Heat treatment of foodstuff
US4364727A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L5/17
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of heat treatment of foodstuff in which a stream of oxygen-containing gas and fuel is passed over one or more catalysts to raise the temperature of the gas stream and the resulting hot, gas stream is contacted with foodstuff in which a proportion of the total fuel may be injected initially and a further proportion or proportions of fuel is subsequently injected preceding passage of the gas and fuel stream over a catalyst and the gas and fuel stream may be passed over catalysts in parallel or in series or so that a portion is continually divided off from the main stream flowing to a main catalyst and passed over a subsidiary catalyst and returned to a point in the mainstream upstream of where it was divided off.
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