LINE FOR PREPARING OF STARCH-CONTAINING RAW MATERIAL FOR FERMENTATION Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: distillation industry, in particular, production of ethanol. SUBSTANCE: line has mixer for mixing ground grain with water, vessel for preparing and supplying of liquefying enzymes, unit adapted for enzyme treatment of water-grain mass and equipped with outer circulation circuit having pump, vacuum cooler-saccharifier, as well as pumping system, process and auxiliary pipelines with locking and regulating fittings. Mentioned parts of line are sequentially connected with one another. Line is further equipped with vessel for preparing and supplying into mixer of starch destructing solution, and mechanical-acoustic treatment unit arranged between mixer and enzyme treatment unit and defining in conjunction with mixer circulation circuit. EFFECT: increased yield and quality of ethanol. 5 cl, 2 tbl, 4 ex