127results about "Biomass drying" patented technology

A system for dehydration of organic material comprises a housing structure having an interior chamber, a supply duct, a dual trunk structure, a dry air intake, a central recirculation duct, and a plurality of side recirculation ducts. The side recirculation ducts each have a return plenum extending downward from a top recirculation duct and are configured to recirculate interior air contained in the chamber. The interior air enters the side recirculation ducts through the return plenums and is pushed upward and outward through the top recirculation ducts and back into the interior chamber. The interior chamber has a plurality of exhaust vents positioned in the upper region of its walls. A plurality of portable platforms positioned inside the interior chamber are configured to hold the organic material. The floor of the housing structure can include a plurality of tracks for loading, unloading and positioning the portable platforms.

A surround hot air slow drying device and a three-stage baking method for pet food processing are provided. The surround hot air slow drying device for pet food processing includes a drying box. A hot air drying unit is provided at an inner bottom of the drying box, a circulating conveying unit is provided inside the drying box, a plurality of drying frames are evenly distributed on the circulating conveying unit, a material turning mechanism is provided inside the drying frames, and a positioning component is provided inside the drying box. The material turning mechanism cooperates with the positioning component to turn the raw materials in the drying frames.

The partial or full dehydration of organic or inorganic matter containing water by induction of matter into a vacuum and processing matter through a specially designed acceleration channel is disclosed. The inducted matter accelerates in air from zero speed to sub-sonic speed to reach supersonic speed. As the material transitions the sound barrier, it is subject to acoustic shock waves and an instant negative pressure drop occurs. The sound waves disintegrate, disinfect the material and extract part or all moisture from any organic or inorganic material.

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide systems and / or methods for producing dried biomass materials, such as from bales of biomass. Biomass materials can be converted into, e.g., pellets, briquettes, cubes, and / or other products with dried and / or densified states. These dried, densified products can be used for, e.g., bioenergy and / or animal feed applications.

Food waste disposers include a housing, a grinding apparatus mounted inside the housing and configured to grind food waste, and a storage device arranged to store ground food waste. The grinding apparatus includes a grinding case including a discharge hole to allow ground food waste to be transferred to the storage device, a stationary grinder including a plurality of stationary blades coupled to a side wall of the grinding case, a rotary body rotatably coupled to a bottom surface of the grinding case, a first blade extending from the rotary body, the first blade having a first member on a front side and a second member on a rear side with a different shape from each other, and a second blade extending from the rotary body, the second blade having a shape different from a shape of the first blade.

The invention relates to the technical field of strawberry tea freeze-dried powder processing, and discloses a strawberry tea freeze-dried powder continuous processing production line and method.The strawberry tea freeze-dried powder continuous processing production line comprises a vacuum drying tank, a filter cylinder, an elastic assembly and a driving assembly; the filter cartridge is arranged in the vacuum drying tank, and the elastic assembly is mounted on the filter cartridge; a filter disc is installed in the filter cylinder, the filter disc divides the interior of the filter cylinder into a first cavity and a second cavity, a plurality of first steel balls are arranged in the first cavity, a plurality of second steel balls are arranged in the second cavity, and the diameter of the first steel balls is larger than that of the second steel balls. According to the invention, the filter cylinder in the vacuum drying tank rotates and shakes, steel balls with different diameters are used for performing double crushing and grinding on the raspberry tea, and meanwhile, the steel balls transfer heat during impact and accelerate diffusion and evaporation of moisture in the raspberry tea, so that integration of drying, crushing, screening and grinding is realized, the drying time is effectively shortened, the drying efficiency is improved, and the equipment cost is reduced.

According to embodiments, a modified freeze-drying apparatus and methods of use are provided herein for providing variable power heating for precise control of material temperatures during freeze-drying. The apparatus may provide a vacuum pump and variable current heater trays for receiving the material, freezing the material, creating a vacuum, progressively increasing the heater tray temperature without causing temperature cycling, deactivating the tray heater, repressurizing the apparatus, and removing the freeze-dried material.

