Abstract: The invention relates to a drying system. The drying system comprises a drying chamber including a bead compartment for accommodating bead particles, a drying compartment and a gas permeable partitioning separating the bead compartment from the drying compartment. The drying compartment may include a product compartment for accommodating a product to be dried. The drying chamber further includes a bead inflow opening for flowing dry bead particles into the bead compartment and a bead discharge opening for flowing saturated bead particles from the bead compartment outwardly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drying module for drying humid air. The module comprises a humid air inflow opening, a dry air outflow opening and a flow channel extending between the inflow opening and the outflow opening. The flow channel includes a drying chamber for accommodating a zeolite container containing zeolite particles, wherein the drying chamber has at least one dimension transverse to a humid air flow direction that is significantly larger than a dimension of the drying chamber parallel to the flow direction of the humid air.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drying module for drying humid air. The module comprises a humid air inflow opening, a dry air outflow opening and a flow channel extending between the inflow opening and the outflow opening. The flow channel includes a drying chamber for accommodating a zeolite container containing zeolite particles, wherein the drying chamber has at least one dimension transverse to a humid air flow direction that is significantly larger than a dimension of the drying chamber parallel to the flow direction of the humid air.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the authentication of a product, comprising providing said product with at least one marker, wherein said marker is a phosphorescent marker selected from a set of m phosphorescent markers each having a different emission spectrum, wherein m is an integer equal or greater than 3, and wherein said marker is provided at an amount that results in a phosphor-specific emission below background radiation emitted from said product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the authentication of a product, comprising providing said product with at least one marker, wherein said marker is a phosphorescent marker selected from a set of m phosphorescent markers each having a different emission spectrum, wherein m is an integer equal or greater than 3, and wherein said marker is provided at an amount that results in a phosphor-specific emission below background radiation emitted from said product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for encapsulating seeds. The device comprises a transport unit provided with a sequence of supports positioned along a transport path. Each support is arranged for supporting a multiple number of capsules at predefined locations and the transport unit is arranged for intermittently transporting the supports in a transport direction along the transport path to a loading position, respectively. The device further comprises a filling unit provided with a multiple number of seed releasing modules for, in a loading position of a support, substantially simultaneously releasing seeds above corresponding capsule locations on a particular support.