公开(公告)号：US20190255792A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

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：US10349665B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15324594

申请日：2014-07-08

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Anders Holmen Pedersen ,  Jakob Kryger Sørensen ,  Henrik Haraldsted

IPC: A23F5/10 ,  A23F5/24 ,  A23F5/28

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for production of an instant coffee product in a high yield, comprising the steps of extracting roast and ground coffee beans with water having a temperature of 80° C. or less, to produce a first extract and spent coffee grounds, adding water to the spent coffee grounds to produce an aqueous suspension, hydrolysing the aqueous suspension using a hydrolysing enzyme to produce a second extract and spent remains, adding the first extract to the second extract, optionally after concentration and/or drying of the second extract, to obtain a combined extract, and drying the combined extract to obtain an instant coffee product. The high yield is obtained due to the reduction of enzyme inhibiting substances.

公开(公告)号：US20170202236A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15324594

申请日：2014-07-08

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Anders Holmen Pedersen ,  Jakob Kryger Sørensen ,  Henrik Haraldsted

IPC: A23F5/24 ,  A23F5/28

CPC classification number: A23F5/246 ,  A23F5/28

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for production of an instant coffee product in a high yield, comprising the steps of extracting roast and ground coffee beans with water having a temperature of 80° C. or less, to produce a first extract and spent coffee grounds, adding water to the spent coffee grounds to produce an aqueous suspension, hydrolysing the aqueous suspension using a hydrolysing enzyme to produce a second extract and spent remains, adding the first extract to the second extract, optionally after concentration and/or drying of the second extract, to obtain a combined extract, and drying the combined extract to obtain an instant coffee product. The high yield is obtained due to the reduction of enzyme inhibiting substances.

公开(公告)号：USD1071625S1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-22

申请号：US35522140

申请日：2024-07-22

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Designer： Giacomo Bregolin

公开(公告)号：US12108772B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US18279351

申请日：2021-03-09

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Jesper Oldrup ,  Preben Dam

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

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：US12072145B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17254801

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Mads Lund Steffensen ,  Kristian Mark Ingvorsen ,  Jasbir Dhanoa

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

CPC classification number: F26B3/12 ,  B01D1/18 ,  F15D1/001 ,  F26B21/00

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：US11920864B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

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 ,  F26B3/12

CPC classification number: F26B5/08 ,  C02F11/127 ,  C02F11/13 ,  F26B3/12

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：US20220163258A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17442476

申请日：2019-03-25

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Mads Lund STEFFENSEN ,  Kristian Mark INGVORSEN ,  Henrik SCHWARTZBACH

IPC: F26B3/12 ,  F26B17/04 ,  F26B25/10

Abstract: A spray drying apparatus has a spray drying chamber; a liquid feed atomizer; a drying gas disperser; a perforated bottom; and a plenum chamber with an outlet below the perforated bottom. At least one guide plate is provided in the plenum chamber to direct gas, which is passing through the perforated bottom into the plenum chamber, towards the bottom of the plenum chamber. The guide plates have lower edges extending on average down to at least half-way between the perforated bottom of the spray drying chamber and the bottom of the plenum chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11096402B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US15324639

申请日：2014-07-08

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Jakob Kryger Sørensen ,  Anders Holmen Pedersen ,  Henrik Haraldsted

IPC: A23F5/26 ,  A23F5/08

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for preparing a coffee extract, comprising the steps of: providing a mixture of roasted coffee beans and water, milling the mixture of roast coffee beans and water in a pressurised chamber, and separating the milled mixture in a liquid coffee extract and spent coffee grounds. The coffee extract maintains many of the flavour components of the roasted beans.

公开(公告)号：US20210131733A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US16472611

申请日：2016-12-22

Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S

Inventor： Thomas FILHOLM ,  Henrik KULLMANN ,  Tórstein Vincent JOENSEN

IPC: F26B25/00 ,  B01D45/06 ,  B01D46/02 ,  B01D50/00 ,  B01D46/00 ,  B01D46/04

Abstract: The powder drying system comprises a powder processing unit (1), and a filter unit (400) defining a central vertical axis (405) and including a filtering chamber (401) accommodating a plurality of bag filters (407), each having a bag filter wall and a top opening, a top portion (402), and an exhaust chamber (403) at or near the top portion (402). The filtering chamber (401) is provided with an inlet (410) configured to allow entry of powder carrying gas to be filtered, and the exhaust chamber (403) has an outlet (420) configured to allow exhaust of filtered gas. In the filtering chamber (401), gas flows through the wall of the bag filters (407), upwards and out through the top opening of the bag filters (407), into the exhaust chamber (403) and further to the outlet (420). the inlet (410) of the filtering chamber (401) is positioned at the top portion (402) of the filter unit (400), and that said inlet (410) includes at least one inlet duct section (415) adjacent the filtering chamber (401) and arranged substantially centrally in the top portion (402) of the filter unit (400).