Instant controlled pressure

drop
DIC: Dtente Instantane
Contrle

Process in agreement with organic

certification
General Presentation

What is instant controlled

pressure drop (D.I.C.)
technology?
 Defining DIC
Pressure
MPa

High temperature Autovaporizat

0.1< P ion

Drop
Instant Pressure
<1
Decontaminat
ion
Instant
cooling
Patm Expansion
5 kPaVacuu
m
Time
5<t<
60 s
 Essential oil Extraction Unitary operations
(volatile molecules) Swell-
Drying

DDS Direct
Auto-
Drying vaporizati 3-stage spray-
on drying
Expansi
on Decontaminati

Stop thermal DI on

degradation
C Solvent
Extraction
Instant
Cooling
In-Situ TransEsterification
De- (Biodiesel)
allergenicity

Cracking/depolymerization of
cellulose: 3rd generation
bioethanol
5
Swell-Drying
Issues with conventional
Drying
Shrinkage
Long time drying (loss of energy)
Low quality
Difficulty to use the product for other
applications than snacking (such as grinding,
etc.)
Low rehydration kinetics
Contamination

DIC enables to overcome all these

issues
Conventional drying
 Standard drying vs Swell-
Water
content drying
(% DB)

45

40

35
D.I.C.
30

25

20
Standard drying
15
Post-D.I.C.
10 drying
5

0
100 200 300 400 500 600 Time (min
 video
20 to 40 ms for the pressure drop

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 Vacuum tank
Treatmen
t
chamber
Stea
m

Pum
p

Pressur
Vacu
High Pressure
e High um
Temperature
P = pw
+ pe

tim Patm Tenv

e Vacu
Vacu
um
DARCY Transfer
um
 Structure and Microstructure

Standard Drying Swell-Drying

 Drying comparison
1200

1000

800

600 Conventional Drying

Time (min)
Swell-drying

400

200

0
bananas kiwis apples
 Glass transition
T

one
z
ber
b
Ru

Schematic hot air drying

C gl B
as
s
tr
an
si
tio
n
ba
e rr
n ie A (Fresh materiel)
z o r
D s s
(Dried products) Gla W
 Difference with puffing
Standard puffing
Same P doesnt mean
same T !
And temperature matters:
In terms of
degradation
In terms of glass
transition

DIC
 DIC - Decontamination

Spores of Bacillus
stearothermophilus

Thermal
treatment DIC treatment

DIC treatment triggers a thermo-

mechanical effect on bacteria
(vegetative and spores)
 Products

What are the products that can be

treated via D.I.C.?
 Some Conclusions

The DIC parameters are to define

depending on the application, the
requirements, the sensibility of the
compounds, etc.
Many applications leading to a
tremendous amount of new products
Still many applications to discover in
the world of thermodynamics of
instantaneity
DICLAB10-2.0
DICL0.3-1.0 Equipment
Thank you for your attention

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