EP0756692B1 - Procede et dispositif de controle de la lyophilisation sous vide - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of control of the dehydration of products and in particular to a method of controlling dehydration by lyophilization vacuum packed products initially frozen. It relates to also a method for detecting the end of the dehydration and in particular a method for detecting the end sublimation of a product in the course of lyophilization.
- the methods according to the invention can also apply to other product drying processes, not necessarily frozen beforehand, in which the heat can be brought to the products by a hot gas, by direct contact or by thermal radiation or infrared.
- the invention also relates to devices for the implementation of these methods.
- Processs means any liquid material, pasty, solid or divided solid of animal, vegetable origin or mineral, able to undergo dehydration. These materials can be processed in bulk or packaged in containers.
- the present invention applies more particularly materials for which the final water content of the product is a determining criterion or which can undergo significant damage when it continues to be strongly heated after disappearance of the water they contained. This is particularly the case for all food products and pharmaceuticals which may be subject to alteration of their characteristic properties (texture, color, aromas, biological activity, activity therapeutic, etc ).
- drying processes to which applies the invention are all those for which we can measure the water content of the product.
- the invention applies all particularly in lyophilization processes.
- freeze-drying is a low process temperature during which most of the water contained in a product is eliminated by sublimation.
- the goal of lyophilization is to decrease the water activity of products to ensure their conservation. It's a technique particularly well suited to the products sensitive to temperature and which keeps the majority of the original characteristics of the products.
- the dehydrated products also have high porosity which promotes rehydration or allows dissolution fast.
- the quality constraints of freeze-dried products and the high costs of the operation require good know the kinetics of dehydration (speed water removal) so that you can determine the instant corresponding to the end of the sublimation and therefore when to stop the process.
- Document DE-A- 27 43 993 the subject of which may be cited is to optimize the freeze-drying time. It describes a lyophilization process controlled by measuring speed lyophilization and keeping it below one determined value, so that the temperature of the material being freeze-dried is less than its eutectic point.
- determining the speed of lyophilization can be used, based in particular on measurement of steam flow, weight change or more heat to the freeze dryer.
- the evaporative flow is measured from the balance thermal calculated continuously either on the shelves, measuring the temperature difference of the heat transfer fluid between the entry and exit of the shelves, the flow of fluid circulating in the shelves, the air leakage rate and the temperature of the air entering the enclosure where find the product either on the trap, by measuring the temperature difference of the heat transfer fluid between the inlet and outlet of the trap and the fluid flow circulating in the trap, or by comparison of values of heat flows from the shelves to that of the trap.
- a first set of methods involves using indirect measures such as measurement of product temperature or its properties electrical, partial vapor pressure measurements water or other volatile compounds, or the composition gas present in the enclosure.
- the elevation of total pressure in the enclosure characterizes a departure of product water.
- the absence of pressure build-up after enclosure insulation can be an end criterion of lyophilization.
- the technique of resonance simple nuclear magnetic or imaging can also be used. Another approach is to take regularly samples in the enclosure of freeze drying and measure the water content but it is not practicable on an industrial scale and is limited so exploratory studies at the scale of small freeze dryers.
- the invention proposes assess in real time the residual water content of the product being dehydrated to cause, possibly automatically, stopping the dehydration and / or changing conditions operating.
- an end of dehydration estimator allows trigger, possibly automatically, the stopping of dehydration or a decrease in temperature heats to preserve the quality of the products already dry.
- the invention relates to a method for controlling the water content of a product being dehydrated in a lyophilization apparatus comprising means to condense the water vapors, these escaping from the product to said means for condensing.
- the method consists in determining, continuously, the water content from the value the mass flow rate of water vapor escaping from the product, which is placed in a lyophilization enclosure, this value being determined from the measurement of values total pressure of the lyophilization chamber and partial pressures of water vapor in the steam flow between said product and said means for condensing the water vapor and on the surface of said means, a procedure setting carried out initially having established, for the product in question, the relationship between these different values.
- the invention also relates to a detection method the end of the dehydration of a product during dehydration in a lyophilization device comprising an enclosure in which the product is placed and means for condensing the water vapors.
- This process is characterized in that it consists of establish the values of the quantity of water vapor escaping from the product on the one hand, in a mixed mode convection-diffusion valid during dehydration and on the other hand, according to a purely diffusive mode valid at the end of dehydration, the two values of amount of water vapor escaping from the product being determined from the measurement of pressure values total freeze drying enclosure and pressures partial steam in the steam flow between said product and said means for condensing the vapors and on the surface of said means, the method consisting also to determine the difference between these two values, the end of dehydration being reached when this difference is close to the value 0.
