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US 10,194,680 B2Granted
Sterilization reactor and method patent application
AssigneeMillisecond Technologies Corp.
InventorNikolay V. Arofikin
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Abstract
A method and device to treat liquid to reduce the amount of microorganisms in the liquid to a preselected level and/or to mitigate the growth of microorganisms are disclosed. Utilizing the method or device, liquid product is sprayed into a cavity of a reactor using a nozzle that produces a flat spray to provide means for efficient heating and treatment of the liquid.
Claims31
A reactor for treating a liquid product by heating it, the reactor comprising:
- (a) two spaced-apart walls wherein each wall has a planar interior surface, an exterior surface, and an interior cavity between the interior surfaces;
- (b) an entrance to the interior cavity;
- (c) one or more heating sources for each wall, wherein each of the one or more heating sources is external to the interior cavity and is configured to raise the temperature of the interior surface of each wall to a temperature equal to or greater than the highest temperature to which the liquid product is heated;
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- (d) a nozzle at the entrance, the nozzle having an inlet into which the liquid product enters and an exit opening to the interior cavity and through which the liquid product enters the interior cavity, the nozzle projecting a flat stream of the liquid product into the interior cavity.
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