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Slurry treatment and shipping method

  • US 7,101,507 B1
  • Filed: 05/27/1999
  • Issued: 09/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for sterilizing a contaminatable slurry to preclude aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from the slurry, comprising the steps ofa. providing a sanitized oxygen-free fluid handling system, b. pumping the slurry through the system at a predetermined pressure, c. heating the slurry to a sterilizing temperature of about 210°

  • F.-290°

    for a predetermined time to sterilize the slurry, d. cooling the sterilized slurry by transferring heat to the unsterilized slurry entering the process, and e. transferring the sterilized slurry to a sanitized fluid collection device.

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