Dec 18, 2024
NUWAVE RESEARCH’S EXPANDING PROCESSING ABILITIES
COMBINING INNOVATION WITH DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
NuWave Research expanded its microwave processing abilities alongside diverse Protein Industries Canada partnerships. Parallel to the product development and commercialization of their Protein Industries Canada partners, NuWave Research fine-tuned and advanced their microwave technology. What started as a microwave dehydration technology to reduce agricultural waste expanded into microwave processing, enabling innovations beyond food applications for processes like pyrolysis, extraction, organic synthesis, and high-temperature heating.
MICROWAVE PROCESSING ABILITIES
Microwave processing can be used in applications like:
- 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 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 system. 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. Depending on the material, Borealis can be built for a range of total microwave power from relatively low energy levels of 100kW to energy levels of 2MW or larger.
An example of Borealis, NuWave Research’s ambient conveyor-based system.
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.
Read Protein Industries Canada’s article to learn more about how NuWave Research’s processing capabilities advanced adjacent to its diverse partnerships.