Abstract 1. A METHOD OR RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUFGAR FROM POMACE OBTAINED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED OR UNFERMENTED JUICES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A WASH LIQUID INTO ONE EN D OF A HOUSING, THERE BEING A SCREEN REEL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH ONE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL IN THE VICINITY OF SAID ONE END OF SAID HOUSING; (B) ADVANCING THE WASH LIQUID TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SCREEN REEL SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (C) INTRODUCING POMACE INTO SAID SCREEN REEL AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL; (D) SUBMERGING THE POMACE IN THE ADVANCING WASH LIQUID; (E) LIFITING THE POMACE ALONG THE INNER WALL OF SAID SCREEN REEL ABOVE THE WASH LIQUID BY ROTATING SAID SCREEN REEL TO PERMIT PARTIAL DRAINING OF THE POMACE; (F) DROPPING THE POMACE FROM THE INNER WALL OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL ONTO A CONVEYOR ADVANCING THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL; (G) ADVANCING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY SAID ONE END OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL; (H) DROPPING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY (D) SEPARATING SAID DISPERSION INTO A PARTICULATE HUSK LIQUID WASH TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (I) REPEATING THE STEPS OF LIFTING THE POMACE ABOVE THE LIQUID WASH, PARTIALLY DRAINING THE POMACE, DROPPING THE POMACE ONTO SAID CONVEYOR, ADVANCING THE POMACE ON SAID CONVEYOR THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL AND DROPPING THE POMACE FROM SAID CONVEYOR FOR RESUBMERGENCE IN THE LIQUID WASH FOR EXPOSING AND RE-EXPOSING THE POMACE TO THE COUNTERCURRENT FLOW OF LIQUID WASH; (J) REMOVING THE LIQUID WASH AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID HOUSING; AND (K) RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUGAR FROM SAID LIQUID WASH.
A METHOD OR RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUFGAR FROM POMACE OBTAINED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED OR UNFERMENTED JUICES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A WASH LIQUID INTO ONE EN D OF A HOUSING, THERE BEING A SCREEN REEL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH ONE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL IN THE VICINITY OF SAID ONE END OF SAID HOUSING; (B) ADVANCING THE WASH LIQUID TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SCREEN REEL SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (C) INTRODUCING POMACE INTO SAID SCREEN REEL AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL; (D) SUBMERGING THE POMACE IN THE ADVANCING WASH LIQUID; (E) LIFITING THE POMACE ALONG THE INNER WALL OF SAID SCREEN REEL ABOVE THE WASH LIQUID BY ROTATING SAID SCREEN REEL TO PERMIT PARTIAL DRAINING OF THE POMACE; (F) DROPPING THE POMACE FROM THE INNER WALL OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL ONTO A CONVEYOR ADVANCING THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL; (G) ADVANCING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY SAID ONE END OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL; (H) DROPPING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY (D) SEPARATING SAID DISPERSION INTO A PARTICULATE HUSK LIQUID WASH TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (I) REPEATING THE STEPS OF LIFTING THE POMACE ABOVE THE LIQUID WASH, PARTIALLY DRAINING THE POMACE, DROPPING THE POMACE ONTO SAID CONVEYOR, ADVANCING THE POMACE ON SAID CONVEYOR THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL AND DROPPING THE POMACE FROM SAID CONVEYOR FOR RESUBMERGENCE IN THE LIQUID WASH FOR EXPOSING AND RE-EXPOSING THE POMACE TO THE COUNTERCURRENT FLOW OF LIQUID WASH; (J) REMOVING THE LIQUID WASH AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID HOUSING; AND (K) RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUGAR FROM SAID LIQUID WASH.
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A METHOD OR RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUFGAR FROM POMACE OBTAINED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED OR UNFERMENTED JUICES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A WASH LIQUID INTO ONE EN D OF A HOUSING, THERE BEING A SCREEN REEL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH ONE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL IN THE VICINITY OF SAID ONE END OF SAID HOUSING; (B) ADVANCING THE WASH LIQUID TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SCREEN REEL SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (C) INTRODUCING POMACE INTO SAID SCREEN REEL AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID SCREEN REEL; (D) SUBMERGING THE POMACE IN THE ADVANCING WASH LIQUID; (E) LIFITING THE POMACE ALONG THE INNER WALL OF SAID SCREEN REEL ABOVE THE WASH LIQUID BY ROTATING SAID SCREEN REEL TO PERMIT PARTIAL DRAINING OF THE POMACE; (F) DROPPING THE POMACE FROM THE INNER WALL OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL ONTO A CONVEYOR ADVANCING THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL; (G) ADVANCING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY SAID ONE END OF SAID ROTATING SCREEN REEL; (H) DROPPING THE POMACE WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY (D) SEPARATING SAID DISPERSION INTO A PARTICULATE HUSK LIQUID WASH TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE LIQUID WASH; (I) REPEATING THE STEPS OF LIFTING THE POMACE ABOVE THE LIQUID WASH, PARTIALLY DRAINING THE POMACE, DROPPING THE POMACE ONTO SAID CONVEYOR, ADVANCING THE POMACE ON SAID CONVEYOR THROUGH THE SCREEN REEL AND DROPPING THE POMACE FROM SAID CONVEYOR FOR RESUBMERGENCE IN THE LIQUID WASH FOR EXPOSING AND RE-EXPOSING THE POMACE TO THE COUNTERCURRENT FLOW OF LIQUID WASH; (J) REMOVING THE LIQUID WASH AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID HOUSING; AND (K) RECOVERING ALCOHOL OR SUGAR FROM SAID LIQUID WASH.