Introduction of vortex machines in bakery production

Abstract

Bread production is one of the most important branches of the food industry, which provides the population with the main food product. The quality of bread, flour confectionery, wheat products directly depends on the quality of raw materials, its biological value and production technology, and the equipment used. One of the crucial stages of flour preparation is its sifting, which plays an important role in improving the characteristics of flour and, accordingly, the finished product. Food production is accompanied by the formation of waste, which, in any case, enters the environment without proper treatment, especially at large enterprises with outdated technologies and equipment. The use of such equipment leads to serious illnesses of workers. Currently, liquid waste, which is a significant pollutant, prevails at food enterprises. An urgent problem today is the purification of dusty gases at elevators, flour milling, grain crushing, feed mills, granaries, grain dryers, and agricultural enterprises. Therefore, the paper conducted an experimental and theoretical study to determine the efficiency of flour capture by improved vortex installations. The separation of solid particles from a dusty flour flow was investigated. The overall efficiency of the device was determined with counter-vortex flows. A sieve analysis of flour was performed. Fractional samples of dust-dispersed flour particles were obtained. The process of drying wet flour in devices with counter-vortex flows was studied with the aim of its further use in flour confectionery products. The prospects of using the proposed vortex dust collector as a drying device were proven. Experimental and theoretical studies were conducted to determine the efficiency of improved vortex installations, the separation of solid particles from dusty air based on flour, the determination of overall efficiency, fraction size, sieve analysis of flour, and the study of wet flour for drying in AKSF, which indicates that the device with counter-rotating swirling flows is intended not only for capturing various types of dusty food products, but also for drying a particular product, which is quite convenient to use.