Method for the production of a sheet of material containing alkaloids
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorStefan Lauenstein
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to produce a sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the method comprising:—mixing particles of the material containing alkaloids, a binder, an aerosol former and water to form a slurry;—casting (100) the slurry to form a cast sheet;—drying (101) the cast sheet by means of a heated fluid;—recovering heat (103) from exhausts produced during drying;—recovering volatile substances from exhausts produced during drying; and—obtaining a flavor extract from the recovered volatile substances.
Claims14
1-15. (canceled)
A method to produce a sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the method comprising:
- mixing particles of the material containing alkaloids, a binder, an aerosol former and water to form a slurry;
- casting the slurry to form a cast sheet;
- drying the cast sheet by means of a heated fluid;
- recovering heat from exhausts produced during drying;
- recovering volatile substances from exhausts produced during drying;
- obtaining a flavor extract from the recovered volatile substances;
- transporting the cast sheet along a transport direction during the drying;
- collecting exhausts produced in the drying step from different locations along the transport direction;
- and
- obtaining a different substance from the exhaust depending on the location of collection.
The method according to any of the preceding claims, comprising:
- collecting water formed during the drying step;
- and
- recovering heat from the collected water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.