Spray Drum System for Preserving Nutrients in Food Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food manufacturing processes fail to preserve the natural color and nutrients of solid particle materials during mixing, stirring, and heating, leading to potential contamination risks and loss of nutritional value.
Innovation Solution
A spray drum system comprising a drum drying device and a spray device that uses a feeding hopper, vibrator, pneumatic conveyor, and high-pressure air source to spray solid particles directly onto the drum drying device, ensuring they are pressed and dried with the food slurry, maintaining natural color and nutrients while providing sterilization and better food safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If solid particles are mixed and heated through conventional processes, then the food is processed and cooked, but the natural color and nutrients of the solid particles are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The solid particles are sprayed onto the drum surface before the food slurry is applied, establishing a protective layer that will be cooked together with the slurry. This preliminary positioning ensures the particles receive proper heat treatment while preserving their natural properties
Solution Approach 2:
A pneumatic conveyor system with high-pressure air source is used to transport and spray the solid particles uniformly onto the drum surface. This pneumatic delivery method ensures precise placement without mechanical contact that could damage the particles
2Adaptability or versatility
If solid particles are mixed using dry mixing processes, then the ingredients are combined, but contamination risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The drum surface with food slurry serves as an intermediary medium that receives the solid particles. This eliminates direct contact between particles and mixing equipment, reducing contamination risks while still achieving uniform distribution
Solution Approach 2:
The conventional mechanical dry mixing system is replaced with a pneumatic delivery system that deposits particles onto the drum. This substitution eliminates mechanical contact and associated contamination risks
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 system effectively preserves the natural color and nutrients of solid particles, enhancing food safety by ensuring proper heat treatment and reducing contamination risks associated with dry mixing processes.
Implementation Method 1
The high-pressure air source is connected with the pneumatic conveyor and configured to supply a gas driving force required to transport and spray the solid particles
Implementation Method 2
The vibrator is connected with an output port of the feeding hopper and configured to vibrate the feeding hopper and output the solid particles and control an output rate of the solid particles
Implementation Method 3
a drum drying device and a spray device. The spray device is configured to spray solid particles on the drum drying device
Implementation Method 4
dries and sterilizes them, which not only keep the solid particles with natural color in the finished product
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AI summary
A spray drum system includes a drum drying device and a spray device. The spray device is configured to spray solid particles on the drum drying device. The spray device includes a feeding hopper, a vibrator, a pneumatic conveyor and a high-pressure air source. The feeding hopper is configured to accommodate the solid particles. The vibrator is connected with an output port of the feeding hopper and configured to vibrate the feeding hopper and output the solid particles and control an output rate of the solid particles. The pneumatic conveyor is configured to receive the solid particles output from the vibrator and spray over the drum drying device. The high-pressure air source is connected with the pneumatic conveyor and configured to supply a gas driving force required to transport and spray the solid particles.