EP3775739A1 - Installation de lyophilisation et procédé associé - Google Patents

Installation de lyophilisation et procédé associé

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EP3775739A1
EP3775739A1 EP18822285.5A EP18822285A EP3775739A1 EP 3775739 A1 EP3775739 A1 EP 3775739A1 EP 18822285 A EP18822285 A EP 18822285A EP 3775739 A1 EP3775739 A1 EP 3775739A1
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receiving
drying
product
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freeze
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Torsten PÄCHNATZ
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
    • F26B5/06—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum the process involving freezing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B23/00—Heating arrangements
    • F26B23/10—Heating arrangements using tubes or passages containing heated fluids, e.g. acting as radiative elements; Closed-loop systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/02—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by using ultrasonic vibrations
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
    • F26B5/044—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum for drying materials in a batch operation in an enclosure having a plurality of shelves which may be heated

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  • the invention relates to a freeze-drying plant for drying liquid-containing, ie generally solvent-containing, products, and the invention relates to a process for drying such products with such a freeze-drying plant.
  • the freeze-drying plant is formed with a vacuum chamber, in which at least one receiving device for receiving the products is introduced, and wherein a coolable condenser is present, on which withdrawn from the product in a drying phase liquid precipitated from a vapor phase.
  • freeze-drying known per se is a process for gentle evaporation of a wide variety of solvents, which are present, for example, in foods, in medicaments and the like as a result of their production or in a natural manner.
  • freeze-drying is the production of so-called instant coffees, which are prepared using freeze-drying, in particular in order to obtain the flavorings in the soluble coffee for later consumption.
  • instant coffees which are prepared using freeze-drying, in particular in order to obtain the flavorings in the soluble coffee for later consumption.
  • the excellent solubility of the freeze-dried product with still removed liquid and storage at room temperature are advantageous.
  • Freeze-drying plants generally have a vacuum chamber for accommodating the products, for which purpose coolable and heatable shelves are accommodated in the vacuum chamber, and a condenser is provided which, as a rule, is separable from the receiving space Condenser chamber is housed.
  • the product is first frozen, kept frozen and placed in the vacuum chamber, which is then sealed and evacuated.
  • the product is then heated under the vacuum generated and sublimation energy consumed during the drying is returned.
  • the condenser is cooled with a refrigeration unit to low temperatures, in particular with a refrigerant to condense the sublimated from the product vapor phase on the surface of the capacitor again.
  • the freeze-drying is divided into three temporally separated sub-steps, namely the freezing, the main drying and the post-drying.
  • the liquid is frozen, it being noted that the freezing point of the liquid is further lowered by the solutes.
  • the vacuum is generated and the pressure is lowered to a value which is below the freezing point of the liquid in the phase diagram.
  • the pressure value to be set essentially depends on the liquid temperature to be maintained and is determined with the aid of the vapor pressure curve.
  • the actual drying process takes place exclusively by sublimation of liquid in the product under the set pressure vacuum.
  • the Sublimation energy in the main drying used to remove the liquid from the product is returned to the product in the receiver in the form of heat.
  • receiving devices usually mounting plates and a conduit means, and via the conduit means, a fluid can be passed through corresponding fluid channels in the receiving plate.
  • silicone oil is used as the fluid.
  • Known freeze-drying systems are constructed so that the vacuum chamber is separated from the condenser chamber, for example via an intermediate wall or has another separation from the condenser chamber, and the vacuum chamber is connected via an openable valve with the condenser chamber, which is introduced for example in the intermediate wall. If the sublimation has begun and the vapor pressure in the vacuum chamber rises, the valve is opened and the solvent vapor, for example water vapor, can pass into the condenser chamber and be deposited on the surface of the condenser.
  • the capacitors exist, for example from cooling coils and are cooled with a refrigerant via a compressor to low temperatures. After completion of the drying process, the vacuum chamber and usually the condenser chamber is vented back to normal pressure.
  • FIG. 1 shows a freeze-drying plant 1 according to the prior art for drying liquid-containing products 10.
  • the freeze-drying plant 1 comprises a vacuum chamber 1 1 and a condenser chamber 25, which is separated by an intermediate wall 21 of the vacuum chamber 1 1, for example.
  • a receiving space 15 is formed, in which a receiving device 12 for receiving the product 10 is introduced.
  • the receiving device 12 has a plurality of receiving plates 16, and the receiving device 12 comprises a conduit means 19 having a plurality of fluid lines 24.
  • a condenser 13 is inserted, and the condenser chamber 25 can be connected to the receiving space 15 of the vacuum chamber 1 1 by a Valve 22 is opened in the intermediate wall 21.
  • the products 10 are placed in the frozen state on the receiving plates 16.
  • the vacuum chamber 11 is closed and it is generated in the vacuum chamber 1 1, a negative pressure.
