Roasting system
AssigneeLa Bomba Sprl
InventorKoen Bosmans
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Abstract
A system for roasting particulate material, such as coffee or cacao beans, grains, malt. The system includes a concentrated solar collector configured for heating a fluid; a heat storage device configured for storing heat of the heated fluid; a particulate material roasting device comprising a treatment compartment configured for receiving the particulate material, and at least one generation unit configured for generating at least one gas and/or steam flow with a controlled temperature, through said treatment compartment. The at least one generation unit is configured for exchanging heat between said at least one gas and/or steam flow and a second flow. A circulation system is configured for generating the second flow by using heat stored in the storage device, and is configured for using directly the heated fluid.
Claims20
A system for roasting particulate material, such as coffee or cacao beans, grains, malt, said system comprising:
- a concentrated solar collector configured for heating a fluid;
- a heat storage device configured for storing heat of the heated fluid;
- a roasting device for the particulate material comprising a treatment compartment configured for receiving the particulate material, at least one generation unit configured for generating at least one gas and/or steam flow with a controlled temperature, through the treatment compartment;
- said at least one generation unit being configured for exchanging heat between said at least one gas and/or steam flow and a second flow;
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- a circulation system configured for generating the second flow by using heat stored in the heat storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.