Process and device for homogenizing milk
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1. Process for homogenizing fatty liquid aqueous natural product comprising driving the fatty product at a pressure of 10 to 100 bars and a throughput of up to 100 m3 /hr through a single- or multi-stage nozzle dispersing device, each individual nozzle having a plurality of nozzle bores and the throughflow rate in the region of each nozzle bore is 10 to 200 m/s so as to homogenize said fatty liquid, aqueous natural product.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a gentle process for homogenizing fatty liquid natural products, particularly for homogenizing milk or cream products, e.g. cow'"'"'s milk, sheep'"'"'s milk or goat'"'"'s milk, with a fat content of up to 50 wt. %.
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1. Process for homogenizing fatty liquid aqueous natural product comprising driving the fatty product at a pressure of 10 to 100 bars and a throughput of up to 100 m3 /hr through a single- or multi-stage nozzle dispersing device, each individual nozzle having a plurality of nozzle bores and the throughflow rate in the region of each nozzle bore is 10 to 200 m/s so as to homogenize said fatty liquid, aqueous natural product.
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4. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that multi-stage nozzle dispersing devices are used in the process.
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5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the temperature increase of the fatty liquid on homogenizing is 3°
- C. maximum.
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6. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing temperature is less than 80°
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7. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the volume-related energy density which is introduced into the liquid in the region of the nozzle bores is from 106 to 108 J/m3.
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8. The process of claim 1, wherein said fatty liquid aqueous natural product is driven so as to produce a homogenized product having a dispersed phase in which up to 90% of the dispersed particles comprising the dispersed phase have a volume-related particle diameter in the range of from 0.1 to 1 μ
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9. The process of claim 1, wherein said aqueous natural product is a member selected from the group consisting of cow'"'"'s milk, sheep'"'"'s milk and goat'"'"'s milk.
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10. The process of claim 9, wherein said aqueous natural product has a fat content of up to 50 wt. %.
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11. The process of claim 1, wherein said pressure is 20 to 80 bars.
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12. The process of claim 1, wherein said plurality of nozzle bores number at least 50.
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13. The process of claim 12, wherein said plurality of nozzle bores number at least 100.
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