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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2003
Holger Fleischhauer, Hamburg, DE;
Jürgen Klischat, Pinneberg, DE;
Thomas Pienemann, Rosengarten, DE;
Peter Skupin, Berlin, DE;
Claus-dieter Ziehn, Pinneberg, DE;
Holger Fleischhauer, Hamburg, DE;
Jürgen Klischat, Pinneberg, DE;
Thomas Pienemann, Rosengarten, DE;
Peter Skupin, Berlin, DE;
Claus-Dieter Ziehn, Pinneberg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for enhancing the filling capacity of tobacco, such as cut tobacco leaf or tobacco midribs, or tobacco additional material, by treating the tobacco material having an initial moisture of 10-30% with a treatment gas consisting of nitrogen and/or argon at pressures of 400 to 1,000 bar followed by a continuous decompression and subsequent thermal post-treatment of the discharged tobacco material. The filling density of the tobacco charge in the autoclave is greater than 0.2 kg/dm.