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US 2015/0306262 A1Published application
Process and radiator device for wort sterilization by radiation for ethanol production
OwnerMarcelo Gianatto Moreira, Airton Deppman +1inventors
InventorsMarcelo Gianatto Moreira, Airton Deppman, Pedro Carlos Russo Rossi
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Abstract
A method and irradiator apparatus used for wort sterilization by radiation for production of ethanol from sugar cane, comprising a trough-like fluid duct and a radiation source for directing radiation over the flow of a fluid conducted through the duct, and application of radiation to a fluid within an apparatus for sterilization of such fluid.
Claims2
An apparatus for sterilization of a fluid, comprising:
- a fluid duct comprising a first horizontal portion, an inclined portion downstream of the first horizontal portion, and a second horizontal portion downstream of the inclined portion;□
- a radiation source positioned above the inclined portion of the fluid duct;□
- wherein the fluid duct conducts fluid from the first horizontal portion through the inclined portion wherein it may be sterilized by radiation to the second horizontal portion.
An apparatus for irradiation of a fluid, comprising:
- a plurality of fluid ducts;
- and
- a plurality of radiation sources;
- wherein the radiation sources direct radiation over at least a portion of at least some of the plurality of fluid ducts;
- and
- wherein at least some of the fluid ducts direct the flow of a fluid through the path of radiation.
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