© Food - A Fact of Life 2009
© Food - A Fact of Life 2009
© Food - A Fact of Life 2009
CRYOGENIC GRINDING
What is Grinding
Time also plays a part in the fracturing process and it appears that
material will fracture at lower stress concentrations if these
can be maintained for longer periods of time.
-Both the magnitude of the force and the time of application affect the extent
of grinding achieved.
- For efficient grinding, the energy applied to the material should exceed,
by as small a margin as possible, the minimum energy needed to rupture the
material.
Crushing head
Stationary jaw
reciprocating jaw
Axis of rotation
Oxidation
Explosives;
Spices;
To overcome the volatility of etheric oils ( gives the taste and
smell of spices)
SPICES
Spices are the most important constituents of Indian food, not only in
household purposes but also in hotels, restaurants, food processing industries
etc.
Spices like Pepper, cinnamon, chilly, Ginger, Cumin seed, Nutmeg, clove
etc., have a characteristic taste and aroma and medicinal values.
These qualities exist in them due to the presence of etheric oils within it.
(boiling points ranging down to 50oC)
PROBLEMS WITH CONVENTIONAL GRINDING OF SPICES
The function of the cryogenic precooler is to remove the heat from the
material before it enters the grinder.
1). Precooling unit
reduce the temperature of the seed below its brittle point as well as the
freezing point of its oil, before it enters the grinder.
The temperature of the precooler and the feed rate to the grinder are
control to minimise the loss of quality of the final powdered material.
1. Retention time of the seed in the liquid nitrogen and gaseous zone
should be accurately proportioned so that the available refrigeration
could be utilised at its optimum level.
Cleaning of spices
Packing of Spices
Feeding of Manually cleaned LN2 from the storage tank is spray
materials to be ground into the cooling conveyor
The heat is developed inside the grinding Temperature below 0 oC inside the
mill grinding mill
The heat, which is developed during Negligible loss of volatile component
grinding, leads on one hand to
evaporation of the essential oil and on
the other hand, heat sensitive fats are
melted.
Increased throughput
5) Ensure that all equipment and containers are free of oil, grease,
dirt, or other materials which may lead to flammability hazard
upon contact with liquid oxygen.
CONCLUSION
As prices for energy and raw materials rise and concern for the
environment makes safe waste disposal difficult and Costly,
resource recovery becomes a vital matter for today's business.
10. K.K. Singh and T.K. Goswami (1999) Design of a cryogenic grinding
system for spices, Journal of Food Engineering ,39 (359-368).