Liquid nitrogen immersion/impingement freezing method and apparatus
US5417074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2400/30
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Method and apparatus for rapidly crust or through freezing a particle by simultaneously moving the particle through a bath of cryogenic liquid and exposing the particle or portions of the particle not submerged in the liquid to a spray of the cryogenic liquid.
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