Method for producing fat standardized milk products and a system thereof
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorMagnus Önnheim
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Abstract
A method for producing a fat standardized milk product, including separating raw milk into cream and skim milk, wherein the cream is fed to a main cream pipe and the skim milk is fed to a skim milk pipe, dividing the cream in the main cream pipe into a cream remixing pipe and a cream surplus pipe, combining the cream in the cream remixing pipe and the skim milk in the skim milk pipe into the fat standardized milk product, wherein the fat standardized milk product is fed to a product pipe, wherein controlling a flow rate in the cream remixing pipe by regulating a valve placed in the cream surplus pipe.
Claims14
A method for producing at least one fat standardized milk product, said method comprising:
- separating raw milk into cream and skim milk, wherein the cream is fed to a main cream pipe and the skim milk is fed to at least one skim milk pipe,
- dividing the cream in the main cream pipe into at least one cream remixing pipe and a cream surplus pipe,
- combining the cream in the at least one cream remixing pipe and the skim milk in the at least one skim milk pipe into the at least one fat standardized milk product, wherein the at least one fat standardized milk product is fed to at least one product pipe, and
- controlling a flow rate in the at least one cream remixing pipe by regulating a valve placed in the cream surplus pipe,
- wherein the at least one cream remixing pipe comprises a first cream remixing pipe and a second cream remixing pipe, wherein the first cream remixing pipe comprises a first cream valve and the second cream remixing pipe comprises a second cream control valve, the method further comprising:
- controlling a first cream remixing flow rate in the first cream remixing pipe and a second cream remixing flow rate in the second cream remixing pipe by regulating the first cream control valve and the second control valve.
A system for producing at least one fat standardized milk product, said system comprising:
- a separator configured to separate raw milk into cream and skim milk, wherein the cream is fed to a main cream pipe and the skim milk is fed to at least one skim milk pipe,
- at least one divider arranged to divide the cream in the main cream pipe into at least one cream remixing pipe and a cream surplus pipe,
- at least one combiner arranged to combine the cream in the at least one cream remixing pipe and the skim milk in the at least one skim milk pipe into at least one product pipe such that the at least one fat standardized milk product is formed, and
- a valve placed in the surplus cream pipe and configured to control a flow rate in the at least one cream remixing pipe,
- wherein the at least one cream remixing pipe comprises a first cream remixing pipe and a second cream remixing pipe, wherein the first cream remixing pipe comprises a first cream control valve and the second cream remixing pipe comprises a second cream control valve, such that a first cream remixing flow rate in the first cream remixing pipe and a second cream remixing flow rate in the second cream remixing pipe can be regulated by the first cream control valve and the second control valve.
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