Patents Assigned to Nactis
  • Publication number: 20100247730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the production of smoke for agro-food usage and has for its object a process characterized in that it includes essentially the steps consisting in introducing organic material to be pyrolyzed into a reactor including essentially a substantially hermetically sealed heatable chamber containing at least one rotatable endless screw heated by the Joule effect receiving the material, heating the organic material to a temperature included between 200° C. and 800° C., preferably between 300° C. and 400° C., so as to cause the pyrolysis during its movement, under the influence of the rotation of the at least one screw and to extract the consumed material and the smoke products from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NACTIS
    Inventors: Pierre HOLZSCHUH, Georg Buch, Jean-Jacques Weiland
  • Patent number: 7758907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the production of smoke for agro-food usage and has for its object a process characterized in that it comprises essentially the steps consisting in introducing organic material to be pyrolyzed into a reactor comprising essentially a substantially hermetically sealed heatable chamber containing at least one rotatable endless screw heated by the Joule effect receiving said material, heating said organic material to a temperature comprised between 200° C. and 800° C., preferably between 300° C. and 400° C., so as to cause the pyrolysis during its movement, under the influence of the rotation of said at least one screw and to extract the consumed material and the smoke products from said chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Nactis
    Inventors: Pierre Holzschuh, Georg Buch, Jean-Jacques Weiland