Recycled push water system for corn removal
AssigneeHeat and Control, Inc.
InventorsVictor MANKARIOUS, Rick Wendell BAJEMA, Jonathan Daniel KAYLOR
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Abstract
A system for recycling water in a cooking system is provided. The system includes a set of soak tanks, a washer, a skimmer tank, a pump, and a debris removal tank. The set of soak tanks is configured to hydrate a cooked food product and discharge the hydrated cooked food product to the washer via an outlet pipe. The washer is configured to separate the food product and the water and deliver the water to the skimmer tank. The pump delivers the water to the debris removal tank. The debris removal tank is configured to separate debris from the water and deliver the water to the outlet pipe to transfer a hydrated cooked food product to the washer.
Claims20
A system for recycling water in a corn cooking system, the system comprising:
- a set of soak tanks configured to hydrate a cooked corn product, wherein the set of soak tanks comprise an outlet pipe to discharge the hydrated cooked corn product;
- a corn washer fluidly connected to the outlet pipe of the set of soak tanks and configured to receive the hydrated corn product, wherein the corn washer is further configured to separate corn from water;
- a skimmer tank fluidly connected to the corn washer and configured to receive at least a portion of the separated water at a first inlet;
- a pump fluidly connected to a first outlet of the skimmer tank and configured to receive the water;
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- a corn removal tank fluidly connected to the pump and configured to receive the water at a first inlet, wherein the corn removal tank is further configured to separate debris from the water and deliver the water through a first outlet to an inlet of the outlet pipe to transfer hydrated cooked corn product to the corn washer.
A system for recycling water in a corn cooking system, the system comprising:
- a set of soak tanks configured to hydrate a cooked corn product, wherein the set of soak tanks comprise an outlet pipe to discharge the hydrated cooked corn product;
- a corn washer fluidly connected to the outlet pipe of the set of soak tanks and configured to receive the hydrated corn product, wherein the corn washer is further configured to separate corn from water;
- a skimmer tank fluidly connected to the corn washer and configured to receive at least a portion of the separated water at a first inlet;
- a pump fluidly connected to a first outlet of the skimmer tank and configured to receive the water;
- a corn removal tank fluidly connected to the pump and configured to receive the water at a first inlet, wherein the corn removal tank is further configured to separate debris from the water;
- a first valve comprising an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet, wherein the inlet is fluidly connected to a first outlet of the corn removal tank, the first outlet is fluidly connected to an inlet of the outlet pipe, and the second outlet is fluidly connected to a second inlet of the skimmer tank;
- wherein the first valve receives water from the corn removal system and is configured to:
- selectively deliver the water to the outlet pipe to transfer hydrated corn product to the corn washer, or selectively deliver the water to the skimmer tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.