摘要 |
Ethanol is admixed with a compressed vapor in an ice generator, and the mixture is then condensed by indirect heat exchange with a coolant in a chamber. The condensate is collected in a bottom chamber of the ice generator and then supplied to a scraper heat exchanger where primary ice crystals are generated. The ethanol is washed out of the ice crystal suspension in a counterflow washer and the primary ice crystal suspension delivered to a freeze drying chamber where the secondary ice crystal suspension is then generated to form the end product. This method permits the continuous generation of crystalline ice without interruptions for defrosting.
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