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Optimized Water Routing in Corn Wet Milling
Author(s) -
Bonnyay L.,
Brook Oak
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19780300207
Subject(s) - wet milling , process engineering , routing (electronic design automation) , starch , yield (engineering) , process (computing) , environmental science , corn starch , pulp and paper industry , computer science , materials science , chemical engineering , chemistry , engineering , embedded system , food science , metallurgy , operating system
Presently two methods are practiced to route the process water in a corn wet milling system. Each method will be discussed how it accomplishes the removal of soluble solids from the final‐starch product. Subsequently, a modified method of water routing will be presented. It is an improved counter washing system and offers higher soluble removal efficiencies. The three different means of water routing will be compared quantitatively, and it will be shown that the modified water routing offers the following benefits: 1 Reduced Fresh Water Requirement 2 Reduced Fuel Requirement 3 Easier Process Control 4 Improved Gluten Yield