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US 9,714,267 B2Granted
Method for processing thin stillage and apparatus for producing a protein containing product
AssigneeGEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH
InventorsMario Emanuele, Knud Schöneberg
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Abstract
A method for processing thin stillage (TS), characterized by the following steps: a) feeding of thin stillage (TS) into a working vessel (3); b) concentrating of thin stillage (TS) in a filtration unit (9); and c) returning of a first substream of concentrated thin stillage to the thin stillage (TSI) present in the working vessel (3) in order to adjust the solids content, and apparatus for producing a protein-containing product of value.
Claims17
A method for processing thin stillage, comprising the steps of:
- a) feeding thin stillage into a working vessel;
- b) concentrating the thin stillage in a filtration unit;
- c) returning a first substream of concentrated thin stillage to the thin stillage contained in the working vessel to adjust the amount of dry matter content of the thin stillage in the working vessel;
- d) concentrating the thin stillage in the filtration unit, and
- e) splitting a flow of the concentrated thin stillage into the first substream and a second substream.
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A device for producing a product containing protein from thin stillage, the device comprising:
- a working vessel;
- a thin stillage concentrating filtration unit in fluid communication with the working vessel and the thin stillage concentrating filtration unit includes:
- a flow splitter in which concentrated stillage is split into a first substream and a second substream;
- a centrifuge in fluid communication with the thin stillage concentrating filtration unit;
- a dryer in fluid communication with the centrifuge;
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- a return line between the flow splitter and the working vessel for returning the first substream of concentrated thin stillage to the working vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.