Zowumitsira mpweya zimatha kugawidwa molingana ndi mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana monga momwe amagwirira ntchito, kuthamanga kwa ntchito, njira yotenthetsera, kusuntha kwazinthu zonyowa, kapena kapangidwe kake. Malinga ndi njira yogwirira ntchito, zowumitsa mpweya zimagawidwa kukhala batch (ntchito yapakatikati) ndi mitundu yopitilira.
Malinga ndi kuthamanga kwa ntchito, zowumitsira mpweya zimagawidwa kukhala zowumitsira mpweya wa mumlengalenga ndi zowumitsa mpweya. Kugwira ntchito pansi pa vacuum kumachepetsa kupanikizika pang'ono kwa nthunzi mumlengalenga, kufulumizitsa njira yowumitsa, komanso kumachepetsanso kutentha kwa chinyezi ndi kutentha kwa zinthuzo. Zowumitsira mpweya sizimakonda kuchucha nthunzi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zoyenera kuumitsa kutentha-zosavuta kumva, zokhala ndi okosijeni, zophulika, komanso zapoizoni, komanso ngati pamafunika kubwezeretsa chinyezi.
Malinga ndi njira yotenthetsera, zowumitsira mpweya zimagawidwa kukhala mitundu ya convection, conduction, radiation, ndi dielectric. Zowumitsira mpweya, zomwe zimadziwikanso kuti zowumitsira mpweya mwachindunji, zimagwiritsa ntchito kulumikizana kwachindunji pakati pa chowumitsira kutentha ndi zinthu zonyowa, kusamutsa kutentha kudzera pa convection ndikunyamula nthunzi. Zowumitsira mpweya, zomwe zimadziwikanso kuti indirect air dryer, zimagwiritsa ntchito conduction kusamutsa kutentha kuchokera kugwero la kutentha kudzera pagawo lachitsulo kupita kuzinthu zonyowa. Mpweya wopangidwa ukhoza kuchotsedwa pogwiritsa ntchito njira monga kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwa mpweya, kuyambitsa mpweya woyeretsa pang'ono, kapena kuunika pamwamba pa cholumikizira choyikira padera-chitsimikizo cha kutentha. Zowumitsira mpweya zamtunduwu sizigwiritsa ntchito chowumitsira, zimakhala ndi kutentha kwambiri, komanso zimapanga zinthu zosaipitsidwa. Komabe, kuyanika kwawo kumakhala kochepa chifukwa cha kutentha kwa makoma azitsulo, ndipo mawonekedwe awo ndi ovuta kwambiri; nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito popanda vacuum. Zowumitsira mpweya wa radiation zimagwiritsa ntchito ma radiator osiyanasiyana kuti atulutse mafunde a electromagnetic mkati mwamtundu wina wataling'ono, womwe umasankhidwa mosankhidwa ndi pamwamba pa zinthu zonyowa ndikusandulika kutentha kuti aumitsidwe. Zowumitsira mpweya wa dielectric zimagwiritsa ntchito-malo amagetsi othamanga kwambiri kuti zipangitse kutentha mkati mwa zinthu zonyowa poumitsa.
Kutengera ndi kayendedwe ka zinthu zonyowa, zowumitsira mpweya zitha kugawidwa m'magulu osasunthika-amtundu wa bedi, agitated type, spray type, ndi mitundu yophatikizika. Kutengera kapangidwe kawo, zowumitsa mpweya zitha kugawidwa m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana monga zowumitsira mpweya m'chipinda, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira ng'oma, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, zowumitsira mpweya, ndi zowumitsira mpweya.