公开(公告)号：US20240260602A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18279351

申请日：2021-03-09

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Jesper Oldrup ,  Preben Dam

IPC: A23F5/50 ,  A23F5/32 ,  A23F5/34 ,  A23F5/36

CPC classification number: A23F5/505 ,  A23F5/32 ,  A23F5/34 ,  A23F5/36

Abstract: A method and a system for recovering aroma compounds from a coffee extract is provided. The coffee extract and a steam flow is provided to a two-fluid nozzle, to generate a spray of coffee extract in steam, which spray is separated to provide an aroma rich gas and stripped coffee extract.

公开(公告)号：US11788577B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17428448

申请日：2019-02-07

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Jon Steffen Larsen ,  Jakob Nielsen ,  Asger Hansen

IPC: F16C27/04 ,  F16C19/06

CPC classification number: F16C27/045 ,  F16C19/06 ,  F16C2300/22

Abstract: A rotary bearing with a damper having an inner bearing element configured for rotation around an axis of rotation, an outer bearing element coaxial with the inner bearing element, an inner damper element with an outer surface surrounding the outer bearing element, an outer damper element with an inner surface surrounding the inner damper element, at least one sealing element provided between the outer surface and the inner surface, the sealing element confining a damper space having a circumferential film space defined by a clearance between the outer surface and the inner surface. The damper space contains fluid and is a closed, isolated damper space.

公开(公告)号：US20210293477A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17254801

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Mads Lund STEFFENSEN ,  Kristian Mark INGVORSEN ,  Jasbir DHANON

IPC: F26B3/12 ,  B01D1/18 ,  F26B21/00 ,  F15D1/00

Abstract: In the gas disperser (3), a flow conditioning device (5, 6) is located in the inlet duct section (32). The flow conditioning device comprises a hole plate (5) and a flow straightener (6) positioned in parallel with and at a distance (h) in the axial direction (axd) from the downstream side of the hole plate (5). The hole plate (5) has a predefined hole plate thickness (tp) in the axial direction (axd) and each flow straightener (6) has a predefined flow straightener length (Is) in the axial direction (axd), the flow straightener length (Is) being substantially larger than the hole plate thickness (tp).

公开(公告)号：US20210262730A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17255360

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Zahé DAW ,  Poul-Erik AAGAARD ,  Alexander William LEAR

IPC: F26B5/08 ,  C02F11/127 ,  C02F11/13

Abstract: A dryer for drying a liquid feed into a powder comprises a drying chamber defined by a chamber wall including a bottom wall portion; a feed inlet for receiving the liquid feed and dispersing particulate feed into the drying chamber; at least one air inlet for entering drying air into the drying chamber; and at least one drying chamber outlet for dried powder and/or spend drying air from the drying chamber. The feed inlet comprises a decanter centrifuge with an axis of rotation; a first axial end; a second axial end; and a solid phase outlet at the first axial end.

公开(公告)号：US10850465B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16307603

申请日：2017-06-07

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Alexander William Lear

IPC: B30B9/12 ,  B30B15/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a screw press apparatus (1) comprising an outer casing (2) surrounding a screening tube (6a) with a plurality of liquid discharge holes, a slurry inlet port (3) at one end of the screening tube and a solids discharge port (4) at an opposite end of the screening tube, the screening tube housing an axially located auger (5), the outer casing (2) having a first opening in fluid communication with the slurry inlet port (3), a second opening in fluid communication with the solids discharge port (4), and a third opening (8) in fluid communication with the liquid discharge holes of the screening tube (6), a cleaning device (20) located between the outer casing and the screening tube, a device (10) for axially moving the cleaning device. The cleaning device (20) has a rigid co-axial liquid supply pipe (30) having at least one washing pipe (21, 22, 23, 24) at least partially surrounding the screening tube (6), each at least one washing pipe (21, 22, 23, 24) containing a plurality of nozzles (211, 221, 231, 241) facing the screening tube (6a). The screw press apparatus is especially suited for processing protein containing slurries, and in another aspect the invention relates to a method of producing a gluten product using the screw press apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US10443933B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15030056

申请日：2013-10-18

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Jens Ulrik Nielsen ,  Thomas Filholm ,  Troels O. J. P. Berg ,  Thomas Willum Jensen

IPC: F26B3/12 ,  B01D1/18 ,  B08B9/027 ,  B05B15/555 ,  B05B15/52

Abstract: In a spray drying apparatus, comprising in a usual manner a drying chamber, an air disperser, and at least one pressure nozzle arrangement (4), means are provided for emptying the feed in the nozzle arrangement(s) (4) after the supply of feed from a feed system (5) is halted and before the nozzle arrangement(s) (4) are removed from the drying chamber and positioned in a cleaning system (7). The emptying takes place while maintaining atomization in the nozzle arrangement (4). The feed emptying system (6) comprises a pump (60), a pressurized air/gas source (61) and a conduit (62), and the spray drying apparatus at least one valve (45, 53, 63, 64, 65, 66) allowing switching from the feed system (5) to the feed emptying system (6).