The disclosure relates to a self-contained mobile power generator entity (100) comprising: a biomass fuel inlet (103) configured to allow passage of biomass fuel feedstock (105) into the power generator unit; a chopper unit (107) connected to the biomass fuel inlet and configured to receive the biomass fuel feedstock and produce ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; a fuel dryer unit (109) arranged to receive the produced ignitable pieces (105a) of the biomass fuel and configured to remove excess moisture from the ignitable biomass fuel pieces in order to produce dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; at least one energy converter unit (113,113a,113b) configured to convert an input thermal energy, provided by a heat source and a heat sink, to an output kinetic energy; a combustion unit (111), arranged in thermal communication with the at least one energy converter unit, to provide the heat source to the at least one energy converter unit; the combustion unit being configured to receive the dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel and configured to generate heat energy by combusting the dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; a heat sink unit (115), arranged in thermal communication with the at least one energy converter, to provide the heat sink to the at least one energy converter unit and dissipate heat from the at least one energy converter unit; a power generator unit (117,117a,117b) in operational communication with the at least one energy converter unit, and configured to convert the output kinetic energy received from the at least one energy converter unit to an output electrical power. The disclosure further relates to a method, a computer-implemented method for commencing and controlling an operation of a self-contained mobile power generator entity, a control system (200), a computer program product and a computer program carrier.

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for preparing organic tissue, such as a deceased human, a deceased animal, a plant or a part of the same, for enabling and optimizing an aerobic decomposition of the product, i.e. fragmented organic tissue.

According to embodiments, a modified freeze-drying apparatus and methods of use are provided herein for providing variable power heating for precise control of material temperatures during freeze-drying. The apparatus may provide a vacuum pump and variable current heater trays for receiving the material, freezing the material, creating a vacuum, progressively increasing the heater tray temperature without causing temperature cycling, deactivating the tray heater, repressurizing the apparatus, and removing the freeze-dried material.

Disclosed in the present invention is an intelligent hot-air drying apparatus free from sieve tray exchanging for an agricultural product. The apparatus comprises a drying box, a frame, a heating system, a heat exchange system, an exchange-free sieve device and an intelligent control system, wherein the exchange-free sieve device comprises an electric motor, sieve trays, a hollow pin shaft chain, chain wheels a, chain wheels b, a double chain wheel, a chain a, a driving chain wheel, a chain b, a driven chain wheel and a long shaft; the intelligent control system comprises a control center and infrared temperature measurement cameras, the infrared temperature measurement cameras each being used for collecting a temperature distribution graph of an agricultural product in each layer of sieve tray and feeding same back to the control center, and the control center performing temperature and water content analysis on the basis of the temperature distribution graph; and when the difference between the water content or temperature of the agricultural product in a sieve tray at the top and the water content or temperature of the agricultural product in a sieve tray at the bottom of the exchange-free sieve device is greater than a preset value, the control center controls the electric motor to start, so as to exchange the positions of the sieve tray at the top and the sieve tray at the bottom. The present invention has a high degree of automation, effectively reduces the labor intensity, labor costs and the energy consumption for drying, and enhances the drying efficiency and the drying quality.

Disclosed in the present application are a surrounding hot air slow-drying apparatus for pet food processing and a three-stage baking method. The surrounding hot air slow-drying apparatus for pet food processing comprises a drying oven (1), wherein a hot air drying unit is mounted at the inner bottom of the drying oven (1), a circulating conveying unit (2) is mounted in the drying oven (1), a plurality of drying frames (3) are uniformly distributed on the circulating conveying unit (2), material turning mechanisms are respectively provided in the drying frames (3), a positioning assembly (7) is mounted in the drying oven (1), and the material turning mechanisms cooperate with the positioning assembly (7) to turn over raw materials in the drying frames (3). By means of material turning plates (501) moving in the drying frames (3), food particles on the drying frames (3) are turned over; at the same time, arc-shaped plates (503) cooperate with second fixing plates (504) to scatter the food particles in an S-shaped path, avoiding damage to the food particles and realizing the replacement of the surfaces of the food particles in contact with hot air, and thus improving the yield of qualified pet food and improving a drying effect. By means of a three-stage baking process, the starch gelatinization degree of baked pet food can be increased to 90% or more, which is conducive to digestion and absorption.

