Process to hydrate and enrich whole grains for livestock
AssigneeFeeds and Feeding Research, Inc.
InventorWilson Brady Anthony
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Abstract
An improved process to hydrate and enrich dry whole grains for enhanced nutritional value for livestock by placing the dry grains in an enclosed storage facility and continuously recirculating water to hydrate the dry grains to the desired amount. The recirculating water may contain feedstuff additives such as vitamins, nutrients and minerals and the recirculating water may further be passed through a pasteurizing unit in order to inhibit the growth of undesirable microorganisms. The recirculating water is fed through a nozzle at the top of a storage facility and allowed to flow rapidly to the bottom of the storage facility and into a sump storage tank. In addition, the process provides for fermenting the nutrient solution prior to or during the time of its recirculation through the column of grain.
Claims7
A process for hydrating material comprising:
- placing a material consisting of dry whole grain, in a generally vertical storage facility;
- feeding a liquid comprising water to the top of the storage facility and onto the storage material;
- allowing the liquid to flow through the material to the bottom of the storage facility;
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- recirculating the liquid from the bottom of the storage facility to the top of the storage facility until the stored material is uniformly hydrated to a desired amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.