Methods and apparatus for low heat spray drying

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8939388
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13245369

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Methods and apparatus provide for spray drying a liquid product into a dried powder without applying heat, including: forming a slurry including a liquid solvent, a carrier, and an active ingredient; applying an electrostatic charge to the slurry; atomizing the charged slurry to produce a plurality of electrostatically charged, wet particles; suspending the electrostatically charged, wet particles for a sufficient time to permit repulsive forces induced by the electrostatic charge on at least some wet particles to cause at least some of such particles to divide into wet sub-particles; and continuing the suspending step, without the presence of any heated drying fluids, for a sufficient time to drive off a sufficient amount of the liquid solvent within most of the wet particles to leave a plurality of dried particles (the powder), each dried particle containing the active ingredient encapsulated within the carrier.

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ZOOM ESSENCE INC200 MEISTER AVENUE BRANCHBURG NJ 08876

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Beetz, Charles P Erlanger, US 7 391
Corbett, Robert Westfield, US 9 209
Salem, David Rapid City, US 3 74

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