Tunnel pasteuriser and method for operating a tunnel pasteuriser

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PATENT NO 11751587
APP PUB NO 20200352197A1
SERIAL NO

16764815

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Method for operating a tunnel pasteuriser with a plurality of sequentially successive treatment zones, wherein containers with a product packed therein are transported by means of a conveying device through the treatment zones and are heated with treatment media having different actual media temperatures, are pasteurized and preferably then cooled again, wherein the actual media temperatures are detected by a control unit and compared with target media temperatures, and wherein heating and/or cooling devices are controlled based on the comparison, characterised in that during the treatment of the containers, initial values for an optimisation are formed from the actual media temperatures of the treatment zones, and the target media temperatures are determined by means of a prediction model for determining the expected degree of pasteurisation with the optimisation, such that at least a minimum degree of pasteurisation of the containers is achieved.

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  • KRONES AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kaatz, Stefan Neutraubling, DE 1 0
Nissen, Martin Neutraubling, DE 2 0
Wagner, Falko Jens Neutraubling, DE 3 4

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