Flameless method of heating food or food containers
AssigneeForever Young International, Inc.
InventorDaniel L. Young
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Abstract
A food heating method of using an exothermic gel to minimize metallic odors in a presence of food or within a food container. The method can include generating an exothermic reaction that produces heat by exposing a mixture of the expandable exothermic gel-forming composition to water and one or more electrolytes in the absence of air to form the expandable exothermic gel, the mixture comprising first metallic galvanic particles and second metallic galvanic alloy particles, a metallic secondary shell comprised of at least one transitional metal, and a super absorbent polymer; and suppressing at or about 95% hydrogen byproducts of the exothermic reaction within the gel while in the presence of the food or the food container so that steam permeates around the food or the food container.
Claims17
A flameless food heating method of using an exothermic gel to minimize metallic odors in a presence of food or within a food container, comprising:
- generating an exothermic reaction that produces heat by exposing a mixture of the expandable exothermic gel-forming composition to water and one or more electrolytes in the absence of air to form the expandable exothermic gel, the mixture comprising first metallic galvanic alloy particles and second metallic galvanic alloy particles, where the first particles serve as a cathode and the second particles serve as an anode with a different oxidation potential than the cathode, a metallic secondary shell comprised of at least one transitional metal, and a super absorbent polymer;
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- sequestering at or about 95% hydrogen of the exothermic reaction within a matrix of the gel before the hydrogen escapes so that steam permeates around the food or the food container.
A method of using an expandable exothermic gel, comprising:
- generating an exothermic reaction that produces heat by exposing a mixture of the expandable exothermic gel-forming composition to water and an electrolyte in the absence of air to form the expandable exothermic gel, the mixture comprising manganese dioxide blended with a buffering agent comprising a super absorbent polymer;
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- suppressing at least about 95% hydrogen gas byproducts of the exothermic reaction within a matrix of the exothermic gel before the hydrogen escapes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.