Abstract

222 to be dissolved (1, 8, 4, ...) under light-obscuring conditions, the equipment being located outside of, and adjacent to, the culture facility.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for rearing animals and in particular poultry or pigs that comprises supplying the animals with drinking water in order to water the animals, injecting oxygen and CO2 into the drinking water, before the drinking water reaches the animals, according to one of the following modes: two injections, one of CO2 and one of oxygen, are carried out simultaneously into the drinking water, or one injection, a mixture of oxygen and CO2, is carried out into the drinking water.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 7/02 - Automatic devices
• A01K 39/02 - Drinking appliances
• B01F 23/237 - Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media
• C02F 1/68 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water
• B01F 101/00 - Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field

Abstract

2222, such as an abattoir or a greenhouse for cultivating plants, characterised by the following steps: a boiler (4) capable of supplying hot water to the site is arranged within the site, said boiler carrying out the process of oxycombustion between a fuel (14) and pure oxygen (1), the oxygen that supplies the boiler being obtained from a liquid oxygen source present on the site; some or all of the CO2 contained in the flue gas produced by the boiler is recovered by transferring heat between the flue gas and the liquid oxygen in an exchanger (2).

IPC Classes  ?

• F23J 15/06 - Arrangements of devices for treating smoke or fumes of coolers
• F23L 7/00 - Supplying non-combustible liquids or gases, other than air, to the fire, e.g. oxygen, steam
• F23L 15/00 - Heating of air supplied for combustion
• F24D 15/00 - Other domestic- or space-heating systems
• A01G 9/18 - Greenhouses for treating plants with carbon dioxide or the like
• A01G 9/24 - Devices for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
• A22B 3/00 - Slaughtering or stunning

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for taking a sample of gas, comprising a base (2) supporting a fluid circuit (3, 4) comprising a first, upstream end provided with an inlet connector (9), the circuit (3, 4) comprising a sampling tank (5) and a first pipe (3) connecting the inlet connector (9) to an inlet (10) of the sampling tank (5), the first pipe (3) comprising a set of a plurality of valves (6, 7, 8) for controlling the circulation of the gas, which are disposed in series, the circuit comprising an evacuation line (23) which is provided with a control valve (14) and comprises a first, upstream end connected to the first pipe (3) and a second, downstream end that opens into a discharge zone such as the atmosphere, the circuit (3, 4) comprising a second pipe (4) having an upstream end connected to an outlet (11) of the sampling tank (5) and a downstream end connected to the evacuation line (23) via a control valve (14), the circuit comprising an analysis line comprising an upstream end connected to the first pipe (3) and a downstream end provided with an analysis outlet (12) intended to be connected to an analysis apparatus, the analysis line comprising at least one control valve (16), wherein at least some of the control valves (6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16) of the circuit are disposed in respective housings (20) that each comprise a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet that are connected to the control valve, and wherein the outlet of one housing (20) is connected directly to the inlet of the adjacent housing (20).

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 1/22 - Devices for withdrawing samples in the gaseous state

Abstract

2222 is injected into the water.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 7/00 - Watering equipment for stock or game
• A01K 39/02 - Drinking appliances
• C02F 1/66 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage pH adjustment
• C02F 1/72 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by oxidation
• B01F 23/237 - Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid, in particular a cryogenic fluid, the device comprising a fluid feed head and a fluid dispenser body, detachably mounted on said feed head, said feed head comprising a groove for circulating the fluid fed to said body, said groove being closed when the body is mounted on the feed head and said groove being open when the feed head and the body are detached from one another.

IPC Classes  ?

• B05B 9/00 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquid or other fluent material without essentially mixing with gas or vapour
• B05B 15/65 - Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits
• B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
• B05B 1/32 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages in which a valve member forms part of the outlet opening
• F25B 19/00 - Machines, plants or systems, using evaporation of a refrigerant but without recovery of the vapour
• B01F 35/91 - Heating or cooling systems using gas or liquid injected into the material, e.g. using liquefied carbon dioxide or steam
• A21C 1/14 - Structural elements of mixing or kneading machines
• B01F 35/90 - Heating or cooling systems
• B01F 101/06 - Mixing of food ingredients

Abstract

Method for machining workpieces, employing an intake of a cryogenic fluid in the machining zone (1), characterized in that use is made, on the line connecting the fluid source to the machining tool (5) in the machining zone, of a valve able to self-regulate its degree of opening according to the pressure required downstream thereof, making it possible to deliver a fixed and adjustable pressure, and therefore a fixed adjustable flow, to the machining tool irrespective of the tool used, and therefore the number of orifices and the diameter of the fluid ejection orifices characterizing the tool in question.

