Process and facility for producing a powdered porous product
AssigneeClextral
InventorsAlain BRISSET, Maxime COLLADO
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process in which a viscous initial product having both a temperature of between 5° C. and 70° C. and a viscosity greater than 100 mPa·s is provided, —by way of a pump provided upstream of at least one aerator, the viscous initial product is transferred as it is to the at least one aerator in which the viscous initial product is mixed with a gas, injected into the aerator, so as to obtain a liquid foam continuously exiting the aerator, and—the liquid foam continuously exiting the at least one aerator is continuously pushed into the inlet of a treatment device which continuously divides and then dries this liquid foam so as to obtain a powdered porous product which has a solids content greater than 90%.
Claims16
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A method for producing a powdery porous product, wherein:
- a viscous initial product having both a temperature comprised between 5° C. and 70° C. and a viscosity greater than 100 mPa·s is provided,
- by means of a pump provided upstream from at least one aerator, the viscous initial product is transferred as such as far as said at least one aerator in which the viscous initial product is mixed with a gas, injected into the aerator, for obtaining a liquid foam continuously leaving the aerator, and
- the liquid foam continuously leaving said at least one aerator is continuously pushed into an inlet of a treatment device which, continuously divides and then dries this liquid foam in order to obtain a powdery porous product which has a dry material level greater than 90%.
An installation for producing a powdery porous product, comprising:
- a pump for transferring a viscous initial product having both a temperature comprised between 5° C. and 70° C. and a viscosity greater than 100 mPa·s,
- at least one aerator, to which are admitted the viscous initial product, discharged as such by the pump, and a gas, and which mixes the viscous initial product and the gas for obtaining a liquid foam continuously leaving said at least one aerator, and
- a continuous treatment device of the liquid foam, this treatment device being downstream from the aerator and being provided for, continuously, dividing and then drying the liquid foam which continuously leaves said at least one aerator and is pushed into an inlet of this treatment device, until a powdery porous product having a dry material level greater than 90% is obtained.
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