| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method of the heat treatment of a fluent food product with steam includes a pressure vessel (10) having a steam inlet (24a) at one end and a product outlet (20) at the opposite end; an inner partition wall (30) having an open end defines the product introduction and treatment chamber and includes a fluid distribution device (14) adapted to provide a plurality of discrete turbulent sprays that impact in a turbulent manner on the interior surface of the partition wall to then flow downwardly to the open end in a turbulent manner while steam flows upwardly toward a vent (72) located at the top of the treatment chamber; balanced flow of steam is effected by apertured baffles (19) extending between the interior wall of the vessel and the partition wall.</p> |
