RU2289990C1 - Method for increasing filling capacity of tobacco - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: production of aromatized tobacco with increased volume.

SUBSTANCE: method involves extracting rose flowers with the use of non-polar liquefied gas and separating miscella; moistening cut tobacco and impregnating with separated miscella, and simultaneously increasing pressure; thereafter relieving pressure to atmospheric pressure value; drying tobacco for obtaining of base product.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in producing of aromatized tobacco with increased volume.

Description

The invention relates to a technology for the production of flavored tobacco with an increased volume.

A known method of increasing the filling ability of tobacco, comprising impregnating moistened tobacco with liquid propane while increasing pressure, depressurizing and drying to obtain the target product (US 5469872, 11.28.1995).

There is a method of increasing the filling ability of tobacco, involving the impregnation of cut tobacco with a mixture of non-polar liquefied gases with a simultaneous increase in pressure and depressurization to obtain the target product (Mozhaeva E.Yu., Development of technology for gas-liquid processing of tobacco raw materials. Abstract of thesis. Krasnodar: KubGTU, 2001, pp. 17-20).

These methods do not provide for the possibility of flavoring tobacco.

Closest to the proposed is a method of increasing the filling ability of tobacco, which involves impregnating the cut tobacco with liquid carbon dioxide while increasing pressure, depressurizing the atmosphere and introducing flavoring to obtain the desired product (Expanded Tobacco // World Tobacco. 1996, V.154, p. 58-59).

The disadvantage of this method is the complexity of the technology.

The technical result of the invention is to simplify the technology by combining operations to increase the volume and flavoring of tobacco.

This result is achieved in that a method of increasing the filling ability of tobacco involves extracting rose flowers with non-polar liquefied gas with separation of the miscella, moistening the cut tobacco, impregnating the separated miscella with a simultaneous increase in pressure, depressurizing to atmospheric pressure and drying to obtain the target product.

The method is implemented as follows.

Rose flowers are extracted with non-polar liquefied gas, in particular carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, inert gases, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons containing up to 4 carbon atoms in the molecule, halogen derivatives of these hydrocarbons or mixtures of these substances in any combination and ratio, and the miscell is separated according to traditional technology (Mikanba V.T., Carbon dioxide extracts - Sukhumi: Alashara, 1989, p.26-28).

The cut tobacco is moistened to a moisture content of at least 13%, which provides sufficient tobacco elasticity for expansion (US 5469872, 11.28.1995). Moistened tobacco is loaded into a sealed container in which miscella is served. The pressure in the tank automatically rises to a value corresponding to the saturated vapor pressure of the non-polar liquefied gas used at miscella temperature. The resulting mixture is kept for a time sufficient for impregnation of tobacco, which is determined by the known laws of mass transfer (Kosmodemyansky Yu.V., Processes and apparatuses of food production. Textbook for students of technical schools - M .: Kolos, 1997, p.135-162). As a rule, it is no more than 15 s (US 5469872, 11.28.1995). In this case, the absorption of liquefied gas and saturation of the tobacco with extractive substances contained in the miscella, which provide the tobacco with an aroma, occurs. To achieve their desired content in tobacco, which is determined according to well-known recommendations (N.V. Puzdrova, Theoretical justification and development of a system for assessing and regulating the quality of smoking products. Abstract of thesis, Ph.D. - Krasnodar: KubGTU - Pogarskaya Cigarette OJSC -cigar factory ", 2004, p.15-16), according to the above regularities, the concentration of extractives in miscella and the phase ratio at the extraction and impregnation stations are calculated.

After the impregnation is completed, the excess liquid phase is drained for reuse and the pressure in the vessel is vented to atmospheric pressure. In this case, non-polar liquefied gas is removed and approximately two-fold increase in the volume of tobacco is maintained while extractives from miscella are preserved in it. Then the tobacco is dried to a residual moisture content of less than 13% in accordance with known recommendations (US 5469872, 11.28.1995).

As a result, the tobacco obtained using the described technology has an increased volume and a predetermined aromatic content combined with the aroma of tobacco smoke (Vorobyeva L.N. Tobacco production technology. Textbook for students of higher educational institutions - Rostov-on-Don: Publishing house of Donskoy tobacco ", 2005, p. 53-56).

Thus, the proposed method allows to obtain flavored tobacco with an increased volume by a simplified technology that combines the operation of aromatization and increase the volume of tobacco.

Claims (1)

A method of increasing the filling ability of tobacco, involving the extraction of rose flowers with non-polar liquefied gas with the separation of miscella, moistening the cut tobacco, impregnating the separated miscella with a simultaneous increase in pressure, depressurizing to atmospheric pressure and drying to obtain the target product.