Patent ID: 6299343
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of heating and/or homogenizing products in a steam-liquid injector comprising the steps of:a) feeding steam and liquid product into a mixing chamber--through a steam nozzle and a product nozzle accordingly; accelerating a product at entry to the mixing chamber to a maximum permissible speed matching processing operating conditions, while not exceeding the speed at which the static pressure of the flow matches the saturation pressure at an input temperature of the product, the maximum speed according to the liquid flow speed curve in the injector channel before steam feeding, being observed at the output cross-sectional area of the product nozzle;b) forming in the mixing chamber a two-phase steam-liquid flow by mixing the product with steam; andc) compressing the two-phase steam-liquid flow and condensing steam in the product.