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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Ozgur Yildirim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Gates, Redmond, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Ozgur Yildirim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A pasteurization system includes a liquid inlet configured to receive a liquid to be pasteurized. The system also includes a pump coupled to the liquid inlet for pressurizing the liquid. Further, the system includes a counter flow heat exchanger coupled to the liquid inlet and the pump, the counterflow heat exchanger configured to heat the liquid to a predetermined temperature for at least a predetermined time and configured to exchange heat between a flow of liquid in a first direction in a first channel with the flow of liquid in a second direction opposite the first direction in a second channel. A heating section that heats the liquid flow is integrated into the heat exchanger and heats at least a portion of the first channel or the second channel.