Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (3): 72-77.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2025-0090

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Study on cooling equipment and anti-caking process of edible salt

CHEN Junchen1,3(), FANG Siyong2, PENG Jianqiang1,3, ZHOU Zhongxu1,3, LI Pengfei1,3, CUI Zheng2()   

  1. 1.Chongqing Xiangyu Salt Chemical Co. ,Ltd. ,Chongqing 404000,China
    2.School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering,Chongqing Three Gorges University,Chongqing 404000,China
    3.Snowsky Salt Industry Group Co. ,Ltd. ,Changsha 410114,China
  • Received:2025-02-25 Online:2026-03-10 Published:2025-08-22
  • Contact: CUI Zheng E-mail:cc1997@hnu.edu.cn;20130013@sanxiau.edu.cn

Abstract:

The temperature of edible salt during packaging significantly influences the anti-caking properties of salt.Reducing the packaging temperature effectively prolongs the caking period and improves edible salt quality.Salt discharged from the drying bed is usually at a high temperature.In this paper,in order to reduce the temperature,the powder flow heat exchanger was applied for salt cooling for the first time,and the comparative pilot-scale experiment was conducted with the fluidized bed heat exchanger to evaluate their cooling efficiency and anti-caking effect.The results indicated that both devices achieved effective salt cooling,reducing salt temperature from 77 ℃ to 25~27 ℃.The caking degree of the samples was continuously monitored after the experiment.After 150 d,the cooled samples showed false caking,while samples packaged at high temperature had already exhibited true caking.After 180 d of storage,the caking rates of the salt cooled by the powder flow and fluidized bed were 31.20% and 33.14%,respectively.In contrast,caking rates for hot-packaged counterparts reached 61.71% and 57.43%,respectively,demonstrating significant improvement in the anti-caking property of edible salt following cooling treatment.Furthermore,energy consumption measurements were measured for both cooling systems.The powder flow heat exchanger was found to consume significantly less energy than the fluidized bed,demonstrating greater suitability for large-scale material cooling applications.

Key words: edible salt, caking, cooling equipment, powder flow heat exchanger, fluidized bed heat exchanger

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