Oilseed crushing heat recovery process
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Feb 10, 2015
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Jul 3, 2014
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Aug 9, 2012
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Abstract
An oilseed crushing process wherein the oilseeds are preheated to generate warm, soft oilseeds, then flakes are generated by flaking the warm, soft oilseeds. The flakes are then cooked by generating a hot vapor stream and hot flakes. The hot flakes are then prepressed to generate oil and a partially de-oiled cake. The partially de-oiled cake is solvent extracted to generate solvent laden oil and solvent laden meal. The hot, wet meal is then dried to generate oilseed meal and an additional hot vapor stream. The at least part of the preheating step to generate warm, soft oilseeds is accomplished using a hot liquid medium. The hot liquid medium is heated by a heat transfer mechanism that condenses at least one of the hot vapor streams generated during the flake-cooking step or the meal-drying step.
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DESMET BELGIUM | BELGICASTRAAT 3 ZAVENTEM 1930 |
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- 2012 Application Filing Year
- C11B Class
- 658 Applications Filed
- 158 Patents Issued To-Date
- 24.02 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Le, Clef Etienne | Wezembeek-Oppem, BE | 5 | 9 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 9 | |||
Van, Den Schrieck Vincent | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, BE | 2 | 3 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 3 |
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