US 12,145,080 B2 · Device and method for the continuous high-pressure treatment of bulk material and use thereof

Abstract

An apparatus and method for high pressure treatment of bulk material by extraction and/or impregnation may involve high pressure treating bulk material in a high pressure treatment volume of a pressure vessel apparatus at a high pressure level, especially high pressure in the range from 40 to 1000 bar. The method comprises at least the three following step sequences that are each controllable individually: pressurization, high pressure treatment, and depressurization. The high pressure treatment is performed in a continuous manner in the high pressure treatment volume. The high pressure treatment volume or the entire pressure vessel apparatus is in a fixed arrangement during the high pressure treatment. The continuity of the high pressure treatment is ensured solely by means of the high pressure treatment volume. This especially enables engineering optimization of high pressure treatment processes, for example extraction.

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Dependent claims

A method for high pressure treatment of bulk material by extraction, wherein the bulk material is disposed in a high pressure treatment volume, which has cavities, of a pressure vessel apparatus and is treated at a high pressure level in a range from 40 to 1000 bar, wherein the method comprises:

pressurizing the high pressure treatment volume;
high pressure treating the bulk material in a continuous manner in the high pressure treatment volume, with continuity of the high pressure treating being ensured solely by way of the high pressure treatment volume, wherein the high pressure treatment volume or the pressure vessel apparatus is in a fixed arrangement during the high pressure treating, wherein the high pressure treating comprises continuously displacing the bulk material by translation of a translational actuator within the high pressure treatment volume;
and
depressurizing the high pressure treatment volume.

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A high pressure treatment system configured for high pressure treatment of bulk material by extraction at a high pressure level in a range from 40 to 1000 bar, the high pressure treatment system comprising:

a pressurization device having pressure generation means;
a pressure vessel apparatus coupled to the pressurization device and including a high pressure-resistant wall surrounding a high pressure treatment volume, wherein the pressure vessel apparatus is configurable in a fixed arrangement and is configured for a continuous high pressure treatment solely by way of the high pressure treatment volume that is in a fixed arrangement and is at the high pressure level, wherein the high pressure treatment volume includes cavities that are delimited and isolated from one another by partition units, wherein a translational actuator is disposed in the high pressure treatment volume for performing a translational actuating movement;
and
a depressurization device coupled to the pressure vessel apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device and method for the continuous high-pressure treatment of bulk material and use thereof

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Device and method for the continuous high-pressure treatment of bulk material and use thereof

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