RU2306041C1 - Method for producing of exploded tobacco - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: production of aromatized tobacco articles.

SUBSTANCE: method involves extracting mixture of dried pear pomace and valerian using non-polar liquefied gas; separating miscella to be used for impregnating and expanding of moistened cut tobacco.

EFFECT: simplified process due to combined tobacco volume increasing and aromatizing procedures.

Description

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

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

A known method of manufacturing blasted tobacco, which involves impregnating cut tobacco with a mixture of non-polar liquefied gases while increasing pressure and depressurizing to obtain the desired product (Mozhaeva E.Yu., Development of technology for gas-liquid processing of tobacco raw materials. Abstract of dissertation, Ph.D. - Krasnodar : KubSTU, 2001, pp. 17-20).

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

Closest to the proposed method is the manufacture of blasted tobacco, which involves impregnating the cut tobacco with liquid carbon dioxide while increasing the 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 by the fact that the method of manufacturing blasted tobacco involves extracting a mixture of dry pear squeeze and valerian 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 and drying to obtain the target product.

The method is implemented as follows.

Dry pear squeeze is mixed with valerian, 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 miscella is separated according to traditional technology (Mikanba V.T., Carbon dioxide extracts - Sukhumi: Alashara, 1989, p. The ratio of the mixed components is set by any necessary to obtain a given shade of aroma. In this case, the specific yield of extractives from the mixture exceeds the specific yield of extractives when the components are extracted separately due to the implementation of the coextraction effect, which does not depend on the ratio of the components of the mixture (Kasyanov G.I., Theoretical Foundations of CO ₂ - processing of plant materials - M .: Rusoz, 1994, p. 48-49).

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 vessel 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, takes place. 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 patterns, the concentration of extractives in miscell and the phase ratio at the stages of extraction and impregnation 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 LN, Tobacco production technology. Textbook for students of higher educational institutions - Rostov-on-Don: Publishing house of OJSC Don Don Tobacco ", 2005, S. 53-56). Thus, the proposed method allows to obtain flavored tobacco with an increased volume by a simplified technology that combines the operation of flavoring and increase the volume of tobacco.

Claims (1)

A method of manufacturing blasted tobacco, which involves extracting a mixture of dry pear squeeze and valerian with non-polar liquefied gas with separation of miscella, moistening the cut tobacco, impregnating the separated miscella with simultaneous increase in pressure, depressurizing to atmospheric pressure and drying to obtain the target product.