Patent ID: 6502581
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A24B

Abstract:
A device for regulating the output moisture content of tobacco conditioned by a conditioning drum, comprising:a computer for computing a target value for a throughflow of water injected through a first nozzle in an infeed of said drum from a set of actual values for tobacco mass flow, steam throughflow and input moisture content of said tobacco and a target value for said tobacco output moisture content; and a controller for controlling: the water amount injected through a second nozzle into an outlet of said drum depending on said target value and an actual value for said tobacco output moisture content; measuring said throughflow of water supplied to said first nozzle from said computed target value and said actual value for said throughflow of water; computing a target value for said throughflow of water supplied to said second nozzle from said target value and said actual value for said tobacco output moisture content.