Starch and Proteins
Starch
The world-wide demand for starch and tailor-made starch products, high-purity proteins, fermentation materials and ethanol from renewable resources is growing continuously. Centrifugal separation technology is a key technology in the recovery of valuable renewable plant products, with substantial potential for improving products and production processes. The process lines incorporating separation technology and the process technological developments of Westfalia Separator are a product of experience and innovative strength of the technology leader in this important sector.
Applications of separators and decanters in starch industry
Maize, maize grits, maize meal, CCM / silage maize
- Mill starch - thickening
- Primary separation
- Fine-fibre dewatering
- Starch washing
- Starch dewatering
- Middling and starch recovery
- Gluten concentration
- Fibre dewatering
Wheat / wheat-meal processing
- Starch / gluten separation
- Starch classification A + B
- A-starch washing / concentration (refining)
- A-starch recovery
- B-starch preconcentration
- B-starch dewatering
- Process water clarification, C-starch extraction
- Large- / small-grain starch classification
- Bran dewatering
- Coagulate dewatering
- Gluten washing
- Meal systems
Potato / sweet-potato processing
- Fruitwater separation (decanters, separators, nozzle separators)
- Pulp dewatering
- Starch washing (refining)
- Starch recovery / classification
- Sludge separation
- Starch dewatering
- Protein dewatering
Tapioca / manioc / cassava processing
- Fruitwater separation (decanters, nozzle separators)
- Pulp dewatering
- Starch preconcentration
- Starch washing (refining)
- Starch recovery / classification
- Sludge separation
- Starch dewatering
Modified starch and starch hydrolysates
- Modified starches
- Saccharified starches
- Other enzymatically converted starches
Proteins
Vegetable proteins are among the most important nutritional resources. At the same time the fascinating properties of proteins are constantly opening up new potential applications to industry. To profit from this diversity these valuable substances must be isolated with a high degree of purity so that they are suitable as tailor-made proteins for further processing. On this basis Westfalia Separator has developed various techniques and is constantly improving existing processes. The out come is integrated plant systems and process lines which treat renewable raw materials sparingly, are highly automated and consume much less water and energy than was possible in the past.
Applications of separators and decanters in protein industry
Westfalia Separator process technology may be used for obtaining:
- Protein
- Protein concentrate
- Protein isolate
The renewable raw materials from which proteins are obtained are:
- Legum
- Soy (soy flakes / soy flour)
- Lupins
- Alfalfa
- Peas, etc.
- Roots and tubers
- Tapioca (manioc, mandioca, cassava or yucca)
- Potatoes, etc.
- Cereals
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