Smoke generator and a system for feeding smoke particles to a smoke cabinet

1 . A system for feeding smoke particles to a smoke cabinet, the system comprising:

a smoke generator comprising a housing with a condensate inlet for receiving a smoke condensate and a steam inlet for receiving overheated water steam,

wherein the smoke condensate is converted to smoke particles when the smoke condensate interacts with the overheated water steam, and the smoke particles are accessible at a smoke outlet,

wherein the smoke generator is provided with a smoke condensate regulator regulating a flow rate of the smoke condensate through the condensate inlet into the housing of the smoke generator, and

wherein the smoke generator is provided with a pressure regulator regulating a pressure of the overheated water steam entering through the steam inlet into the housing of the smoke generator,

a steam supply,

a smoke condensate supply,

wherein the steam supply provides overheated water steam to the steam inlet of the smoke generator via the pressure regulator, the smoke condensate supply provides smoke condensate to the condensate inlet of the smoke generator via the condensate regulator, and smoke particles from the smoke outlet of the smoke generator are configured to be provided to an inlet of the smoke cabinet,

a sensor configured to measure a steam temperature, Ts, and the smoke cabinet is configured to be operating at a cabinet temperature, Tc, and

a control unit configured to control the conversion of the smoke condensate to smoke particles based on the steam temperature, Ts, and the cabinet temperature, Tc, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the condensate regulator to regulate the flow rate of the smoke condensate and/or the pressure regulator to regulate the pressure of the overheated water steam to control the conversion of the smoke condensate to smoke particles such that the size of the smoke particles generated by the smoke generator is smaller than 10 micrometers.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to generate a mixed steam and a liquid flow rate through the housing in the range of 25-300 kg/hour.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the overheated water steam has a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius.

4 . The system according to any of claim 1 , further comprising a nozzle attached to the condensate inlet configured to distribute the smoke condensate within the housing.

5 . The system according to claim 4 , wherein the nozzle is located between the steam inlet and the smoke outlet and wherein a distance from the nozzle to the smoke outlet is at least 100 mm.

6 . The system according to claim 4 , wherein a distance between the nozzle and the wall or walls of the housing surrounding the nozzle and extending between the steam inlet to the smoke outlet is at least 20 mm.

7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate is in the range of 0.1 to 20 liters/hour.

8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure is in the range of 0.2 to 1.2 bar.