  • the sublimation begins, with increasing degree of drying of the product 10 whose temperature is increased.
  • the line device 19 with the fluid lines 24, through which a fluid 20, for example, silicone oil, are passed can.
  • the fluid 20 which can be tempered outside the vacuum chamber 11, the mounting surfaces on the capacitor plates 16 and thus also the products 10 can be heated accordingly.
  • the temperature is also increased via the fluid 20 in the products 10, the valve 22 is opened with increasing vapor pressure in the receiving space 15, and the vapor phase of the liquid, such as water vapor or generally solvent vapor, at the surface condense the capacitor 13.
  • the vacuum port 26 is opened and with simultaneous opening of the valve 22 of the receiving space 15 and the condenser chamber 25 again ventilated. Subsequently, the dried product 10 can be removed.
  • the receiving device 12 may have a plurality of receiving plates 16, which are arranged one above the other and which are mutually variable in their distance by a corresponding actuator.
  • a corresponding actuator for example, for pharmaceutical products vessels can be automatically closed after drying, in particular to achieve a germ-free provision of the dried product 10.
  • GB 948 517 A proposes grinding or granulating the product 10, and the ground or granulated product, for example instant coffee, is passed over vibrating receiving plates so that the product to be dried during the time of drying Drying phase remains in motion, in particular to effectively use a large surface of the crushed or granulated product for drying.
  • the grinding or granulation of a product is not possible for every product, and there are products, for example drugs, which have to be applied to the receiving plates of the receiving device in about magazinated form in containers and have, for example, a powder-like but still solvent-bound consistency.
  • the use of ultrasound to improve the drying process in freeze-drying plants is known.
  • the influence of ultrasound on the product improves the permeability of the product to be dried, so that the liquid can sublime better even from inner areas of the product.
  • the influence of ultrasound on the mass transport process during drying of the products is based on the minimization of internal and external resistances for the heat and mass transport, so that the diffusion barriers are reduced and the boundary layer formation is reduced.
  • the implosion of gas bubbles which is referred to as cavitation and caused by the cyclic alternating pressure, and the resulting microflows can also influence interfaces and thus reduce external resistances to the mass transport in the product and the mass transfer at the product surface.
  • Ultrasound is provided as an accompaniment to the drying of the product during the drying phase.
  • Ultrasonication of the product with ultrasound usually takes place with a sound generator arranged outside the vacuum chamber, so that the targeted influencing of the product by ultrasound can only be achieved to a limited extent.
  • the ultrasound is usually no longer used concomitantly thereto.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a freeze-drying plant for drying liquid-containing products and to improve a process for drying liquid-containing products with such a freeze-drying plant.
  • the use of ultrasound as a supporting agent in the drying of the liquid-containing products should be used improved, preferably in order to accelerate the drying process and to achieve a result in a simpler structure of the freeze-drying plant.
  • the invention provides for arranging on the receiving device at least one sound generator with which the product is beschalibar during the drying phase.
  • the core of the invention is the arrangement of the sound generator at least one arrangement point of the receiving device, which is introduced in the vacuum chamber, so that thus the sound generator is arranged in the receiving space of the vacuum chamber, but also remains the possibility to arrange the sound generator outside of the receiving space, if a Housing part of the vacuum chamber is also part of the recording device. If the sound generator is attached to a separate holding means within the receiving space and sonicates this from such a position from the product or products, then includes in the context of the present invention, the recording device also such a holding means, so that finally arranged the sound generator to the receiving device is.
  • the receiving device may have one or more receiving plates, the invention also starting from the idea that the receiving device may comprise, for example, a conduit device and further conversion parts, through which a fluid can be passed, in particular to cool or close the receiving plates heat.
  • the receiving device according to the invention may comprise several floors for installation of the products, or the receiving device is formed in several parts and has a base plate on which one or more shells are arranged, in which the products are.
  • the products may relate to drugs or, for example, foods which, in particular, are isolated and unpacked on the receiving plate, thus resting at least indirectly thereon.
  • the sound generator can be arranged on any possible component of the recording device.
  • Freeze-drying plant is directed to the fact that in the vacuum chamber of the receiving space is formed, in which the receiving device is located with the one or more products, and as a further aspect of the invention in the receiving space and the capacitor may be added.
  • the vacuum chamber forms a single receiving space in which both the recording device are taken up with or with the products and at the same time with the capacitor, which simplifies the structure of the system. Consequently, the intermediate wall with the valve can be dispensed with, whereby only a vacuum connection for evacuation and ventilation can still be present, via which the vacuum can be maintained at the required pressure values, in particular if a corresponding compressor is attached to the vacuum connection.
  • the invention is also directed on freeze-drying plants, which have a condenser chamber, which is connectable only with the opening of a valve with the vacuum chamber.
