METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CLARIFY JUICES AND WINE MATERIALS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: clarified juices and wine materials production. SUBSTANCE: method provides for filtration, separation and thermal treatment of raw materials, coagulant introduction during settling process in field of mechanical ultrasonic oscillations and separate discharge of above-sediment liquid and sediment itself. Mechanical ultrasonic oscillations are made, using condensation of vapors in volume of settling mixture. Vapors are discharged from stage of thermal treatment, due to vapors bubbling through settling mixture. Apparatus to realize the method has filter, separator, heater and settling tank with source of ultrasonic oscillations and with means of coagulant feeding. Source of ultrasonic oscillations is made in the form of single perforated or porous partition in lower part of settler of vapor chamber, connected with heater through main pipeline by gas phase. EFFECT: increased quality of juices clarification. 7 cl, 4 dwg