UHT system and method for heat treating temperature-sensitive food products

US9253999B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA TDS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ludger Tacke · Velen, DE
• Norbert Busch · Borken, DE
• Deitrich Zimmermann · Baunach, DE
• Hubert Assing · Ahaus, DE
• Uwe Schwenzow · Ahaus, DE
• Brigitte Schlag · Coesfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a UHT system for heat treating temperature-sensitive food products, in particular desserts or dessert-like products, comprising a pre-heating zone and a subsequent high-heating zone. The aim of the invention is to achieve accurate and fast temperature adjustment of the food product leaving the pre-heating zone to the temperature conditions at the inlet of the high-heating zone in a UHT system of the generic type, and at the same time, with an equal dwell time for all partial amounts of the food product, to ensure that the food product is treated in a particularly thermally gentle manner and to keep the mechanical loading of the food product as low as possible.