An experiment with superheated steam

Using Superheated Steam in Drying and Sterilization

Botanicals are received in whole, non-sterile form. BI Nutraceuticals sterilizes, mills, and packages the ingredient in sturdy, safe containers before shipping to customers. Photo courtesy of BI Nutraceuticals Using Superheated Steam in Drying and Sterilization It seems counterintuitive to use water vapor in a process to remove water or to heat materials that can be damaged by moisture, but suc...

Superheated Steam Drying at Atmospheric Pressure

Cascade control of superheated steam temperature with neuro-PID controller.

In this paper, an improved cascade control methodology for superheated processes is developed, in which the primary PID controller is implemented by neural networks trained by minimizing error entropy criterion. The entropy of the tracking error can be estimated recursively by utilizing receding horizon window technique. The measurable disturbances in superheated processes are input to the neur...

Effect of colloidal Particles associated with the liquid bridge in sticking during drying in Superheated Steam

It is very important in the design of a drying system is to evaluate sticking behaviour of the materials goes under drying. A new approach to the sticking issue is applied in this study by carrying out a sticking test for the liquid associated with the materials under study. It was found that the liquid bridge is responsible of the initial sticking of the materials to the contact surface and th...

Superheated steam injection in North Кенкияк shallow heavy oil reservoir

This paper presents an integrated study on the superheated steam injection in the North Кенкияк Field, Kazakhstan. The methodologies cover investigation of mechanisms of superheated steam in recovery, lab experiment, and numerical simulation. The study indicates that the injection of superheated steam can cause rock wettability conversion which is favorable to recovery. The higher the heat enth...