  • sound generators designate all technical devices which are suitable for producing a sound, in particular ultrasound, in a substance, ie a liquid or a solid, initiate and vibrate this or that.
  • the sound generator may also be multi-part and only one sonotrode is arranged on the receiving device and a corresponding generator which is connected to the sonotrode comprising only by means of an electrical line comprising the exciter.
  • the generator does not have to be arranged in the receiving space of the vacuum chamber, since it is sufficient that the sonotrode is arranged with the sound generator on the receiving device.
  • Sound generators and thus the part of the sound generator which can be arranged on the recording device in the sense of the invention can be formed as cuboids, as disks, as cylinders or as other components, which can be well attached to the recording device with dimensions of, for example, a few centimeters.
  • the sound generators are designed as round or square discs or plates having lateral dimensions that correspond approximately to the Aufstellab lecturen the containers in which the products are included.
  • the condenser of the freeze-drying plant is particularly advantageously designed as a cooling coil and has a pipeline or is formed by a pipeline through which a refrigerant is passed when the freeze-drying plant is operated and the condenser is cooled.
  • the condenser in particular in the form of the cooling coil, can be designed spatially so that it surrounds the receiving device on the outside. In particular, such a compact design can be achieved if, according to a possible embodiment, both the receiving device with the products and the capacitor are accommodated in a common receiving space of the vacuum chamber.
  • the receiving device comprises a receiving plate which is formed by means of a bottom plate of the vacuum chamber.
  • the sound generator can be arranged below the bottom plate and thus outside of the vacuum chamber and the product can be placed on the bottom plate, so that the sound generator can einschallen through the support plate formed with the bottom plate into the product. If the product is placed on the bottom plate of the vacuum chamber, which simultaneously forms the lower boundary of the receiving space, so the structure of the freeze-drying plant and in particular the structure of the receiving device simplifies further.
  • Such a solution can be provided, for example, if a rather small-scale freeze-drying plant with ultrasound-assisted drying is to be provided.
  • the receiving device has a conduit device for the passage of a fluid, wherein the sound generator can also be arranged on the conduit device in order to sound into the fluid.
  • the sound from the sound generator can be brought to the receiving plate to finally einallen in the product, which is placed on the receiving plate.
  • a central sound generator can be used for a plurality of mounting plates, or the arrangement of the sound generator is simplified, for example, if per per recording plate, a sound generator is arranged on a fluid line leading to the receiving plate.
  • the sound generator forms an ultrasonic generator and this generates a sound with a sound frequency of at least 16 kHz, for example up to 1 GHz.
  • the method is further characterized by the fact that the sound generator is arranged on an underside of a receiving plate of the receiving device and through the receiving plate through the upstanding on an upper surface of the receiving plate product is sonicated.
  • the method is carried out so that the receiving device is formed with a conduit means for carrying a fluid, wherein the sound generator is arranged on the conduit means and sonicates a sound into the fluid, so that the sound through the fluid to the receiving plate and thus introduced to the product.
  • the influence of the ultrasound in particular by the choice of a correspondingly higher power of the ultrasound generator, only to a lesser extent via the fluid heat to the product must be performed, with a possible development of a freeze dryer and an associated method according to the invention so aligned may be that the heating of the product is completely due to the influence of ultrasound, especially when the sound generators are operated at higher power.
  • the conduit means with the fluid lines and the heating / cooling fluid can be omitted, thereby further simplifying the structure of the freeze-drying plant and the execution of the method.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a
  • FIG. 2 shows a freeze-drying plant in a schematic view with the features of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a detailed view of a part of a receiving device with a product standing up on a receiving plate
  • FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a freeze-drying system with an alternative embodiment of the receiving device
  • FIG. 1 shows a prior art freeze dryer 1, and the freeze dryer 1 has already been discussed in detail in connection with the introductory part of the present specification.
  • FIG. 2 shows a freeze-drying installation 1 according to a first variant of the invention, and the freeze-drying installation 1 has a vacuum chamber 11, and the vacuum chamber 11 forms an evacuable receiving space 15.
  • a receiving device 12 for receiving products 10 to be dried is accommodated in the receiving space 15.
  • a capacitor 13 which is shown schematically and by way of example, the receiving device 12 encloses the outside.
  • the receiving device 12 has a plurality of receiving plates 16, on which the products to be dried 10 are placed.
  • a conduit means 19 is connected to fluid lines 24, and through the fluid lines 24, a fluid 20, for example a silicone oil, are passed.
  • the fluid 20 can be cooled or heated with peripheral devices, so that the products 10 can be cooled and in particular heated via the heat exchange with the receiving plates 16.