- the invention also relates to a device suitable implementing the process for controlling the content of water of a product being dehydrated in a lyophilization apparatus and comprising an apparatus for freeze-drying, which comprises an enclosure and means to condense the vapors.
- the device includes three sensors, the first detecting the total pressure in the enclosure lyophilization, the second, the partial pressure of water vapor between the product being lyophilized and the means for condensing the water vapors and the third, the partial pressure of water vapor at the surface of said means, as well as an interpretative organ connected to these three sensors and determining the mass flow snapshot of water vapor escaping from product values measured by said sensors, said member thus being able to continuously determine the content of water from the value of the mass flow of water escaping from the product.
- the device is connected to a lyophilization device control.
- the invention finally relates to a device for setting implementing the method for detecting the end of the dehydration of a product being dehydrated in a lyophilization apparatus, which comprises an enclosure and means for condensing the water vapors.
- This device includes three sensors, the first detecting the total pressure in the enclosure lyophilization, the second, the partial pressure of water vapor between the product being lyophilized and said means for condensing the water vapors and the third, the partial pressure of water vapor at the surface of said means, as well as an interpretative organ connected to these three sensors and determining the difference between the values of the amount of water vapor escaping from the produces towards said means on the one hand, a mixed mode convection-diffusion, valid during dehydration and on the other hand, a purely diffusive mode, valid at the end dehydration, when this gap reaches substantially the value 0 corresponding to the end of the dehydration.
- the device is connected to a control of the dehydration device which, when the water content has reached a predetermined value, proceeds automatically to a new operating phase, including the installation shutdown procedure, a modification of operating conditions or another treatment, physical, chemical or mechanical.
- 1 denotes a dehydration apparatus.
- Such an apparatus includes, conventionally, an enclosure in which the products to be treated.
- Reference 2 designates sensors placed in suitable places to continuously collect values determined which will be defined more precisely.
- the method according to the invention is based on the study of quantities of material escaping from the product being dehydration.
- the amount of material escaping from the current product dehydration can be determined directly, especially by using infrared adsorption techniques or nuclear magnetic resonance.
- This model is based on the following assumption: permanent regime established, material transfer takes place under the effect of a potential gradient within a fluid inert.
- This model (2) is commonly known as the Fick model.
- the methods according to the invention are notably based on the use of these models when one does not have no means for direct determination of the amount of water vapor escaping from the product being dehydration.
- the sensors 2 make it possible to determine the values of quantities involved in these models.
- the methods according to the invention are in particular applicable to lyophilization processes.
- the product is placed in a lyophilization device conventionally comprising an enclosure for products and means for condensing vapors of water, such as a condenser.
- a lyophilization device conventionally comprising an enclosure for products and means for condensing vapors of water, such as a condenser.
- the Stephan-Nusselt model (1) can be expressed under a simplified form.
- the mass flow of water snapshot is proportional to the logarithm of the ratio of partial pressure values of the stationary gas at the condenser and in the lyophilization enclosure.
- the sensors 2 are provided for determine the pressure values. It can be noted that for a condenser operating in thermodynamic equilibrium, the condenser partial steam pressure value can be deduced from the operating temperature of the condenser.
- model de Fick (2) can be expressed in a simplified form.
- the instantaneous mass flow of water leaving the product is proportional to the partial vapor pressure gradient of water between the lyophilization enclosure and that of the condenser.
- the interpretation unit 3 performs the calculation of the instantaneous mass flow of water leaving the product in the case of a mixed convection-diffusion transfer mode, and in the case of a purely diffusive mode of transfer, in using the measurement results from the sensors 2.
- Organ 3 thus makes it possible to describe in real time the end of dehydration using a quantified indicator whose deviation from the zero value reflects the fact whether the sublimation phase is over or not.
- This indicator requires no product knowledge during dehydration or any other parameter than three quantities measured by the sensors 2.
- the water content and the sublimation end estimator thus established can be directly transmitted to the operator who can then stop freeze-drying if the water content has reached a predetermined value. he can also modify the operating conditions, in particular the temperature and / or pressure, allowing to continue the operation, in particular through a control 5 controlling the operating conditions of device 1.
