Killing microbes with pressure drop and heat
AssigneeMillisecond Technologies Corp.
InventorsNikolay Arofikin, Phillip R. Frechette
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Abstract
A method and device are described that reduce the amount of pathogens in a liquid and/or to mitigate the growth of pathogens. Utilizing the method or device, liquid product is subjected to an 8 Bar or greater pressure drop. The liquid product is then heated to increase its temperature by at least 10° C. while it is in the droplet phase and/or after being collected into a liquid volume.
Claims24
1-22. (canceled)
A method for reducing the number of pathogens in a liquid, the method comprising:
- (a) diffusing a liquid into droplets while subjecting it to a pressure drop of eight Bars or more;
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- (b) after subjecting the liquid to the pressure drop of eight bars or more, increasing the temperate of the liquid by at least 10° C.
The method of claim 1 that further includes the step of diffusing into droplets by a passing the liquid through a plurality of nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.