  • the products 10 can initially be frozen in the receiving device 12 are inserted or adjusted or introduced together with the receiving device 12 in the vacuum chamber 11. Subsequently, the vacuum chamber 1 1 is closed and evacuated via the vacuum port 26. Due to the decreasing phase transition point of the solid phase of the liquid in the frozen product, this can go directly into the vapor state without formation of a liquid phase, whereby the product 10 dries. If the condenser 13, for example, flows through a refrigerant, so this can be brought to a very low freezing temperature, and on the surface of the condenser 13, the liquid vapor from the sublimation process of the product 10 were directly volsch.
  • the sound generators 14 are operated during the drying phase of the products 10 and the sound generators send, for example, ultrasound directly into the products 10, the sublimation of the liquid in the products 10 is markedly accelerated.
  • the temperature of the product 10 can be uniformly increased by the action of ultrasound, so that an associated heating can additionally or alternatively be carried out to a heating of the products 10 via a heated fluid 20.
  • the capacitors can additionally be equipped with sonic generators and sonicated to achieve a higher packing density of the precipitating ice from the gas phase of the liquid by the effect of the sound excitation, since smaller ice crystals form.
  • Figure 3 shows an example of an enlarged view of the product 10, which is placed on a top 17 of the receiving plate 16.
  • a sound generator 14 is arranged, and this can sound, especially ultrasound, directly through the Pick-up plate 16 through into the product 10.
  • the product 10 may be stored in a container and stand up on the top 17 of the receiving plate 16. If a plurality of products 10 are set up on the receiving plate 16, several sound generators 14 associated with the respective products 10 can also be arranged on the underside 18 of the receiving plate 16.
  • Figure 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the receiving device 12, and it is shown a mounted on a frame 29 receiving plate 16, and on the top 17 of the receiving plate 16 are several products 10 on. On the underside 18 of the receiving plate 16, a sound generator 14 is arranged.
  • the example according to FIG. 4 also shows the possibility that a bottom plate 16 'of the vacuum chamber 11 forms the receiving device 12 for receiving the products 10, and the sound generator 14 is arranged on the outside under the bottom plate 16'.
  • the bottom plate 16 * forms an alternative form of the receiving plate 16 and in the context of the invention thus also a part of the receiving device 12.
  • FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of a freeze-drying plant 1 with a vacuum chamber 11, in which the receiving space 15 is formed, and in the receiving space 15, the receiving device 12 has been introduced.
  • the receiving device 12 in turn has a plurality of receiving plates 16, and each of the receiving plates 16 is connected to individual lines with the conduit means 19, which comprises a plurality of fluid conduits 24 by passage of the fluid 20.
  • the conduit means 19 which comprises a plurality of fluid conduits 24 by passage of the fluid 20.
  • the capacitor 13 is further arranged and the vacuum chamber 11 has a vacuum port 26 for evacuation and ventilation of the same.
  • the products 10 are placed on the top of the receiving plates 16, wherein six products 10 are shown by way of example.
  • a sound generator 14 is arranged on a fluid line 24 and can introduce sound, in particular ultrasound, into the line device 19.
  • the possibility is used, with a centrally arranged sound generator and the line branching of the line device 19 in all receiving plates 16 to initiate an ultrasound, which can be brought via the line and in particular via the liquid column directly to the products 10, on the top of the receiving plates 16 are set up.
  • An alternative insonification point 28 may be formed, for example, in or on each of the fluid lines 24, to which a sound generator is arranged per receiving plate 16.
  • FIG. 6 shows a detailed view of a receiving plate 16, and in the receiving plate 16 is a fluid channel 27, through which the fluid 20 is guided and which is connected to the fluid line 24.
  • a product 10 On the top 17 of the receiving plate 16 is exemplified by a product 10.
  • a sound generator 14 is arranged on one end side of a section of the fluid line 24 that extends in a straight line, which can pick up a sound, in particular ultrasound, in the region of the fluid 20 which flows through the fluid channel 27 within the receiving plate 16.
  • the schematic view illustrates the possibility to use the fluid column of the fluid, the sound to the Product 10 introduce, and the fluid can be used at the same time as heating and cooling fluid for heating and cooling of the product 10.
  • the invention is not limited in its execution to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment. Rather, a number of variants is conceivable, which makes use of the illustrated solution even with a fundamentally different type of execution. All of the claims, the description or the drawings resulting features and / or advantages, including structural details or spatial arrangements may be essential to the invention both in itself and in various combinations.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une installation de lyophilisation (1) pour le séchage de produits (10) contenant des liquides et un procédé de fonctionnement d'une installation de lyophilisation (1), l'installation comprenant une chambre à vide (11) dans laquelle est introduit au moins un dispositif de réception (12) pour recevoir les produits (10) contenant des liquides et un condenseur refroidissable (13) sur lequel le liquide extrait du produit (10) dans une phase de séchage peut être précipité à partir d'une phase vapeur. Selon l'invention, au moins un générateur acoustique (14) avec lequel le produit (10) peut être irradié pendant la phase de séchage, est disposé sur le dispositif de réception (12).
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