Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) is pleased to announce that a Technical Paper has been published in Food and Bioprocess Technology, an International Journal. The paper is entitled “Pulse Atomization Spray Drying of Egg White: Energy Efficiency and Product Quality” and can be accessed here. The principal author of the paper is Dr.…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has built and successfully demonstrated “prilling” operations by making minor changes to its standard pulse atomization spray dryer. The new system uses all of the existing “spray dryer” elements, and adds some special equipment for feed preparation and transportation. “A very innovative high-tech manufacturer…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that James Rehkopf, President and David Mirko, Vice President, Process Engineering, will be attending the Powder Show in Chicago, Illinois May 6-7. They will be available to meet with any parties interested in PCS’s technology or services. You can contact the PCS executives by email or…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has purchased a homogenizer for use in preparing emulsions and other products containing fats (such as whole milk) for pulse drying. The homogenizer’s output will match the input of the company’s Pilot Dryer. “We are excited about adding this equipment to our inventory,” says…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has developed and implemented a new high-temperature drying system in response to requests from industry. Certain processes require elevated temperatures in the drying chamber while spray drying, and these are very hard to obtain in conventional spray drying. “While difficult for conventional spray dryer…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has developed, fabricated, and implemented a new Fluid Bed section for use in its Pilot Dryer. The Fluid Bed is mounted at the bottom center of the spray dry chamber, and is fitted with an under-bed air inlet system that is variable in pressure,…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) today announced that it has obtained a patent concerning the pulse-drying of viral vaccines. The patent was issued on August 27, 2013 under Patent No. 8,517,723. The patent was initiated after PCS performed some drying trials on a live, beneficial virus that had been developed by a company…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has been working with industrial customers to develop the drying parameters for several components of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid that need to be delivered in a dry form to the oil and natural gas fields. These additives are designed to enhance the output and longevity…
Payson, Arizona – Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to supply a specialized pulse dryer to Orbite Aluminae, Inc. of Montreal, Canada (Orbite). Orbite plans to use the Pulse Dryer to dry a slurry of High Purity Alumina in a new plant to be located in Cap-Chat, Quebec,…
Payson, Arizona – In response to a customer request, Pulse Combustion Systems (PCS) has created an “indirectly-heated” version of its Pulse Atomization Dryer. Instead of burning fuel in a combustion chamber, this new dryer employs either an electric heating element or an air-to-air heat exchanger to heat the drying gas. Thus, the drying gas is…