Machines, processes, and methods in relation to processing of waste, in particular food or organic waste, are provided. Some embodiments described herein include: a drum to receive waste; mixing blades to break down waste; a heated air supply subsystem including an air heater, a fan, and a first air supply line to supply a first heated air stream into the drum; an ion generator to receive an inlet air stream and generate an ionised air stream at an outlet of the ion generator; a coupling conduit coupled at one end to the outlet of the ion generator and coupled at an opposite end to an ionised air inlet into the drum to supply the ionised air stream to the drum; wherein the first air supply line and the coupling conduit are configured so that mixing of the ionised air stream and the first heated air stream occurs downstream of each of the ion generator and the air heater.

A plant for treating organic material, having a reactor configured to dry organic material and a closure device (9) operating on a loading channel (6) for feeding material into the reactor. The closure device is designed to interact with material located at the outlet mouths (7) of the loading channel using separation elements (11). According to further aspects, the system may include an active filter (34) on a gas exhaust duct (30) that directs moisture-rich gases outside the reactor. In addition, the plant may be equipped with one or more suspension systems (57) that connect a frame (56) supporting the reactor to an angular position sensor (59), enabling translational movement of the sensor (59) relative to the frame. In other aspects, a process for treating organic material is provided, which involves loading the material into the reactor in a differentiated manner across two or more zones (3a) within the reactor (2).

The invention discloses pretreatment equipment for extracting pectin from straw, and belongs to the technical field of pectin extraction.The pretreatment equipment specifically comprises first-stage dehydration equipment, first-stage crushing equipment, second-stage dehydration equipment and second-stage crushing equipment, the discharging end of the first-stage dehydration equipment is connected with the feeding end of the first-stage crushing equipment, and the discharging end of the second-stage crushing equipment is connected with the discharging end of the second-stage crushing equipment; the discharging end of the first-stage crushing equipment is connected with the feeding end of the second-stage dehydration equipment, and the discharging end of the second-stage dehydration equipment is connected with the discharging end of the second-stage crushing equipment; compared with the prior art, the mode that straw is pretreated through first-stage dehydration, first-stage crushing, second-stage dehydration and second-stage crushing is adopted, a traditional manual natural airing mode is replaced, the crushing efficiency and the crushing effect of the straw are improved, the pectin extraction efficiency is improved, and manual physical labor is saved.

In order to capture and divert a significantly larger percentage of SCG generated on a daily basis, the present system, method and apparatus processes SCG right at the source of a bulk of SCG generation, namely the many tens of thousands of coffee shops around the world. In an aspect, there is provided a system, method, and apparatus for promptly dewatering collected SCG, and efficiently drying the SCG to a sufficiently low level of moisture content to stabilize the SCG for further processing. In an embodiment, the dewatered and dried SCG is collected within a predetermined number of hours for processing at a central processing facility, where the SCG is further processed into one or more high quality food grade ingredients for potential human consumption.

The invention relates to a process and apparatus for ultrasonic assisted drying of materials, in particular, but not exclusively, for the low temperature drying of materials that are heat sensitive. In particular, there is provided an apparatus for dehydration of water containing material comprising: an ultrasound emitter; an ultrasound transmission platform that directly or indirectly supports said material; a fluid retained between said emitter and said platform, through which ultrasound energy is transferred; and a gas stream device that directs drying gas to said material. There is also provided a method of dehydration of water containing material comprising locating the material either directly or indirectly on an ultrasound transmission platform of a dehydration apparatus that comprises: an ultrasound emitter; a fluid retained between said emitter and said platform, through which ultrasound energy is transferred; and a gas stream device that directs drying gas to said material; and exposing said material to ultrasound energy and drying gas flow for a time and under conditions suitable to achieve desired extent of dehydration of said material. In another aspect there is provided a material that has been dehydrated using the method or apparatus described above.

The present invention relates to the technical field of processing freeze-dried powder of berry tea, and discloses a continuous processing production line and method for freeze-dried powder of berry tea, the continuous processing production line for freeze-dried powder of berry tea comprising a vacuum drying tank, a filter cartridge, an elastic component and a driving component; the filter cartridge is arranged in the vacuum drying tank, and the elastic component is installed on the filter cartridge; a filter disc is installed in the filter cartridge, and the filter disc divides the filter cartridge into a first cavity and a second cavity, a plurality of first steel balls are arranged in the first cavity, and a plurality of second steel balls are arranged in the second cavity, and the diameter of the first steel ball is greater than the diameter of the second steel ball. The present invention rotates and shakes the filter cartridge in the vacuum drying tank, and utilizes steel balls of different diameters to perform double crushing and grinding on the berry tea. At the same time, the steel balls transfer heat when colliding, accelerating the diffusion and evaporation of water inside the berry tea, realizing the integration of drying, crushing, screening and grinding, effectively shortening the drying time, improving the drying efficiency and reducing the equipment cost.

Methods for drying cannabis in continuous throughput-type and batch-type microwave vacuum drying apparatus. One method uses a vacuum chamber having a plurality of adjacent drying zones. The cannabis is conveyed through each of the zones while exposing it to microwave radiation. Each of the drying zones has a microwave power level different from that of an adjacent drying zone, the microwave power levels of zones varying from each other in a non-linear arrangement from the first zone to the last zone. In a batch method, cannabis is loaded into a vacuum chamber, the pressure is reduced, and the cannabis is irradiated with microwave radiation at a first power level. The surface temperature of the cannabis is measured and when the temperature exceeds a specified temperature for a time period greater than a first time period, the power level is reduced to a lower power level for a second time period. The methods of drying maximize the retention of terpenes in the cannabis.

A gasification system for receiving biomass feedstock and gasifying the biomass feedstock to produce char can include a reaction zone for receiving biomass fuel and a cooling zone for receiving char from the reaction zone. Together, the reaction zone and the cooling zone include a reaction chamber and a cooling chamber defining a live floor and a gas recovery volume above the live floor. The reaction zone and the cooling zone also include augers arranged side-by-side on the live floor, where each auger has helical flighting. The helical flighting of each auger can be turned in an opposing direction to each adjacent auger. Each auger can also include paddles intermittently interrupting the helical flighting for turning over the biomass fuel. The augers can be driven to pull the biomass fuel from a first end to a second end of the reaction chamber and the cooling chamber

A method that controls the conditions of a grow room in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point to control the vapor pressure deficit in the grow room in order to slow down or prevent condensation that may promote the growth of mold, mildew, or microbes on the plants, or to slow down or prevent condensation that may promote pest infestation on the plant.

In a method for physical and thermochemical treatment of biomass, the biomass moisture content is reduced in a dryer and ammonia (NH3) is also released from the biomass during drying. The dried biomass is then either pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis reactor and the pyrolysis gas is forwarded to and combusted in a combustion device to form flue gas, or is combusted in a combustion facility unit to form flue gas. In either case the flue gas is fed to a mixer. Oxygen (O2) is metered to the flue gas in the mixer and is fed directly to the dryer as drying gas. As the drying gas passes through the dryer, the sulfur dioxide (SO2) contained in the drying gas and / or the sulfur trioxide (SO3) chemically reacts with the ammonia (NH3) to form ammonium sulfite ((NH4)2SO3) and / or ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4). Also a treatment facility physically and thermochemically treats the biomass.

A process and a plant for treating organic material, having a reactor configured to dry organic material and a closure device (9) operating on a loading channel (6) for feeding material into the reactor. The closure device is designed to interact with material located at the outlet mouths (7) of the loading channel using separation elements (11). According to further aspects, the system may include an active filter (34) on a gas exhaust duct (30) that directs moisture-rich gases outside the reactor. In addition, the plant may be equipped with one or more suspension systems (57) that connect a frame (56) supporting the reactor to an angular position sensor (59), enabling translational movement of the sensor (59) relative to the frame. In other aspects, treating organic material is provided, which involves loading the material into the reactor in a differentiated manner across two or more zones (3a) within the reactor (2).

