CONTINUOUS SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE OF STERILIZATION AND PHYSICAL STABILIZATION OF PUMPABLE FLUIDS BY MEANS OF ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION

摘要

Continuous system and procedure of sterilization and physical stabilization of pumpable fluids, food, or other type of fluids, through ultra-high pressure homogenization (UHPH) comprising a first heat exchanger 1 which preheats the fluid at temperature T p between 40 and 90 °C; an ultra-homogenizer 3 through which fluid at temperature T p is introduced at a pressure P u between 200 and 600MPa increasing its temperature up to a final value T u ; a second heat exchanger 4 where its cooling temperature is adjusted at value T e ; an aseptic tank 5 that receives the cooled down fluid at value T e , and from which it is pumped by sterile air pressure into an aseptic packaging machine, for the packaging of the final product.