Ohmic heat exchanger for high viscosity foods
Optimize the thermal processing of heat-sensitive foods with precise ohmic heating, ensuring both rapid temperature control and product quality, especially for high viscosity and particle-rich products.

Heats and Sterilizes Liquid and Semi-Liquid Foods
The Sterideal Ohmic Heat Exchanger from JBT is engineered to enhance your food and beverage processing with its rapid and uniform heating capabilities. Utilizing high voltage to achieve precise temperature control, it is ideal for the continuous processing of liquid, semi-liquid, and slurry products. The ohmic heating method ensures that particles heat at the same rate as their liquid carriers, preserving the quality of diced products and preventing overheating.
This exchanger is particularly suited for applications involving fruit preparations, soups, sauces, and purees, such as tomato puree, orange juice, almond milk, and ranch dressing. The equipment integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, optimized for high-speed operations with minimal pressure drops, and reducing the risk of product damage.
Available with various process controls, the Sterideal Ohmic Heat Exchanger can be customized to meet critical temperature requirements, ensuring compliance with strict pasteurization and sterilization standards. Built to minimize energy consumption, its compact design conserves floor space, and the Clean-In-Place system guarantees efficient maintenance with complete drainage, leaving no residue behind. JBT provides comprehensive engineering support to tailor configurations for specific production needs, ensuring maximum throughput and optimal performance.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by maintaining uniform heating across all particles.
- Reduces processing time with rapid come-up temperatures.
- Minimizes production costs with efficient energy use and optimized maintenance.
- Ensures food safety and compliance with precise temperature controls.
- Streamlines operations with compact design and easy integration into existing lines.
- Applications
- Beverages,Soups,Sauces,Oils,Fruits,Nuts,Dressings,Puree,Fruit preparations,Diced products,Seasonings,Juices,Fruit jam
- End products
- Olive oil,Fruit cocktail,Butternut squash soup,Apple puree,Strawberry jam,Diced potatoes,Tomato puree,Orange juice,Almond milk,Soy sauce,Mixed berry compote,Mango slices,Pesto sauce,Marinara sauce,Vegetable soup,Ranch dressing,Peach jam,Chicken noodle soup
- Steps before
- Grinding,Mixing,Brine Preparation,Juicing,Peeling,Corering,Decorating,Preparation
- Steps after
- Pasteurization,Sterilization,Filling,Sealing,Packaging,Cooling,Labeling
- Input ingredients
- liquid food,semi-liquid food,concentrated food,high viscosity products,fruit preparations,fruit jam with dices,soup,sauces
- Output ingredients
- heated liquid food,heated fruit preparations,heated soup,heated sauces
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.
- Heating Technology
- Ohmic heating
- Heating Speed
- Very fast
- Temperature Control
- Extremely accurate
- Temperature Distribution
- Uniform across pipe section
- Product Type
- Liquid,semi-liquid,concentrated,high viscosity
- Particle Size Capacity
- Up to 35 mm (1.38 in.)
- Product Flow Speed
- Lower speed
- Chemical Residue
- No residual product
- Drainage System
- Full and complete
- Configuration Options
- Various configurations available
- Heating mechanism
- Ohmic heating
- Temperature control
- Extremely accurate
- Temperature distribution
- Uniform across pipe section
- Product speed
- Lower speed
- Product damage
- Reduced
- Operation type
- Continuous
- Configuration
- Various with process controls
- Drainage system
- Full and complete
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Biological compatibility
- Food grade materials
- Cleanability
- Easy clean with CIP
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Corrosion-resistant materials
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / up to 35 mm
- Compact footprint
- Minimized floor space requirements
- Pipe configuration
- Available in various configurations
- Particle size capacity
- Ideal for large size particles up to 35 mm (1.38 in.)
- Material accommodation
- Liquid,semi-liquid,concentrated and high viscosity products
- Control system
- Several process controls to ensure critical temperatures are met
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen / PLC
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA / DCS integration
- Configuration options
- Various configurations available
- Process controls
- Advanced process controls
- Drainage system
- Fully complete drainage system
- Floor space requirements
- Minimized floor space