Separating and recovering components from plants
AssigneeCooperatieve Verkoop-en Productievereniging van Aardappelmeel en Derivaten AVEBE B.A.
InventorsAnne Coenraad Hulst, Jan Josef M. H. Ketelaars, Johan Pieter M. Sanders
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Abstract
A method for separating cytosolic and parenchyma components from vegetable material comprising fiberizing the vegetable material by means of a pulp or paper mill refiner is disclosed.
Claims9
A method for separating virtually completely cytosolic and parenchyma components from cell walls and fibrous components of vegetable material, said method comprising fiberizing said-vegetable material, by means of a pulp or paper mill refiner, to substantially open all cell walls and dissociate virtually completely all cytosolic and parenchyma materials from cells walls and fibrous materials;
- and subsequently separating said fiberized and dissociated material into a fiber fraction, which comprises virtually completely all dissociated fibrous materials and cell walls, and a juice stream, which comprises virtually completely all dissociated cytosolic materials and parenchyrna.
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