APPARATUS FOR STABILIZATION OF JUICES AND WINES BY COOLING Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: wine industry. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has heat-insulated vessel with devices for feeding unstabilized raw material and discharge of stabilized material, crystalline sediment and used refrigerant, source of liquid carbon dioxide used as refrigerant, hollow mixer fixed on drive shaft and communicated through shaft with liquid carbon dioxide source. Supersonic nozzles are fixed on mixer at both sides of shaft and communicated with mixer cavity. Outlets of nozzles are positioned in planes parallel to shaft axis and oriented in opposite directions perpendicular to shaft axis. Swirlers are positioned at nozzles inlets. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved quality of product. 5 cl, 4 dwg