Method and device for producing l-menthol in solid form
AssigneeSandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH
InventorBernhard ROTH
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Abstract
A process for producing L-menthol in solid form, including the following steps: providing a menthol melt, feeding the melt to a drop former having a rotating, perforated outer drum and a fixed nozzle strip adjacent to the inside of the outer drum, depositing the menthol melt produced by the drop former onto a continuous cooling belt, solidifying the menthol melt during transport on the cooling belt to form L-menthol pellets and taking the pellets off in the region of a deflection drum for the cooling belt.
Claims18
A process for producing L-menthol in solid form, characterized by the following steps:
- providing a menthol melt,
- feeding the melt to a drop former having a rotating, perforated outer drum and a fixed nozzle strip adjacent to the inside of the outer drum,
- depositing melt drops produced by the drop former onto a continuous cooling belt,
- solidifying the melt drops during transport on the cooling belt to form L-menthol pellets and
- taking the pellets off in the region of a deflection drum for the cooling belt.
An apparatus for producing L-menthol in solid form, including means for providing a menthol melt, a drop former having a rotating, perforated outer drum and a fixed nozzle strip adjacent to the inside of the outer drum and also a continuous cooling belt arranged underneath the outer drum.
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