Device for
drying material for an
asphalt mixing
plant, the device (2, 3) comprising a
rotary kiln (9) which can be driven to rotate about a
rotational axis (19) and in which the material is dried, the
rotary kiln (9) having a material inlet (10) and a material outlet (11), b. a heating unit coupled to the
rotary kiln (9) for supplying heat to the rotary
kiln (9), the heating unit being designed with a burner (12) having i. a burner housing (27) having a longitudinal axis (26), ii. an
air line (16) arranged on the burner housing (27) for supplying air, wherein the
air line (16) is arranged axially to the longitudinal axis (26) on the burner housing (27), iii. an
air blower (29) arranged in the
air line (16, 28), iv. a burner head (41) arranged on the burner housing (27) for generating a burner
flame (13), v. a
hydrogen gas line (14) connected to the burner (12) for supplying
hydrogen gas into the burner (12), wherein a
hydrogen gas
nozzle (31) for discharging the hydrogen gas is connected to the hydrogen gas line (14), characterized in that c. the burner (12) is designed to be operated either exclusively by means of hydrogen gas or by means of hydrogen gas and secondary fuel, d. the burner (12) has a swirling element (35) for swirling the air in the burner (12) relative to the longitudinal axis (26), e. the swirling element (35) comprises a flow guide element in the burner housing (27), wherein the flow guide element is arranged immovably in the burner housing (27), f. the flow guide element is arranged concentrically to the longitudinal axis (26) and is designed as a baffle plate having a plurality of blades (53, 54) arranged in a circle with respect to the longitudinal axis (26) and oriented at an inclination, g. the heating unit comprises a hot
gas generator (24) connected to the burner (12) which is connected to the rotary
kiln (9) by means of a hot gas line (25).