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US 10,517,308 B2Granted
Processing of agricultural products using radiofrequency
AssigneeZiel Equipment, Sales and Services, Inc.
InventorAndre Rehkopf
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Abstract
A radiofrequency heating system and methods for processing agricultural products are provided herein. The method may include positioning an agricultural product between two electrode assemblies of a radiofrequency (RF) circuit, closing the RF circuit, and heating the agricultural product to a threshold temperature in greater than a threshold amount of time.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- positioning an enclosure containing an agricultural plant product between two electrode assemblies of a radiofrequency (RF) circuit, wherein the agricultural plant product is cannabis;
- closing the RF circuit;
- subjecting the cannabis to RF waves via the closed RF circuit for at least four minutes;
- and
- heating and drying the cannabis via the RF waves, the cannabis heated to a final temperature ranging from 75 degrees Celsius to 115 degrees Celsius via the RF waves.
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A method of treating an agricultural product, comprising:
- subjecting the agricultural product to radiofrequency (RF) waves, wherein the agricultural product is cannabis;
- heating the cannabis to a final temperature ranging from 75 degrees Celsius to 115 degrees Celsius via the RF waves at a heating rate that is less than 19.0 degrees Celsius per minute;
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- via subjecting the cannabis to the RF waves, reducing a microbial load of the cannabis to an acceptable limit while avoiding degradation of a chemical composition of the cannabis.
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A method, comprising:
- loading a leafy agricultural plant product into an enclosure;
- positioning the enclosure containing the leafy agricultural plant product between two electrode assemblies of a radiofrequency (RF) circuit;
- closing the RF circuit;
- subjecting the leafy agricultural plant product to RF waves via the closed RF circuit;
- and
- heating the leafy agricultural plant product via the RF waves to a final temperature ranging from 75 degrees Celsius to 115 degrees Celsius, the leafy agricultural plant product heated at a heating rate that is less than 19.0 degrees Celsius per minute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.