EP0515877A3 - Drying process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco material and apparatus for carrying out this process - Google Patents

Drying process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco material and apparatus for carrying out this process Download PDF

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EP0515877A3
EP0515877A3 EP19920107688 EP92107688A EP0515877A3 EP 0515877 A3 EP0515877 A3 EP 0515877A3 EP 19920107688 EP19920107688 EP 19920107688 EP 92107688 A EP92107688 A EP 92107688A EP 0515877 A3 EP0515877 A3 EP 0515877A3
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drying
tobacco material
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drying gas
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Werner Dipl.-Ing. Hirsch
Arno Dipl.-Ing. Weiss
Erhard Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Rittershaus
Gitta Dipl.-Ing. Juenemann
Caspar Henk Koene
Ingo Pautke
Fritz Schelhorn
Herbert Sommer
William John Stone
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British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/18—Other treatment of leaves, e.g. puffing, crimpling, cleaning
    • A24B3/182—Puffing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24B—MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B3/00—Preparing tobacco in the factory
    • A24B3/04—Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco

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  • Drying Of Solid Materials (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Tobacco Products (AREA)
  • Battery Electrode And Active Subsutance (AREA)

Abstract

In a drying process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco material, the cut and humidified tobacco material is conveyed in a stream of drying gas, dried within a tubular drying section and then separated from the drying gas. At a point where it is charged into the drying section, the drying gas has a temperature of at least 200 DEG C and a flow velocity of at least 30 m/sec. The flow velocity of the drying gas is reduced in the drying section. The flow velocity of the drying gas is in this case at most 100 m/sec at the point where it is charged into the drying section. Within the drying section, the flow velocity of the tobacco material is also reduced along with the reduction in the flow velocity of the drying gas in order to reduce the local heat transfer coefficient and the local mass transfer coefficient between the surface of the tobacco material and the surrounding drying gas. At the end of the drying section, the drying gas has a flow velocity of at most 15 m/sec and a temperature of at most 130 DEG C. <IMAGE>
EP92107688A 1991-05-27 1992-05-07 Drying process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco material Expired - Lifetime EP0515877B1 (en)

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DE4117329 1991-05-27
DE4117329A DE4117329A1 (en) 1991-05-27 1991-05-27 DRYING METHOD FOR INCREASING THE FILLABILITY OF TOBACCO MATERIAL AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD

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EP0515877A2 EP0515877A2 (en) 1992-12-02
EP0515877A3 true EP0515877A3 (en) 1993-02-03
EP0515877B1 EP0515877B1 (en) 1995-07-19

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EP92107688A Expired - Lifetime EP0515877B1 (en) 1991-05-27 1992-05-07 Drying process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco material

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EP (1) EP0515877B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2501163B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1031169C (en)
AT (1) ATE125115T1 (en)
AU (1) AU642819B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9201982A (en)
CA (1) CA2068664C (en)
CZ (1) CZ283798B6 (en)
DE (2) DE4117329A1 (en)
DK (1) DK0515877T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2075523T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3017694T3 (en)
HK (1) HK162096A (en)
HU (1) HU214117B (en)
MX (1) MX9202515A (en)
MY (1) MY108230A (en)
PL (1) PL168504B1 (en)
RU (1) RU2053695C1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA923831B (en)

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EP0074059A2 (en) * 1981-09-05 1983-03-16 B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken GmbH Method of improving the filling capacity of tobacco material
DE3246513A1 (en) * 1981-12-17 1983-07-21 American Brands, Inc., New York, N.Y. METHOD FOR LOSSING TOBACCO
EP0225760A2 (en) * 1985-12-05 1987-06-16 British-American Tobacco Company Limited Improvements relating to the treatment of particulate material

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AU642819B2 (en) 1993-10-28
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GR3017694T3 (en) 1996-01-31
HU9201749D0 (en) 1992-08-28
RU2053695C1 (en) 1996-02-10
BR9201982A (en) 1993-01-12
JPH05236925A (en) 1993-09-17
HK162096A (en) 1996-09-06
HUT67950A (en) 1995-05-29
PL168504B1 (en) 1996-02-29
DE4117329A1 (en) 1992-12-03
MY108230A (en) 1996-08-30
MX9202515A (en) 1993-01-01
CZ283798B6 (en) 1998-06-17
ZA923831B (en) 1993-01-27
CA2068664C (en) 1996-05-28
DK0515877T3 (en) 1995-09-25
ATE125115T1 (en) 1995-08-15
CN1070320A (en) 1993-03-31
AU1716792A (en) 1992-12-03
EP0515877A2 (en) 1992-12-02
JP2501163B2 (en) 1996-05-29
US5339837A (en) 1994-08-23
DE59202915D1 (en) 1995-08-24
PL294686A1 (en) 1993-01-25
HU214117B (en) 1997-12-29
CN1031169C (en) 1996-03-06
ES2075523T3 (en) 1995-10-01
CA2068664A1 (en) 1992-11-28

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