Freeze drying process and equipment health monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11359861B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US17043263

    申请日:2019-04-09

    IPC分类号: F26B5/06 F26B21/10 F26B25/22

    摘要: In a system and method for controlling a freeze drying process, a diagnostics server (718) is connected for receiving time series data from a freeze drying system (710, 711). The diagnostics server uses a tuned freeze drying system mathematical model to analyze the time series data to predict a system event, and alter the freeze drying process. An analytics server (730) is connected for secure communication with the diagnostics server, and creates and tunes the freeze drying system mathematical model. An equipment provider service and diagnostic cloud (735) may apply learning algorithms to the time series data to enhance diagnostic tools and provide predictive maintenance and diagnostic services to the operator of the first production sites using the diagnostic tools.

    SPRAY FREEZE DRYING ON A SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210190425A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16762596

    申请日:2017-11-22

    摘要: A freeze dryer processes a bulk material including a liquid, and produces a product including the freeze dried material borne on a substrate. The material is introduced in a freezing chamber as a droplet stream that impinges on the substrate. The liquid in the material is frozen after it contacts the substrate. The substrate bearing the material is transferred through a vacuum lock into a vacuum drying chamber where the frozen liquid sublimates under vacuum and applied heat.

    Freeze drying chamber for a bulk freeze drying system

    公开(公告)号:US11448463B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17282585

    申请日:2019-10-01

    IPC分类号: F26B17/00 F26B5/06

    摘要: A freeze drying vessel (302) having a freeze drying chamber (304) that includes sloped horizontal shelves (352) that receive frozen particles (282). Each shelf is sloped relative to a horizontal axis (390) and arranged such that a downward slope between successive shelves alternates between first (392) and second (394) directions. At least one connecting member (374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386, 386, 388) is attached between pairs of shelves. At least one connecting member is attached to an associated vibration element (396, 398, 400, 402) located outside the drying chamber. Each vibration element vibrates a pair of shelves to cause the frozen particles to advance relative to an associated shelf and drop downward from shelf to shelf wherein the shelves heat the frozen particles to promote sublimation to form freeze dried product (284).