SBIR Phase II: No Heat Spray Drying Technology

SBIR第二阶段：无热喷雾干燥技术

• 批准号: 1254328
• 负责人: Charles Beetz
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: ZoomEssence, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-15 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1254328&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; No; Heat

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Project of ?No Heat Spray Drying? fundamentally changes the process of spray drying liquids to powders by eliminating the use of heat. Typically, a liquid emulsion consists of a high value liquid ingredient that is emulsified with a carrier system that when dried captures the liquid ingredient in a powdered form. High temperature spray drying remains the preferred method of drying many thermally sensitive materials such as foods, chemicals, probiotics, pharmaceuticals, and in many other applications where the production of a free-flowing powder is required. The current spray drying process employs air heated up to 400° Fahrenheit to dry the liquid into a powder. Exposing sensitive, volatile liquid ingredients to high temperatures causes molecular degradation that negatively impacts performance. By eliminating the use of heat the end result is a significantly improved powder in terms of product quality, solubility, stability and overall performance. Our research will be focused on improving our proprietary technology through dryer optimization and atomization development. This research should yield an innovative, commercially viable ?no heat? spray drying technology with the ability to manufacture significant amounts of powdered products.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project spans markets including food & beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, infant formula, coffee, vitamins and numerous other segments where the production of a free flowing powder ingredient is desired. The challenge: how to eliminate the use of heat in converting liquids to powders. By eliminating the use of heat in the manufacturing process, we create significantly improved powder products. Our process is more economical, delivers products with longer shelf life, better encapsulation and improves solubility. Our technology has several societal benefits including decreasing energy consumption and preventing the evaporation of volatile ingredients into the atmosphere. Our technology may be able impact the bioavailability of drugs, decrease tablet sizes, deliver stable Omega 3 ingredients and improve dried milk powder. We are only beginning to explore the potential applications of our revolutionary process technology

这个小型企业创新研究阶段的II阶段项目？没有热喷射？从根本上讲，通过消除热量的使用，将喷雾液体的喷涂过程更改为粉末。通常，液体乳液由高价值液体成分组成，该成分被载体系统乳化，当干燥时，该液体成分以粉状形式捕获液体成分。高温喷雾干燥仍然是干燥许多热敏感材料的首选方法，例如食品，化学物质，益生菌，药品，以及在许多其他应用中需要生产自由流动粉末的应用中。当前的喷雾过程采用了高达400°Fahrenheit的空气将液体干燥成粉末。暴露于敏感的，挥发性的液体成分中高温会导致分子降解对性能产生负面影响。通过消除热量的使用，最终结果是在产品质量，解决方案，稳定性和整体性能方面有了显着改善的粉末。我们的研究将专注于通过干燥机的优化和雾化开发来改善我们的专有技术。这项研究应该产生创新的，商业上可行的吗？没有热量？具有生产大量粉末产品的能力的喷涂干燥技术。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力跨越包括食品和卧室，化学品，药品，婴儿配方奶粉，咖啡，维生素，维生素和许多其他细分市场，在这些片段中，需要提供自由流动的粉末成分。挑战：如何消除将热量转化为粉末中的热量。通过消除在制造过程中使用热量的使用，我们创建了显着改进的粉末产品。我们的过程更经济，可以提供具有更长保质期的产品，更好地封装并提高溶解度。我们的技术具有多种社会益处，包括减少能源消耗和防止挥发成分的经济性进入大气。我们的技术可能能够影响药物的生物利用度，减少片剂尺寸，提供稳定的Omega 3不可思议并改善干奶粉。我们才刚刚开始探索我们革命过程技术的潜在应用