TH3820A - Processes and equipment for treating plant-based materials? - Google Patents

Abstract

The device consists of multiple operating units, each with a screw compactor. Material flows from the outlet of one operating unit, through a conveyor pipe, and into the inlet of the next operating unit. Each operating unit has an independently adjustable speed, independent of others, unlike conventional screw compactors. The advantage of this type of operating unit is that the material is treated continuously in each unit, and through the openings in the conveyor pipes, the material can be measured, inspected, or further treated. The number of operating units can be adjusted to suit the material to be compacted, and the arrangement of the equipment is very convenient.

Claims (1)

This process will produce both liquid and solid forms of plant material after the initial compaction treatment. The liquid and solid forms are separated and further processed, with the compacted material being fed into subsequent processing units. There may be two or more such units, each operating independently. The compaction area is enclosed, and these units are arranged sequentially connected by connecting areas. 2. The process specified in Reputation 1 where the compaction and/or connecting areas are introduced with gas, vapor, and/or liquid carriers. 3. The process specified in Reputation 1 or 2 where the material being compacted is inspected and/or further treated in the connecting area. 4. An apparatus for the processes described in Reputations 1-3 where multiple processing units are combined into a single unit, with two or more screw compactors arranged in the apparatus. Separate positions in each set, except for the last screw compactor, where the material outlet is connected to the material inlet of the next screw compactor by a conveyor pipe which is fitted with a conveyor to move the material out of the material outlet and into the material inlet of the next screw compactor. 5. The device specified in Reputation 4 where the screw compactors are positioned so that the axis of the screw is tilted relative to the horizontal, and the conveyor pipe is constructed with an angled channel between two screw compactors. 6. The device specified in Reputation 5 where the outlet portion of the conveyor pipe is fitted with an adjustable baffle, and the inlet portion is fitted with a conveyor, such as a screw conveyor. 7. The device specified in Reputation 4 where the screw compactors are fitted with adjustable and/or changeable drives, and the rotational speed of each screw compactor is independently adjustable. 8. An apparatus specified in any of the claims in Cases 4-6 where the speed of the conveyor in the inlet section of the conveyor is adjustable. 9. An apparatus specified in Case 4 where the screw compactor is a twin-shaft compactor in which each hollow shaft of the screw is mounted at both ends of the screw housing and is constructed from screw joints attached to the screw shafts. 10. An apparatus specified in any of the claims in Cases 1-9 above where the screw housing has a section... 11. Devices specified in Requisition 9 in which the shaft and threaded joints are provided with openings and holes in which the outlet end can be used to introduce a medium such as heat, steam or liquid. 12. Devices specified in Requisitions 1-11 in which openings with ducts are provided in a protruding area on the outlet end of the body (Requisition 12, page 2, figure 3).