Invention entitled ‘The method of transmission of heat generated in the production of agri-food products, especially food, to raw materials’ (Pat.235820/P.416164)

Description:

The object of the technology is the method of transmission of heat generated in the production of agri-food products, especially food, to raw materials. There is a need to reduce energy expenditures for heating the raw materials used in production and cooling the resulting agri-food products, especially food products.  Under the proposed technology, the heat generated in the tank during the production of the finished product heats the fluid in a heat exchanger, such as water in a buffer tank. From this tank, a closed circuit feeds the fluid to the heat pump, and the cooled fluid is returned to the tank.  A heat pump, on the other hand, supplies heat in a closed circuit to a tank, from which the circuit feeds a heat exchanger, which heats a tank of raw material for production with heated air, through a fan. The use of a pump makes it possible to transfer heat energy to the raw material from low-temperature sources, even with the small temperature differences that occur in the production of agri-food products. The use of heat exchangers alone in such a situation is uneconomical or impossible.

Benefits:

• the possibility of making economical and environmentally friendly use of heat from production, processing, until now regarded as waste heat;
• obtaining, with small temperature differences, a very high heat pump efficiency;
• optimisation of own predictive processes;
• reducing the company’s operating costs.

Status of legal protection:

The technology consists of patent Pat.235820 granted by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, in force from February 17, 2016.

Property rights to the invention are held by: Bastik Ltd., Łukasiewicz Research Network – Poznań Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Falenty.

Contact person:

Florian Adamczyk

Lider obszaru ds. eksploatacji maszyn rolniczych
Grupa Badawcza Konstrukcji

Tel.: +48 507 794 069

E-mail: florian.adamczyk@pit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl