METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MEDICINAL SUBSTANCE, SUCH AS BEEBREAD Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: apiculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves placing basic product into hermetically sealed chamber; drying; extracting beebread granules. Drying is performed by convective method at temperature below 45 C which is provided by introducing process air into chamber and discharging air saturated with vapors. Method further involves disinfecting product dried to moisture content of 10-12% by treating with ozone and simultaneously cooling till hardening of product with following extracting of beebread granules; additionally drying product to moisture content below 5%. Process air supply and discharge for drying of basic product as well as for additional drying of beebread granules are performed in closed cycle. Air saturated with vapors is discharged from chamber, dried, heated and directed once more into chamber. Apparatus for reprocessing of beebread dried substance has hermetically sealed heat-insulated chamber, cooling chamber with air ozonizer, ozone recycling device, separator-grinder, chamber for additional drying of beebread granules, and is further provided with closed system for supplying and discharge of process air into basic product drying chamber and chamber for additional drying of beebread granules. Method and apparatus allow biological properties of beebread granules to kept. EFFECT: increased efficiency, enhanced reliability in operation, reduced production cost and improved quality of beebread granules. 5 cl, 1 dwg