SATURATOR FOR BEET-SUGAR PRODUCTION Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C13B20/04 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: saturator contains a cone-bottomed cylindrical body equipped with technologic nipples and perforated baffle plates positioned in its lower part, designed for saturation gas flow dispersion. In the upper part of the cylindrical body a device for juice drops separation from saturation gas is positioned; the device is represented by a conic frustum with longitudinal spiral grooves on the inside surface mounted with its major base to the wall of the cylindrical body to form a cavity for exuded drops collection on the outside; the cavity is communicated with the cylindrical body cavity positioned under the conic frustum. At least four flexible return tubes blanked off on the lower butt are diametrically positioned in the cylindrical body; along each tube inside the tube wall convergent nozzles are designed for juice supply from the collection cavity onto the inside surface of the cylindrical body and formation of a liquid film on the surface. The perforated baffle plates are placed sectionally and designed to be zigzagged to make diffusers and confusors in every section and are chequerwise connected relative to the neighbour sections.

EFFECT: saturator allows to maintain in the process of long-term operation the specified thermophysical parameters of mass exchange on the surface of the perforated baffle plates in the lower part of the cylindrical body which ensures its efficient operation.

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