DE102015014066A1 - Hay steamer with optimized distribution of moisture and heat with increased peak temperature. - Google Patents

Abstract

Standard steamer works with temperatures between 50 and 85 ° C. At these temperatures mites, yeasts, viruses, some bacteria (thereby forming endotoxins) and mycelial fungus bodies die). However, allergens such as fungal and bacterial spores remain active, as well as the mite excrement, mite exudates from moulting, endoparasites: tapeworm and roundworm eggs, exoenzymes, etc. In addition, these devices are by design a pool of denatured water on the ground, which pulls into the hay. The bronchial release of the standard equipment is probably due to the moisture that binds the allergenic organic dusts to the hay. Hypothetically it can be assumed that allergenic potential, which "irritates" the bronchial mucous membrane, causes the same effect also on the mucous membranes in the digestive tract and is deflected exactly there with the current standard. The new hay steamer is intended to fundamentally raise the current standard of hay vaporization through higher temperatures and precisely controlled temperature distribution and flow. In order to achieve this increase, a hay steamboat was designed that increases the temperature of the stem surface after a stable, long moistening phase in the range of> 100 to approx. 105 ° C, in any case to 122 ° C in the short final phase. For this purpose, a uniform moistening (the more moisture, the higher the swelling process of the spores, whereby their thermal stability decreases) initiated and ensured that temperature distribution (top / bottom or inside / outside) and temperature are precisely controlled to as many pathogenic germs as far as possible in their protein protective sheaths vorzuschädigen that gastric acid - as a side effect - can continue to denature and it allergenic effect is eliminated. Allergen is always the form of a foreign protein (surface structure), not the protein itself, since this consists of amino acids. The higher temperature also causes increasing "stickiness" due to denaturation, so that the moisture binding loses importance. Also, higher heated hay is immediately dry after removal from the container, remaining pathogenic germs can no longer grow and the duration of feedability increases. Steaming hay.

Description

Fundamentally, the current standard of hay evaporation works at temperatures between 50 and 85 ° C (see also the promotional video Haygain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chyVNyyW1To ).

Some devices also create a warm broth of denatured water on the ground, which pulls into the hay.

In these temperature ranges die mites, yeasts, viruses, some bacteria and fungus bodies (mycelia). Mushroom and bacterial spores remain active, as well as the mite faeces, mite exuvia from moulting, endoparasites in the egg: tape and roundworm, exoenzymes, etc.

The fact that the current standard relieves bronchial burden, ie that the devices work, is probably only due to the moisture that binds the allergenic organic dusts to the hay.

However, moisture reactivates any pathogenic germ that is still capable of development, or those that are added from the environment, that is also counterproductive, since, for example, B. coli bacteria whose protein protective coat is thermoresistant to 95 ° C, as well as Aspergillus pores (110 ° C), immediately increase the microbial load.

Hypothetically, it can be assumed that the allergenic potential that "irritates" the bronchial mucous membrane causes the same effect on the mucous membranes in the digestive tract and is deflected precisely there with the current standard. This raises the question of the allergenic potential of the killed and the still viable pathogenic germs and its effects on the digestive tract even after passage of the horse's stomach. The promising pH of 2 in the empty stomach increases with filling to 4 to 5, thus loses its effect. The enthalpy energy which is released on the stalk surface when condensing out must also be evaluated.

On the basis of this consideration and the available information on steam sterilization (s. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoklav#Sterilisation_in_der_Medizintechnik_und_Biologie The objective is to be able to increase the half surface temperature after a stable, long moistening phase in the range of> 100 to approx. 105 ° C, but in any case to 122 ° C in the short final phase. For this purpose, a uniform moistening (the more moisture, the higher the spore swelling process, which reduces its thermal stability) and ensure that temperature distribution (top / bottom or inside / outside) and temperature profile are precisely controlled to as many pathogenic Germinate germs as far as possible in their protein protective sheaths so that gastric acid continues to denature and eliminate allergenic effects. Allergen is always the form of a foreign protein (surface structure), not the protein itself, since this consists of amino acids.

The higher temperature also causes increasing "stickiness" due to denaturation, so that the moisture binding loses importance.

Moreover, such higher heated hay immediately after removal from the container immediately dry, remaining pathogenic germs can no longer grow and the duration of feedability increases.

