Process for drying and immunizing guadua and furnace for carrying out the process
AssigneeMaderas y Guaduas Ltda.
InventorAlba Maria Mendoza Giraldo
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Abstract
One is a process to dry and to immunize guadua twigs based upon the recirculation of smoke within a furnace provided this one with a coil that provides vaporized water to conform a humid atmosphere in a temperature of between the 30 and 50° c. The furnace goes equally provided with air nozzles by pressure in the home and a recollection system of piro log (piroleñoso) acid of the drying, as well as parallel grills in the furnace to vertically align guadua twigs during the drying.
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A process for drying and immunizing guadua twigs, comprising the steps of:
- loading vegetable organic fuel in a furnace;
- placing guadua twigs in an upright position within the furnace;
- placing water in an internal coil of the furnace;
- igniting the fuel, and increasing temperature in the furnace by 10° C. each 24 hours until the temperature reaches a drying temperature between 30 and 50° C.;
- provide a final humidity in the furnace controlled to 15%;
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- maintaining the drying temperature and humidity in the furnace for a period of four weeks, turning the furnace off, and removing dried and immunized guadua twigs from the furnace.
Furnace for drying and immunizing of guadua twigs, comprising:
- an internal volume for circulation of smoke;
- a hearth for incomplete combustion;
- a duct for recirculation of the smoke;
- a coil for circulation of water for evaporation as means for maintaining humidity within the furnace;
- superposed parallel grills for aligning guadua twigs vertically within the furnace;
- a base support of glasses communicated to each other receiving distilled guadua product;
- nozzles providing air to the combustion hearth, and an air turbine providing air to the nozzles;
- a pump for providing water to the coil;
- lateral insulating walls of the furnace;
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- a support base of refractory bricks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.