公开(公告)号：US10428961B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US16309953

申请日：2016-06-20

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Morten Gregersen

IPC: F16K11/087 ,  F16K27/06 ,  F16K24/02

Abstract: The sanitary diverter valve (70) is for use in a drying system or powder conveying system including conveying lines and a purge line of a purge arrangement. The sanitary diverter valve comprises a valve housing (71) with a number of openings (72, 73, 74) configured to be connected to respective lines of the system. The valve housing (71) is substantially cylindrical and includes a first opening (72), a second opening (73) and a third opening (74). Furthermore, the diverter valve (70) comprises a rotatable diversion member (75) provided with a flow channel (76) having a first end (76a) and a second end (76b), an open space (77) being defined between the valve housing (71) and the rotatable diversion member (75). The rotatable diversion member (75) is configured to be rotated between a first position and a second position to allow that fluid communication is selectively provided between the first opening (72) and the third opening (74) and between the first opening (72) and the second opening (73) of the valve housing (71).

公开(公告)号：US20190255455A9

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US15954769

申请日：2018-04-17

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Per Bo SORENSEN ,  Anders Bo JENSEN ,  Soren FREDSTED

IPC: B01D1/18 ,  F26B3/12 ,  B05B7/06 ,  B01J2/04 ,  B05B7/10 ,  B01J2/02 ,  B22F9/08

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an external mixing pressurized two-fluid nozzle for atomising a liquid by means of liquid pressure and gas, comprising an inner feed liquid pipe (1) extending axially between an upstream end and a downstream end, having a feed liquid conduit (2), a feed liquid inlet (3) positioned at the upstream end and a feed orifice (4) positioned at the downstream end, and a co-axial first gas pipe (5) extending radially outside the inner feed liquid pipe (1) and forming a first gas conduit (6) between the first gas pipe (5) and the inner feed liquid pipe (1), the first gas pipe (5) having a gas outlet slit (7) positioned at the downstream end. Said external mixing two-fluid nozzle provides a swirling motion of the gas, which combined with a pressurized feed liquid enables the production of spray dried powder at industrially applicable capacities with low energy consumption and a small particle size.

公开(公告)号：US20170182459A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US15313222

申请日：2015-05-21

Applicant: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY ,  GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING A/S

Inventor： Michael G KLIDAS ,  Kevin E REDINGER ,  Joseph M MITCHELL, III ,  Steven FEENEY ,  Niels JACOBSEN ,  Claus Erik BOILESEN

IPC: B01D53/73 ,  B01D53/86 ,  F23L15/00 ,  F23J15/02 ,  F23J15/04 ,  B01D53/50 ,  B01D53/56

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of emission control equipment for boilers, heaters, kilns, or other flue gas-, or combustion gas-, generating devices (e.g., those located at power plants, processing plants, etc.) and, in particular to a new and useful method and apparatus for reducing and/or eliminating various liquid discharges from one or more emission control equipment devices (e.g., one or more wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) units). In another embodiment, the method and apparatus of the present invention is designed to reduce and/or eliminate the amount of liquid waste that is discharged from a WFGD unit by subjecting the WFGD liquid waste to one or more drying processes, one or more spray dryer (or spray dry) absorber processes, and/or one or more spray dryer (or spray dry) evaporation processes.

公开(公告)号：US11085696B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16461485

申请日：2016-11-18

Applicant: GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING A/S

Inventor： Bernd Feuerriegel ,  Lorenzo Bellemo

IPC: F26B19/00 ,  F26B21/08 ,  F26B21/04 ,  F26B21/10 ,  F26B21/12 ,  F26B23/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a drying system (1) comprising a drying plant (2) and a heat pump assembly (3) comprising one or more heat pumps operating with a primary fluid and being connected to at least two heat sources and at least one heat sink by means of a number of heat exchangers in a fluid network, in which a secondary fluid circulates. The heat sources may comprise dew point dehumidification in at least one heat exchanger (41) of process gas entering the drying plant; and recovery in another heat exchanger (42) of latent and/or sensible heat from exhaust gas leaving the drying plant. The heat sink may comprise pre-heating in a heat exchanger (51) of process gas used within the plant. Further, a method of integrating a heat pump assembly into a drying system is devised. By the invention, it is possible to increase the capacity of the drying plant while reducing the specific energy demand.