- the water content and the sublimation end estimator can also be directly transmitted to the organ of command 5 which automatically starts a new operating phase, when the water content has reached a predetermined value.
- This new phase for example, the procedure for stopping installation, modification of operating conditions or other treatment, physical, chemical or mechanical.
- the quantities can in particular be transmitted to a display device 4.
- interpretive organ 3 performs the desired comparisons and acts directly on the control unit 5.
- the methods according to the invention have more particularly described for a product in progress lyophilization but they are applicable to any other dehydration process.
- Figure 2 shows a lyophilization device said to internal condenser.
- Reference 9 designates the airtight enclosure in which takes place lyophilization and reference 10, the means to create and maintain the desired vacuum in enclosure 9.
- a cold trap is provided or condenser 6 used to condense the water vapors and a 8 support and energy supply system thermal necessary for lyophilization.
- the product 7 to be lyophilized is placed inside the system 8.
- the device according to the invention comprises essentially three sensors 2a, 2b, and 2c and a member interpretation 3 connected to said sensors. These are placed inside the enclosure 9, the sensor 2c being located near the condenser 6.
- the sensors 2a, 2b, 2c establish respectively the value of the total pressure in the freeze-drying chamber 9, the value of the pressure partial water vapor in enclosure 9 in the flow of steam between product 7 and condenser 6 and the value partial pressure of water vapor on the surface of the condenser 6 and they transmit these values to the organ of interpretation.
- This organ has in memory the coefficients allowing to connect the instantaneous mass flow of steam of water escaping from the product at the logarithm of the ratio of partial pressures of the stationary gas at the condenser 6 and in the freeze-drying enclosure 9. These coefficients have were determined during an initial adjustment procedure which will be described later.
- the interpreter thus continuously calculates the instantaneous mass flow of water leaving the product 7 and therefore the residual water content of this product.
- the interpretation unit 3 calculates, at from the values supplied by the same sensors 2a, 2b, and 2c, the difference between the actual expression of the logarithm of ratios of the partial pressures of the stationary gas to the surface of the condenser 6 and in the enclosure of lyophilization 9, expression corresponding to a mode of mixed diffusion-convection transfer and expression simplified corresponding to a purely transfer mode diffusive. This simplified expression is valid when the end of sublimation is reached. Rapid convergence from this value to zero is characteristic of the end of sublimation.
- FIG 3 illustrates a device according to the invention for a so-called condenser lyophilization device external.
- This device differs from the previous one in that the condenser 6 is placed in an enclosure 11 connected by a conduit 12 to enclosure 9 containing the support system 8 of the product to be freeze-dried and of energy supply thermal necessary for lyophilization.
- the device according to the invention always comprises three sensors 2a, 2b, and 2c and a verification unit 3.
- the sensor 2a is placed in the enclosure 9, the sensor 2b in the conduit 12 and the sensor 2c in the enclosure 11.
- the end dehydration control process has has been described for a lyophilization process. However, this process is applicable to any dehydration process. he is based on the use of Stephan-Nusselt models and Fick, the difference between the flow values mass of water given by each of these models, converging towards the value 0 at the end of the dehydration.
- the total pressure sensor is placed in the enclosure
- the partial pressure sensor in the enclosure is placed in the most vapor flow homogeneous (not near the condenser or the product)
- the sensor determining the partial pressure on the surface of the condenser is preferably a temperature sensor of the condenser which is placed directly on the condenser, the partial pressure value being easily deduced from the value of the condenser temperature.
- an initial adjustment procedure should be carried out of the device, in relation to the device of dehydration 1, operating conditions and product 7 considered. This procedure is more particularly described for a lyophilization apparatus.
- This procedure consists of tests which can be performed as follows: product 7 which we know the initial water content is freeze-dried for periods of time variables, previously chosen by those skilled in the art in depending on the nature of the product and the conditions procedures used. Sensors 2a, 2b and 2c measure continuously the values of the total pressure of the enclosure, partial pressure of water vapor in the enclosure between product and condenser and pressure partial steam on the surface of the condenser. After freeze drying stopped, the final water contents of the product obtained for the different durations tested are determined. Freeze-drying time values and final water contents obtained are used for the determination of the coefficients necessary to calculate the dehydration kinetics and which are stored in the interpretative organ 3. According to the degree of precision desired by those skilled in the art, the number of trials necessary for identification is between 1 and 3 by nature of product and by operating condition of the lyophilization.
