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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Schubert, Karlsruhe, DE;
Maximilian Fichtner, Oftersheim, DE;
Assignee:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruche GmbH, Karlsruche, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/00 ; A23C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/00 ; A23C 3/00 ;
Abstract
In a method of destroying harmful microorganisms in liquids by short term high temperature heating of the liquids in micro heat exchangers formed by stacks of metal foils having parallel microchannels, in a first step, the liquid is rapidly heated in a micro heat exchanger with a gradient of at least 200° K/sec, then is maintained at the high temperature for a time period of <2 sec and is finally cooled again in a micro heat exchanger with a gradient of at least 200° K/sec.