Method and apparatus for drying a material
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsSiegfried Schmidt, Maria Toivonen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of drying a material, that includes the steps of: providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing, transporting a material into the housing, and drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere. Thereafter, transporting the dried material out of the housing and extracting from the gaseous atmosphere volatile substances which escape from the material into the gaseous atmosphere, especially flavors. The invention is also direct to an apparatus for drying the extruded material.
Claims30
A method of drying a material, comprising the steps of:
- providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing,
- transporting a material into the housing,
- drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere,
- transporting the dried material out of the housing and
- extracting from the gaseous atmosphere volatile substances which escape from the material into the gaseous atmosphere.
An apparatus for drying an extruded material, comprising:
- a housing for holding a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam, the housing having an inlet port and an outlet port,
- a means for generating a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam inside the housing,
- a first transport means for transporting material through the inlet port into the housing,
- a second transport means for transporting the material through the outlet port out of the housing, and,
- an extraction unit for extracting volatile substances from the gaseous atmosphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.