IPC Classes  ?

• B23Q 11/10 - Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work

Abstract

The invention proposes a facility for crushing a product, which comprises a crusher in which the product is crushed, which facility also comprises the following elements: - a hopper (10) for supplying the crusher with product to be crushed, the hopper itself being able to be supplied with product to be crushed; - means for conveying a cryogenic fluid into the hopper; - means for discharging product from the hopper into the crusher; characterised in that: - the hopper is provided at its lower part with a hollow screw provided with turns (11) allowing the product to be discharged from the hopper into the crusher; - the said means for conveying a cryogenic fluid into the hopper comprise an injection pipe (12), for example of the manifold type with orifices, which is positioned inside the turns of the hollow screw, extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the screw.

IPC Classes  ?

• B02C 18/22 - Feed or discharge means
• B02C 19/18 - Use of auxiliary physical effects, e.g. ultrasonics, irradiation, for disintegrating
• B02C 23/02 - Feeding devices

Abstract

Method and installation for coating food products with a coating substance, of the type comprising a step of bringing the food products into contact with the coating substance, and wherein, before the food products and the coating substance are brought into contact, the food products are sub-cooled by providing external cold energy at a temperature lower than their initial temperature, and wherein the food products and said coating substance are then subsequently brought into contact without providing external cold energy, the coating around the products being fixed under the action of the transfer of cold from the sub-cooled products to said coating substance, characterized in that the sub-cooling of the products is carried out in a hopper (10), capable of being supplied with product to be coated, which hopper is provided with means for supplying a cryogenic fluid, the hopper being provided at its lower part with a hollow screw (11) provided with turns allowing the product to be poured out of the hopper to the step of bringing the food products into contact with the coating substance, said means for supplying a cryogenic fluid into the hopper comprising an injection pipe (12), for example of the perforated-manifold type with multiple orifices, which is positioned inside the turns of the hollow screw, extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the screw.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23L 3/36 - Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
• A23P 20/15 - Apparatus or processes for coating with liquid or semi-liquid products

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for producing a fermented liquid food product, comprising the following steps: - pasteurising the liquid (3); - cooling the liquid completely or partially; - arrival (5) of the liquid in a tank (10); - adding ferments (7) such as lactic bacteria to the liquid contained in the tank.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23C 7/02 - Chemical cleaning of dairy apparatus; Use of sterilisation methods therefor
• A23C 3/03 - Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating the materials being loose unpacked
• A23C 9/13 - Fermented milk preparations; Treatment using microorganisms or enzymes using additives

Abstract

The invention proposes a method for treating an industrial effluent which is charged with aluminium in order to eliminate all or some of the dissolved aluminium therefrom, comprising the implementation of the following steps: - the effluent to be treated is conveyed to a first zone, which is constituted, for example, by a tank, and in which a pH lower than 9.5 is maintained, and more preferably a pH between 6.5 and 8.5, and even more preferably between 7 and 8, so as to promote the precipitation of the aluminium in the form of aluminium hydroxide and thus make it easier to eliminate it; - a second zone is provided and a portion of the medium which is located in zone 1 is recirculated to zone 2, then the medium is returned from there to zone 1, and gaseous CO2 is injected into the recirculated medium; and - the solid particles which are formed in zone 1 are separated and discharged. The method is characterised in that, taking into account the recirculation of said medium into which CO2 has been injected, the quantity of dissolved CO2 available in zone 1 is 0.5 to 3 times greater, preferably between 1 and 1.5 times greater, than is necessary to precipitate the incoming effluent.

IPC Classes  ?

