Biomass Micrometric Separator Using Fluid Bed Turbulence
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing biomass separators either degrade active ingredients like proteins during the crushing process due to contact with mechanical surfaces or are inefficient and complex, making it difficult to obtain high-yield, pure organic matrixes.
Innovation Solution
A micrometric separator with multiple stages, utilizing a fluid bed and revolving discs with turbulence-generating features to facilitate reciprocal collisions of biomass particles, minimizing contact with device walls and incorporating cooling to preserve active ingredients and enhance yield.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mechanical crushing devices with rollers and cylinders are used to crush biomasses, then crushing effectiveness is improved, but active ingredients like proteins are degraded due to contact with mechanical surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical crushing surfaces (rollers, cylinders) with a fluid bed system where particles are crushed through reciprocal collisions in a fluid environment. This substitution eliminates direct contact between biomasses and mechanical crushing surfaces, thereby preventing degradation of active ingredients like proteins while maintaining crushing effectiveness through particle-to-particle collisions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a conveying fluid as an intermediary medium between the crushing mechanism and the biomasses. The fluid bed acts as a mediator that facilitates particle suspension and reciprocal collisions without requiring direct mechanical contact, thus protecting active ingredients from degradation while enabling effective crushing through fluid-mediated particle interactions.
2Productivity
If fluid bed systems with high pressure increases are used to crush biomasses, then crushing efficiency is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the crushing process into multiple stages with progressively finer crushing actions. The fluid bed system is segmented into different zones or stages that handle different aspects of crushing, allowing efficient particle size reduction without requiring excessively high pressures in a single stage, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a self-service mechanism where the conveying fluid itself facilitates the crushing process through natural particle suspension and reciprocal collisions. The system uses the fluid's own flow characteristics and particle interactions to achieve crushing, eliminating the need for complex external pressure generation equipment and reducing device complexity while maintaining high crushing efficiency.
3Productivity
If vortex motions with high pressures are generated in cylindrical chambers, then material crushing is improved, but particles collide against walls causing modification of active ingredients
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional cylindrical chamber with wall collisions with a fluid bed system where particles are crushed through reciprocal collisions in a fluid environment. This substitution eliminates direct contact between particles and chamber walls, thereby preventing modification of active ingredients while maintaining effective crushing through fluid-mediated particle interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a conveying fluid as an intermediary that enables particle suspension and reciprocal collisions without requiring particles to contact chamber walls. The fluid acts as a mediator that facilitates crushing through particle-to-particle interactions while protecting active ingredients from wall-induced modification, thus resolving the contradiction between crushing performance and ingredient preservation.
4Manufacturing precision
If multiple crushing stages are implemented to improve separation quality, then organic matrix purity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the crushing and separation functions into a single integrated fluid bed system. By combining these functions, the patent achieves high organic matrix purity through effective particle separation while avoiding the increased device complexity that would result from implementing separate crushing and separation stages. The fluid bed system simultaneously performs both crushing through reciprocal collisions and separation based on particle characteristics.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively crushes and separates biomasses into pure organic matrixes with high protein content and high yield, preventing degradation of active ingredients and simplifying the process with a compact, technically straightforward design.
Implementation Method 1
first means for conveying particles through the aforesaid fluid bed, for example composed of a first crushing chamber for reciprocal collisions of particles having a first revolving disc provided with first members for generating at least one turbulent flow in the fluid bed
Implementation Method 2
particles of biomasses are introduced dispersed in a conveying fluid bed (conveying fluid current), and first means for conveying particles through the aforesaid fluid bed
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AI summary
Micrometric separator (1) for biomasses (100) in particles, of the type comprising at least one first crushing stage (2) wherein said particles are introduced dispersed in a conveying fluid bed, and first means (110) for conveying said particles in said fluid bed. The afore said first crushing stage (2) comprises a first crushing chamber (5) for reciprocal collisions of particles, that has at least one first revolving disc (7) provided with first members (9) for generating at least one turbulent flow in the fluid bed, and at least one first contrast body (8), in front of the first revolving disc (7), as well as one or more outlets (22) of the fluid bed, the first contrast body (8) being provided with at least one inlet (6) having an inflow section with the axis substantially incident to the first revolving disc (7).