Freeze drying plant and method
OwnerTorsten Pächnatzinventor
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Abstract
A freeze drying plant for drying products containing liquid has a vacuum chamber configured to receive the products. A reception device has at least one reception plate onto which the products can be applied. A cooling system has a fluid circuit configured to cool and/or to heat the products by a cooling fluid conducted in the fluid circuit. The reception plate has at least one closed fluid space that is connected to the fluid circuit and that cooling fluid flows through. At least one sound generator introduces ultrasound into the products during a drying phase, with the sound generator disposed in the fluid space and being able to be flowed around by cooling fluid.
Claims14
A freeze drying plant for drying products containing liquid, comprising:
- a vacuum chamber configured to receive the products containing liquid;
- a reception device having at least one reception plate onto which the products containing liquid can be placed;
- a cooling system having a fluid circuit is configured to cool and/or to heat the products by a cooling fluid conducted in the fluid circuit;
- wherein the reception plate has at least one closed fluid space that is connected to the fluid circuit and through which the cooling fluid flows;
- at least one sound generator configured to introduce ultrasound into the products during a drying phase, the sound generator being disposed in the fluid space so as to be flowed around by the cooling fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.