My own conversations with immunology and allergology (horse and human) showed that this hypothesis points to a white spot on the veterinary map. Even in human medicine, there is not really more to the subject of irritable bowel, etc. Even thermoresistances are largely unknown or unsecured.

description

Description of the technical implementation for one  Hay steamer with optimized distribution of moisture and heat with increased peak temperature:

- Uniformest moistening and temperature increase to> 100 ° C in the main steaming or humidifying phase:

For this purpose, two horizontal separating grids are installed, which divide the chamber into three areas:
Below the Basistrenngitters and above the cover separating grid thus remain on filling the central region with the material to be vaporized, cavities over the entire surface, which are connected by means of a vertical round shaft / tube. The lid is fitted with a fan which, when the lid is closed, sucks the air or vapor from the upper area at the level of the upper edge of this recirculating air duct, thus producing a minimum negative pressure and correspondingly a minimum overpressure due to transport to the lower area generated.

Depending on the volume of the tank, the steam is supplied by means of one or two steam generators, either directly into the recirculating air duct or into a nozzle system, which is carried out as follows: 12 mm copper pipes, T-pieces, caps and 90 ° elbows are assembled in such a way that the body has a Meanderform assumes. At regular intervals T-pieces are soldered into it so that their central opening is perpendicular to the top. In these openings 7 cm long copper pipe sections are soldered in, which in turn are closed with caps. The total area of all holes - one at the edge of the cap - is limited to <100% of the lumen of the steam supply hose and larger in diameter the farther they are from the steam inlet.

This causes a uniform escape of steam in this series arrangement and only through the Meanderform a backwater, which minimally increases the pressure within the copper coil and thus causes its temperature to rise to about 105 ° C. Depending on your needs, here is a filament, s. u., switched on depending on the outside temperature. This ensures that in the initial phase less vapor condenses out when it encounters ambient temperature hay (surface temperature of the stalks), but the steam is still more humid than in the temperature range above 110 ° C and in the base vapor phase the 96 ° C level as a transition to the liquid state of aggregation is not fallen below.

The meander-shaped copper helix is placed upside down on the bottom of the container so that it stands on the caps and the actual snake can serve as a support for the lower divider grid. The steam thus introduced into the lower cavity emerges from the bores facing in different directions so as to uniformly supply the entire surface.

- Temperature increase to> 122 ° C in the peak and final phase:

A long main steaming time ensures that hay and adherent pathogens are superficially well moistened, allowing them to reach this temperature. Thereafter, the temperature is raised to the desired peak temperature in which the o. G. Incandescent filament in the Umluftschacht, over the surface of the steam sweeps, is switched on after completion of the steam supply with full power, so that peak temperature for the development of allergenic protein structures and thus their elimination allergenic potential is sought.

- Execution of the steam generating units:

Boil or manganese stone in the steam generation form coating on heating coils and in the interior of the steamer, which receives a transparent portion for optical control of these adhesions. The heating chamber receives at the lowest point a hole that is closed by spring tension on a sealing plate in the form that pressure on a perpendicular to the seal pin, which passes through the tension spring, this seal obliquely and thus the residual water can drain.

The steam outlet from the heating chamber will take place at the highest point of the hood and next to or in this connection piece, a coupling is provided, can be introduced via the flavoring substances in the vapor stream drop by drop.

- drying of the vaporized material:

The drying is done manually by removing the steamed material without prior cooling or by connecting a cold air supply and the necessary blow-off, which unlocks a magnetic contact when connected and releases the spring-loaded lid.

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Cited non-patent literature

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chyVNyyW1To [0001]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoklav#Sterilisation_in_the_medical_technique_and_biology [0007]

Claims (1)

I apply for a patent on a hay steamboat, which is characterized by optimizing the distribution of moisture and heat and achieving an elevated peak temperature. The purpose of protection is to secure the process control (combination of applied modules - see description), which not only kills germinability of pathogenic germs, but also largely eliminates the allergenic potential of these organic dusts on the stalk. The essential features of this - contrary to the current procedures - are: a) Uniformest moisture penetration and temperature increase by circulating air to> 100 ° C in the Hauptbedampfungs- and Hauptbefeuchtungsphase to moisten the hay to absorb temperature, whereby swelling process of the Halmoberflächen and the adhering thereto organic dusts takes place, which reduces the thermoresistance of these. The efficiency of denaturation by heat and released enthalpy energy is increased. b) Temperature increase to> 122 ° C in the peak and final phase for further elimination of allergenic potential of organic dusts by increased impact on the (polypeptide) chains of these foreign proteins via alteration of their surface structure. c) Modification of the steam generator to prevent contamination, as they are filled in a stable, whose spore concentration is increased by a factor of 1000 and for the aromatization of the vapor. (d) drying of the steamed material, as the hay remaining moisture supply denatured water meant and this growth pathogenic germs enabled-also takes place by timely removal of the hot material after the end of the sputtering process, which is present by this proportion of the technical solution, no creation proportion and from this serves only the supplement and the protection against third party patent protection later).