Method of disintegrating and fluid drying of sugar beet material preventing the degradation reaction of the material
AssigneeBoris Zitny
InventorBoris Žitný
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Abstract
A method for the disintegration and fluid drying of sugar beet material which prevents the material's degradation reaction from taking place and which includes the steps of disintegrating the sugar beet material to particles with a particle surface area of at least 2.0 cm2, and subsequent immediate exposure of the disintegrated material to a drying gas(es) at a temperature of 25° C. to 160° C. and a flow rate of 5 m·s31 1 to 40 m·s−1, where the relative humidity of the drying gas(es) at the inlet to the drying space is at most 85%; and subsequent mixing of the disintegrated material with a flow of drying gas(es) until attaining a value of dry matter of at least 70% by weight.
Claims19
A method of disintegration and fluid drying of the sugar beet material preventing the degradation reaction from taking place, comprising:
- disintegration of the sugar beet material into particles where the surface area of the particle is at least 2.0 cm2,
- immediate exposure of the disintegrated material to a flow of drying gas(es) at a temperature of 25° C. to 160° C. and at a flow rate of 5 m·s−1 to 40 m·s−1, where the relative humidity of the drying gas(es) at an inlet to a drying space in a fluid dryer is at most 85% and were the drying takes place until a dry matter value of at least 70% by weight has been attained.
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