• C02F 1/52 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
• B03D 1/14 - Flotation machines
• C01F 7/02 - Aluminium oxide; Aluminium hydroxide; Aluminates
• C01F 7/14 - Aluminium oxide or hydroxide from alkali metal aluminates
• C02F 101/20 - Heavy metals or heavy metal compounds
• C02F 103/16 - Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from metallurgical processes, i.e. from the production, refining or treatment of metals, e.g. galvanic wastes

Abstract

222 to be injected into the fluid which is circulating in the loop; - means (6) which allow the solid particles formed in zone 1 to be separated and discharged.

IPC Classes  ?

• C02F 1/66 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage pH adjustment
• C02F 1/52 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
• C02F 101/10 - Inorganic compounds
• C02F 103/16 - Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from metallurgical processes, i.e. from the production, refining or treatment of metals, e.g. galvanic wastes

Abstract

A process for vacuum packaging of food products, wherein: the product is placed in a packaging, the air contained in the packaging is suctioned out, and an operation of sealing or closing the packaging is carried out, characterized in that, before placing the product in the packaging, an operation of surface crusting of the product by introduction of cryogenic cold is carried out.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
• B65B 5/04 - Packaging single articles
• B65B 31/02 - Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
• B65B 63/08 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for heating or cooling articles or materials to facilitate packaging
• A23L 3/375 - Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of chemicals with direct contact between the food and the chemical, e.g. liquid N2, at cryogenic temperature
• A23L 3/3418 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O
• A23L 5/41 - Retaining or modifying natural colour by use of additives, e.g. optical brighteners
• A23B 4/09 - Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of chemicals before or during cooling with direct contact between the food and the chemical, e.g. liquid N2, at cryogenic temperature
• A23B 4/16 - Preserving with chemicals not covered by groups or in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor
• B65B 7/16 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
• B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for breeding animals, wherein water is supplied to the animals for watering thereof, characterized in that the water for animal watering is doped with dissolved oxygen up to saturation.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 39/02 - Drinking appliances

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid, in particular a cryogenic fluid, the device comprising a fluid feed head (9) and a fluid dispenser body (7), detachably mounted on said feed head (9), said feed head (9) comprising a groove (22) for circulating the fluid fed to said body (7), said groove (22) being closed when the body (7) is mounted on the feed head (9) and said groove (22) being open when the feed head (9) and the body (7) are detached from one another.

IPC Classes  ?

• B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
• B05B 15/65 - Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits
• A21C 1/14 - Structural elements of mixing or kneading machines
• B05B 1/32 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages in which a valve member forms part of the outlet opening
• B05B 7/08 - Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, to form intersecting jets

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid, in particular a cryogenic fluid, the device comprising a fluid feed head (9) and a fluid dispenser body (7), detachably mounted on said feed head (9), said feed head (9) comprising a groove (22) for circulating the fluid fed to said body (7), said groove (22) being closed when the body (7) is mounted on the feed head (9) and said groove (22) being open when the feed head (9) and the body (7) are detached from one another.

IPC Classes  ?

• B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
• B05B 1/32 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages in which a valve member forms part of the outlet opening
• B05B 7/08 - Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, to form intersecting jets
• B01F 15/06 - Heating or cooling systems
• A21C 1/14 - Structural elements of mixing or kneading machines
• B05B 15/65 - Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits

Abstract

A heat exchanger able to perform an exchange between air and carbon dioxide ice, characterized in that it comprises the following elements: - at least one sheet of a metal foam or of a metal wool, the foam or wool being characterized by a given level of voids or porosity, which sheet is able to store a given quantity of liquid CO2 or carbon dioxide ice within it; - a contact plate, secured by one of its two faces to said sheet of foam or of wool, which contact plate is able, on its other face, to be placed in contact with the air in a space that is to be cooled.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/10 - Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
• B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
• F28F 13/00 - Arrangements for modifying heat transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
• F28F 21/08 - Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of metal

Abstract

The invention relates to a direct-fired heating method and to a facility for implementing same, According to said method, a load is heated in a furnace (300) with heat generated by burning fuel with an oxidant; the smoke generated is evacuated from the furnace (300), the evacuated smoke (301) containing residual heat energy; residual heat energy is recovered from the evacuated smoke (301) and introduced into a synthesis reactor (100) wherein syngas is produced; and at least part of the syngas is burned in the furnace (300) in order to heat the load.

IPC Classes  ?

• C01B 3/34 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
• C10J 3/80 - Other features with arrangements for preheating the blast or the water vapour