- the setting is made for a given device, depending on the product to be treated and the conditions procedures used.
- the method according to the invention can easily be used in installations existing. Indeed, for example in the installations of lyophilization, two types are generally provided sensor: a sensor measuring the total pressure of the enclosure and a sensor measuring the temperature of the condenser (from which the partial pressure of water vapor on the surface of the condenser). So just provide a sensor for partial pressure measurement water vapor between the product and the condenser.
- FIGS 4 and 5 illustrate, for two types the results provided by the process and the device according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 relates to lyophilization under a pressure 100 Pa of 25 glass vials containing 5 ml of semi-skimmed milk previously frozen at -20 ° C and placed on a plate heated to 50 ° C.
- the crosses represent the kinetics of dehydration observed experimentally by regular collection of vacuum samples and weighing thereof.
- the solid curve represents the model dehydration kinetics developed by the organ interpretation after the preliminary adjustment procedure and the dotted line curve, the variation of the estimator end of freeze-drying.
- FIG. 5 relates to lyophilization under a 50 Pa pressure of 52.9 g banana slices previously frozen at -80 ° C and placed in bulk on a plate heated to 60 ° C in separate trays each containing about 26.5 g of product.
- the crosses represent the kinetics of dehydration observed experimentally by collecting samples under vacuum and weighing of these.
- the solid curve represents the model dehydration kinetics developed by the organ interpretation after the preliminary adjustment procedure, and the dotted line curve, the variation of the end of lyophilization estimator.
- Table 1 shows how the present invention can be used to improve the lyophilization.
- the example relates to the lyophilization of button mushroom (Agaricus Bisporus) for which the rate octene-1-ol-3 residual can be considered representative of the loss of aromas suffered by the fungus of Paris during the treatment. So the higher the rate octene residual is important, the better the quality in aromas of the lyophilized mushroom.
- Table 1 combines the results of six tests carried out under different operating conditions. However, in all the tests, the residual water content is identical.
- Results show that rates are obtained octene-1-ol-3 residuals different depending on conditions operating times and total lyophilization times also variable, for the same final water content.
- the maximum residual rate observed corresponds to 28.4% in trial E1 for a duration 16 h of freeze-drying.
- test E6 Using a change of lyophilization operating conditions with a content of average product water close to 50%, we show in test E6 that it is possible to obtain a residual rate of 30.1%, for a lyophilization period of 10 h.
- the operating conditions of the E6 test allows to obtain both a gain in aromas and a gain energetic.
- the method according to the invention by monitoring the kinetics of dehydration, therefore makes it possible to modify the operating conditions to minimize loss aromas.
- the only method known today that could to be used in this sense is the weighing method. Gold, as previously pointed out, this method does not can practically only be implemented in a installation designed for this purpose. It is very difficult to modify existing installations for this purpose.
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- la figure 1 illustre schématiquement une installation pour un exemple de mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention,
- la figure 2 illustre une première variante de dispositif pour un exemple de mise en oeuvre du procédé, adaptée à une première configuration d'appareil de lyophilisation (à condenseur interne),
- la figure 3 illustre une deuxième variante de dispositif pour un exemple de mise en oeuvre du procédé, adaptée à une deuxième configuration d'appareil de lyophilisation (à condenseur externe),
- la figure 4 est une courbe illustrant les résultats d'essais fournis par le procédé et le dispositif selon l'invention pour la lyophilisation de lait demi-écrémé et,
- la figure 5 est une courbe illustrant les résultats d'essais fournis par le procédé et le dispositif selon l'invention pour la lyophilisation de rondelles de banane.
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- de nature physique : tel qu'un broyage ou une désorption pour permettre l'extraction de l'eau fortement liée,
- de nature mécanique : tel que la fermeture et le sertissage des flacons contenant les produits en cours de déshydratation,
- de nature chimique : tel que l'aspersion d'arômes, de colorants, de conservateurs (antioxydant par exemple) ou de sucres d'enrobage ; un traitement de stérilisation.
| N°Essai | Conditions opératoires | Taux de résiduel en octène-1-ol-3 (produit congelé = 100 %) | Durée de lyophilisation (h) |
| E1 | 60°C/5 Pa | 28,4 | 16 |
| E2 | 60°C/50 Pa | 16,9 | 14 |
| E3 | 60°C/100 Pa | 8,7 | 12 |
| E4 | 25°C/100 Pa | 10,9 | 20 |
| E5 | 90°C/100 Pa | 9,5 | 10 |
| E6 | 90°C/5 Pa jusque 50 % d'eau puis 60°C/50 Pa | 30,1 | 10 |
Claims (6)
- Procédé de contrôle de la teneur en eau d'un produit en cours de déshydratation dans un appareil de lyophilisation comprenant des moyens pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau, celles-ci s'échappant dudit produit vers lesdits moyens pour condenser, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à déterminer, de façon continue, la teneur en eau à partir de la valeur du débit massique de vapeur d'eau s'échappant du produit, lequel est placé dans une enceinte de lyophilisation (9), cette valeur étant déterminée à partir de la mesure des valeurs de pression totale de l'enceinte de lyophilisation (9) et des pressions partielles de vapeur d'eau dans le flux de vapeur entre ledit produit (7) et lesdits moyens (6) pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau et à la surface desdits moyens (6), une procédure de réglage effectuée initialement ayant établi, pour le produit en cause, la relation entre ces différentes valeurs.
- Procédé de détection de la fin de la déshydratation d'un produit en cours de déshydratation dans un appareil de lyophilisation comprenant une enceinte dans laquelle est placé le produit et des moyens pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à établir les valeurs de la quantité de vapeur d'eau s'échappant du produit d'une part, selon un mode mixte convection-diffusion valable au cours de la déshydratation et d'autre part, selon un mode purement diffusif valable à la fin de la déshydratation, les deux valeurs de la quantité de vapeur d'eau s'échappant du produit étant déterminées à partir de la mesure des valeurs de pression totale de l'enceinte de lyophilisation (9) et des pressions partielles de vapeur d'eau dans le flux de vapeur entre ledit produit (7) et lesdits moyens (6) pour condenser les vapeurs et à la surface desdits moyens (6), le procédé consistant également à déterminer l'écart entre ces deux valeurs, la fin de la déshydratation étant atteinte lorsque cet écart est voisin de la valeur 0.
- Dispositif convenant à la mise en oeuvre du procédé de contrôle selon la revendication 1 et comportant un appareil de lyophilisation, lequel comprend une enceinte et des moyens pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend trois capteurs (2a, 2b, 2c), le premier (2a) détectant la pression totale dans l'enceinte de lyophilisation (9), le deuxième (2b), la pression partielle de vapeur d'eau entre le produit (7) en cours de lyophilisation et les moyens (6) pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau et le troisième (2c), la pression partielle de vapeur d'eau à la surface desdits moyens (6), ainsi qu'un organe d'interprétation (3) relié à ces trois capteurs (2a, 2b, 2c) et déterminant le débit massique instantané de vapeur d'eau s'échappant du produit à partir des valeurs mesurées par lesdits capteurs, ledit organe pouvant ainsi déterminer, de façon continue, la teneur en eau à partir de la valeur du débit massique d'eau s'échappant du produit.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il est relié à un organe de commande (5) de l'appareil de lyophilisation (1).
- Dispositif convenant à la mise du procédé de détection selon la revendication 2 et comportant un appareil de lyophilisation, lequel comprend une enceinte et des moyens pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend trois capteurs (2a, 2b, 2c), le premier (2a) détectant la pression totale dans l'enceinte de lyophilisation (9), le deuxième (2b), la pression partielle de vapeur d'eau entre le produit (7) en cours de lyophilisation et lesdits moyens (6) pour condenser les vapeurs d'eau et le troisième (2c), la pression partielle de vapeur d'eau à la surface desdits moyens (6), ainsi qu'unorgane d'interprétation (3) relié à ces trois capteurs (2a, 2b, 2c)) et déterminant l'écart entre les valeurs de la quantité de vapeur d'eau s'échappant du produit (7) vers lesdits moyens (6) selon d'une part, un mode mixte convection-diffusion, valable en cours de déshydratation et d'autre part, un mode purement diffusif, valable à la fin de la déshydratation, le moment où cet écart atteint sensiblement la valeur 0 correspondant à la fin de la déshydratation.
- Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il est relié à un organe de commande (5) de l'appareil de déshydratation (1) qui, lorsque la teneur en eau a atteint une valeur prédéterminée, procède automatiquement à une nouvelle phase de fonctionnement, notamment la procédure d'arrêt de l'installation, une modification des conditions opératoires ou un autre traitement, de nature physique, chimique ou mécanique.
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