A material drying plant using superheated steam includes a downwardly open chamber with an inlet for the material to be dried, an outlet for dried material to be dried, an inlet for superheated steam and an outlet for a vapour, a conveying system for introducing the material into the chamber, transporting the material in the chamber, during drying, and discharging the dried material from the chamber, a vapour compressor for compressing a first portion of the vapour recirculated from the chamber and a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the compressed first portion by condensing a volume flow of the compressed first portion supplied to the heat exchanger. A vapour atmosphere is formed in an upper region of the chamber, which vapour atmosphere floats on ambient air located in a lower region of the chamber, wherein a transition layer is formed between the upper region and the lower region.

A biosolids treatment system that treats human biosolids to produce thermal energy for self-consumption for the production of beneficial use products including low carbon ash, high carbon activated biochar, and Class A biosolids. The system includes a variable feed conveyor that conveys a biosolid feed into a dryer; a dryer that dries the biosolid feed to a predetermined moisture content to create one of a beneficial use products, where the predetermined moisture content is controlled by varying the speed of variable feed conveyors and a variable feed mixer; and a gasifier that converts the biosolid feed into two of the beneficial use products.

(Main claim - Synergetic drying system): Drying system (1) for plant products, comprising a housing (10) made of moisture-regulating material, an air distribution system with at least one fan (2) arranged in the area of ​​an upper outlet opening (5), which generates a substantially vertical airflow (6), and holders (3) for receiving the products, which are spaced apart from the housing walls and designed to allow 360° airflow around the products without air pockets, characterized in that the housing, fan and holders work synergistically together to provide uniform air circulation throughout the interior and to create a stable drying microclimate that prevents mold growth, preserves active ingredients and aromas of the plant parts and enables homogeneous, aroma-preserving drying.

A food disposer and an operating method of a food disposer. The method includes measuring a distance from a distance sensing module to a by-product stored in a storage container, through the distance sensing module, which is arrangeable relative to a cover that seals an upper portion of the storage container and spaced apart from a transfer pipe by a certain distance, and outputting a notification related to emptying of the by-product from the storage container based on the measured distance being less than or equal to a critical distance.

A biosolids treatment system that treats human biosolids to produce thermal energy for self-consumption for the production of beneficial use products including low carbon ash, high carbon activated biochar, and Class A biosolids. The system includes a variable feed conveyor that conveys a biosolid feed into a dryer; a dryer that dries the biosolid feed to a predetermined moisture content to create one of a beneficial use products, where the predetermined moisture content is controlled by varying the speed of variable feed conveyors and a variable feed mixer; and a gasifier that converts the biosolid feed into two of the beneficial use products.

The partial or full dehydration of organic or inorganic matter containing water by induction of matter into a vacuum and processing matter through a specially designed acceleration channel is disclosed. The inducted matter accelerates in air from zero speed to sub-sonic speed to reach supersonic speed. As the material transitions the sound barrier, it is subject to acoustic shock waves and an instant negative pressure drop occurs. The sound waves disintegrate, disinfect the material and extract part or all moisture from any organic or inorganic material.

The invention relates to a crushing, soil removing and drying device for corn straw round wrapping materials, and relates to the technical field of biomass straw pretreatment. The device comprises a belt conveyor, a material uniformizing shifting wheel, a suspension type magnetic separator, a shredding machine, a centrifugal fan, an integrated soil removing and drying machine, an ultrasonic generator, a cyclone dust collector, a pulse bag type dust collector, an induced draft fan, a discharging packing auger and a finished product bin, and the material uniformizing shifting wheel and the suspension type magnetic separator are both arranged above the horizontal section of the belt conveyor; the rear end of the belt conveyor is communicated with the shredder, the sealed feeding bin is arranged on the upper portion of the shredder and communicated with the centrifugal fan, the lower portion of the shredder is communicated with the integrated soil removing and drying machine, the ultrasonic generator is arranged on the side face of the integrated soil removing and drying machine, and the integrated soil removing and drying machine is communicated with the cyclone dust collector and the pulse bag type dust collector. And the bottom of the integrated soil removing and drying machine is communicated with the discharging auger and the finished product bin. The device has the effect of combining crushing, soil removing and drying functions.