Apparatus for fluid-solid bed processing

• Main Authors: SABADICS; JOSEPH L, MOORMAN; CHARLES T, ROYAL; T. ANTHONY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.08.1990
• Subjects: COFFEE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

An apparatus for a supercritical fluid-solid bed process such as for decaffeinating green coffee beans including an elongated cylindrical vessel (12) having a top (14) and bottom (22). The solids accumulate to form a fluid-solids bed (24) on the bottom of the vessel which includes a central bottom o...