C. 23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the process water has a temperature of up to 98° C. 24. The method according to claim 21, wherein the polyester pellets comprise polyethylene terephthalate pellets.
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