METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF OIL-SEED FLAKES BEFORE OIL EXTRACTION Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry, in particular, fat-and-oil industry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves grinding seeds and forming 0.1-0.5 mm thick flakes on rolls; feeding flakes having temperature of 2-50⁰C into transportation mixer and simultaneously introducing water steam and/or water into transportation mixer; conveying flakes in mixer to mixer outlet end during 5-50 s; separating flakes having temperature of 90-110⁰C and moisture content of 8-20%; passing flakes from mixer through tempering zone, where flakes are moved over heated shelves during 15-50 min and temperature of 90-110⁰C; withdrawing flakes from tempering zone with residual moisture content making at least half the moisture content at inlet end of tempering zone; directing flakes through drying chamber having temperature of 90-120⁰C for forming of oil seed granules; passing resultant granules through cooling zone with following feeding thereof to oil extracting zone.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and intensive deactivation of excessive amounts of enzymes in oil seed for elimination of production of non-hydrated phosphotides during oil squeezing procedure.

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