Method and apparatus for treating sugar beet chips
Abstract
Abstract A STREAM OF SUGAR BEET CHIPS IS ADVANCED FROM ONE END TOWARDS THE OTHER END OF A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL ENCLOSED VESSEL. AIR ENTRAPPED IN THE STREAM IS WITHDRAWN BEFORE IT ENTERS THE VESSEL. A STREAM OF SUGER BEET JUICE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IS ADVANCED THROUGH THE VESSEL IN COUNTERFLOW TO THE STREAM OF CHIPS TO THEREBY PRODUCE IN THE REGION OF THE UPSTREAM END OF THE VESSEL A COUNTERFLOW ZONE. INTERMEDIATE THIS COUNTERFLOW ZONE AND THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE VESSEL CHIPS AND JUICE ARE CONTINUOUSLY WITHDRAWN AND READMITTED INTO THE TWO STREAMS TO THEREBY PRODUCE A CORSS-CURRENT FLOW THEREIN. IN THE SAME REGION ADDITIONAL SUGAR BEET JUICE ALSO AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IS ADMITTED IN CROSS-CURRENT FLOW. IN THE REGION OF THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE VESSEL THE TREATED CHIPS, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE INCOMING SUGAR BEET JUICE, ARE WITHDRAWN IN FORM OF A PUMPABLE MIXTURE OR SLURRY.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugen Langen
- 👤 Heinrich Weddecke
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