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US 12,115,500 B2Granted
Separation systems for removing starch and other usable by-products from processing water
AssigneeSmartflow Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJason Bell, Mark Vander Hoff, Todd Benson, Marc Pugh, Joseph Peters
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method for separating starch from processing solutions containing starch containing plants or roots such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca, yams, cassaya, sago, rice, pea, broad bean, horse bean, sorghum, konjac, rye, buckwheat and barley to provide commercially acceptable starch while reducing disposal of solid or liquid waste matter into landfills or water treatment facilities.
Claims9
A method of processing a starch-containing source, said method comprising:
- subjecting process water comprising starch to a pretreatment to remove any unwanted solids, pulp, fibers, or debris;
- removing water from the process water using a first cross-flow filtration cassette to yield a first permeate stream and a retentate starch stream;
- and,
- moving the first permeate stream to a second cross-flow filtration cassette to remove organic or inorganic products that passed through the first cross-flow filtration cassette to yield a second permeate stream and a second retentate stream.
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