Juice recovery process
OwnerTimothy Lang, Rodney Zemanekinventors
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Abstract
Processes (200,300,500) and apparatus for processing plant material residue (141, 198, 530) remaining after primary juice has been extracted from the plant material are described. In one implementation the process (200) comprises using a diffusion extractor (205) to extract a liquid portion (211) from the plant material residue (141). The liquid portion (211) is then fractioned using a number of fractioning devices (225, 230, 245, 260, 272, 274) to produce secondary juice (275). The secondary juice (275) is then added to the primary juice.
Claims20
A method of processing plant material residue remaining after primary juice has been extracted from the plant material, said method comprising the steps of:
- extracting, using diffusion extraction, a liquid portion from said plant material residue;
- fractioning secondary juice from said liquid portion;
- and
- adding said secondary juice from said primary juice.
An apparatus for processing plant material residue remaining after primary juice has been extracted from the plant material, said apparatus comprising:
- diffusion extractor for extracting a liquid portion from said plant material residue;
- and
- at least one fractioning device for fractioning secondary juice from said liquid portion;
- wherein said secondary juice is added to said primary juice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.