NUWAVE RESEARCH’S EXPANDING PROCESSING ABILITIES

COMBINING INNOVATION WITH DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS

 

NuWave Research’s microwave processing abilities expanded alongside diverse Protein Industries Canada partnerships. In other words, NuWave Research fine-tuned and advanced their microwave technology parallel to the product development and commercialization of their Protein Industries Canada partners. What started as a microwave dehydration technology to reduce agricultural waste expanded into microwave processing. This enabled innovations beyond food applications. Some of these processes include pyrolysis, extraction, organic synthesis, and high-temperature heating.

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MICROWAVE PROCESSING ABILITIES

Some examples of microwave processing applications include:

  • Emissions-free drying of novel proteins using vacuum microwave drying
  • Recycling of industrial materials with help from microwave pyrolysis
  • Development of healthy single ingredient snacks using vacuum microwave drying
  • High-temperature microwave processing of carbon products for faster processing and higher quality products
  • Gentle curing of industrial slabs and panels using microwave drying
  • Rapid extraction of bioactive compounds using microwave’s selective heating
Microwave dried black soldier fly larvae, one of NuWave Research's evolving microwave processing abilities.

Drying novel proteins using our tray-based system.

MICROWAVE PROCESSING SYSTEMS

The complete microwave solution is configured and manufactured based on the customers’ process, material, and end-product goal. Whether that’s a belt-, mixer-, or tray-based system (or another type of material handling) under vacuum or ambient (or even inert atmosphere) conditions. For instance, a microwave system designed for drying granular products (like salt or superfood ingredients) would likely be a closed vacuum paddle-based. While a microwave system designed for high-temperature heating of fluid and chemicals (like biofuels) could be vacuum or ambient reactor-based.

NuWave Research developed Borealis, one of its latest machines, parallel to the Protein Industries Canada’s partnerships. Borealis is a conveyor-based system capable of ambient processing various forms of products. For example, it can process powder, granular, slab, panel, and other products that can be spread onto a belt. Borealis can be built for a range of total microwave power depending on the material, from relatively low energy levels of 100kW to energy levels of 2MW or larger.

An example of our Borealis system, a belt-based dryer ideal for ambient environments and processing panels and slabs.

An example of Borealis, NuWave Research’s ambient conveyor-based system.

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Overall, NuWave Research’s developments highlight the importance of communication and clear objectives in partnerships, driving both their technological growth and the industry’s broader potential.

For more information, read Protein Industries Canada’s article. They further explain how NuWave Research’s processing capabilities advanced adjacent to its diverse partnerships.

CLICK HERE TO READ PROTEIN INDUSTRIES CANADA’S ARTICLE