METHOD FOR TREATING VARIOUS PRODUCTS AND INSTALLATION THEREFOR

摘要

The invention concerns a method for thermal, thermo-mechanical or hydro-thermo-mechanical treatment of various natural or transformed products, such as food, cosmetics, chemicals or pharmaceuticals, solid in lumps or powder, pasty or liquid, or mixtures of liquids whether miscible or not and so on, to ensure control of several standard thermal processes, accelerating kinetics, improving the quality of the finished products and reducing energy consumption and rejects. Said processes generally concern operations of pasteurisation, sterilisation and/or conditioning of solid products in lumps or powder form, the thermal modification of materials (for example, gelatinization), of their structure and/or texture, the separation of their components. Said method comprises a step for heating in the treatment chamber (1) the products provided and a step for cooling by depressurisation towards a vacuum tank (2) subsequent to the heating step.