The TORWAVE processor is a new technology that changes the process industry landscape, delivering microwave energy with precision, thereby setting a new paradigm for industrial microwave processing and extending the range of capabilities of thermal processing equipment. Built on hundreds of sales of proven processing systems, TORWAVE processors combine Torftech’s expertise in the TORBED processor and the industrial microwave processing analytical and engineering and skills of the University of Nottingham.
TORWAVE processors offer: a processing revolution by enabling large scale, high temperature, and reliable industrial microwave processing. We understand the difficulties of industrial microwave processing, so TORWAVE has been designed from the ground up with a focus on creating a robust, scalable, and flexible system. A robust system, it can operate continuously at high temperature with no issues from materials of construction or bed presentation. TORWAVE is unique in the market for thermal processing equipment.
Our technology is already making a contribution to industrial decarbonisation strategies by intensifying processes thereby reducing resource and energy use. The TORBED processor can make use of waste heat, maximising energy efficiency. It can also provide all electric alternatives to some gas-fired processes, facilitating commercial gas carbon substitution. The TORWAVE processor extends the scope of our ability to support decarbonisation, extending the range of all-electric process possibilities.
TORWAVE processors offer unparalleled control of process temperature, with total precision on the thermal gradient in your product.
A scalable processor with the combination of conventional and microwave heating, TORWAVE can be tuned to a wide range of processes, such as specialist drying, roasting and pyrolysis.
Harnessing the volumetric and selective heating capabilities of microwave energy, TORWAVE processors combine this with conventional heating to match your process requirements.
The TORWAVE processor has progressed beyond the drawing board.
A pilot plant has been installed in the University of Nottingham laboratories. Designed initially as a prototype, it has been upgraded as a scaled down version of an industrial sized (100kW of microwave power) unit. The pilot plant can be used to test a broad range of materials and understand the impact of microwave energy in intensification of existing processes and how it unlocks innovative new products and processes. The pilot plant is available for testing, so we can see what the TORWAVE technology can do for your process.
To date our TORWAVE pilot plant has been used mostly on food stuffs, including Cacoa, Coffee, Malt and “popped” snacks. In addition to food, it has been used to dry minerals, “loosening” water on the inside of particles and brining it to the surface, allowing significant water removal with less impact on the material than would be the case with conventional heat. Next steps will see further testing on food and minerals and tests on catalysts, pharmaceuticals and other fine chemicals.
Roasting with a TORWAVE offers many benefits over other industrial coffee roasting technologies. Combining conventional hot air heating with industrial microwave processing offers total control over the roasting process.
The TORWAVE industrial microwave processor systems extend the range of processes and capabilities of our technology. In particular they extend of opportunities for decarbonizing heavy industry, facilitating industrial carbon substitution and permitting commercial gas carbon substitution through the utilization of alternative fuels.
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The use of microwave technology has transformed both domestic kitchens and industrial manufacturing processes. Beyond cooking and reheating food, industrial applications of microwaves include the production of food ingredients, sterilization, vulcanization of rubber, and pharmaceutical processing. Despite its many advantages—such as rapid heating, selective and
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