EP3864055A1 - Method and device for the digestion of starch - Google Patents
Method and device for the digestion of starchInfo
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- EP3864055A1 EP3864055A1 EP19787171.8A EP19787171A EP3864055A1 EP 3864055 A1 EP3864055 A1 EP 3864055A1 EP 19787171 A EP19787171 A EP 19787171A EP 3864055 A1 EP3864055 A1 EP 3864055A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to methods for digesting starch with the features of the introductory part of claim 1.
- the invention also relates to a device which, when
- Carrying out the method according to the invention can be used as a cooking container and which has the features of the introductory part of claim 19.
- Slurry (suspension) with up to 35% solids content is generated.
- the slurry of starch thus obtained is pumped from the slurry station into a cooking container, the enzyme causing the degradation (an amylase) in the
- Static mixers or other internals can be provided in the inlet to the cooking container in order to prevent the slurry from shooting through and / or the inlet of the
- volume buffering the dwell time for the desired degree of degradation is set.
- agitators In various devices for carrying out the known process for enzymatically breaking down starch (native starch) are agitators and
- mixer disks are provided to accelerate the process.
- the paste obtained by digesting the starch is drawn off from the cooking container using a pump and - if enzymes have been used - pumped through an inactivation section.
- the inactivation section is usually a tubular reactor in which the paste is heated to a temperature between 120 ° C. and 135 ° C. at the beginning by introducing steam.
- Inactivation time is determined by the pipe volume and / or the
- the paste is diluted and
- the cooking container can - if it is big enough
- a disadvantage of the known methods is that relatively large plants are required or only small throughputs can be obtained.
- the cationic starch powder from storage bags (big bags) or silos is fed into a slurry station and the powder is introduced into water, a slurry (Suspension) with up to 15% solids content is generated.
- the starch slurry is pumped into a cooking tube.
- the cooking tube is a tubular reactor in which the
- Starch slurry is heated to 115 ° C to 135 ° C by introducing steam.
- the dwell time is controlled via the volume of the tubular reactor and / or the pump power. After the cooking process, it is usually diluted and the paste obtained is then stored.
- Reactor column in which a rotor with propeller surfaces rotates. Horizontal and vertical baffles are planned. A stirring effect with an upward flow is to be generated.
- WO 2018/011401 Al describes an enzymatic hydrolysis of starch.
- the starch to be hydrolyzed, to which the enzyme is added, is to be subjected to shear forces during mixing.
- starch milk is subjected to an enzymatic cleavage, the starch milk being gelatinized by heating to 140-150 ° C.
- the "paste" obtained is cooled and admixed with enzyme and broken down into maltose syrup.
- a reaction vessel in the form of a "high-speed mixer” with a rotor and with baffles is to be used.
- starch paste is to be fed to a reaction vessel in which a turbulent flow is generated when producing enzymatically degraded starch paste.
- the starch paste is produced in a venturi tube-type gelatinization module by the action of enzyme and heating with steam.
- the invention has for its object to provide an improved and more economical to operate method for the digestion of starch and a cooking container that can be used when carrying out the method.
- the cooking container takes place and shear forces act on the slurry, so that a more economical procedure is possible.
- the slurry in the cooking container is heated to a gelatinization temperature which is between 85 ° C and 135 ° C.
- an inactivation section is provided after the cooking container, which can be designed as a tubular reactor in which the paste obtained by decomposing native starch is heated to a temperature between 120 ° C. and 135 ° C. at the beginning by introducing water vapor.
- the inactivation time can be regulated via the pipe volume and / or the pump quantity and / or output.
- thermo / mechanical according to the invention An advantage of the thermo / mechanical according to the invention
- Starch digestion is that, in contrast to oxidative and enzymatic processes for the digestion of starch into paste, no chemical additives are required, so that there is only a slight change in molar mass. This in turn has the advantage that the thermally / mechanically treated native starch has a higher binding force, so that higher
- Paper strengths can be achieved. Furthermore, a higher starch yield is achieved through a small change in molar mass.
- thermo / mechanical starch digestion Another advantage of the invention is that no deactivation is required in the thermo / mechanical starch digestion according to the invention.
- Thermo / mechanical starch digestion is understood to mean the treatment of starch by the application of heat and by applying shear forces in order to obtain paste.
- Device proposed by the method according to the invention are that they have a compact design, so that they are small
- starch slurries with a high concentration can be processed in the device according to the invention.
- Another advantage of the device according to the invention is that a direct steam metering is provided in the device, whereby the enzyme - if used - can be metered in before, in or after the device (cooker).
- starch slurry acting on the starch slurry results in a quick and easily adjustable gelatinization of the starch. This in turn means that the process time can be shortened.
- starch e.g. corn, wheat, potatoes
- Reaction temperature (cooking temperature) is applied, there is a decrease in the viscosity of the starch paste obtained and a more stable operation.
- the mechanical shear insertion reduces the size of large colloidal starch particles, what a Reducing the viscosity of the starch paste obtained is responsible.
- the specific enzyme use according to the invention is increased, lower viscosities are achieved. Even at a cooking temperature of 115 ° C.
- the viscosity of the starch paste obtained can be adjusted by choosing the shape of the rotor of the device according to the invention (height and diameter of the rotor and its speed).
- this can be
- this can be
- the method according to the invention is characterized in that the slurry containing starch is heated to a temperature between 85 ° C. and 135 ° C. in step c) by introducing steam.
- this can be Characterized method according to the invention in that step c) is carried out for a period of 1 to 5 hours.
- this can be
- step a) Characterized method according to the invention in that in step a) a slurry with at most 35-45% starch powder is produced as a solid.
- this can be
- Slurry is heated to a temperature between 85 ° C and 95 ° C before step b).
- this can be
- the method according to the invention is characterized in that the starch is broken down with the addition of at least one enzyme.
- this can be
- this can be
- this can be
- step c characterized by the fact that the enzyme is added when performing step c).
- this can be
- step c) the degree of digestion of the starch is set by selecting the speed at which the slurry is stirred in the cooking container. In one possible embodiment, this can be
- step c) the degree of digestion of the starch is set by choosing the throughput of the slurry.
- this can be
- step c) the degree of disintegration of the starch is adjusted by choosing the temperature of the slurry.
- this can be
- step d) characterized by the fact that after step d) the enzyme is inactivated.
- this can be
- Inactivating the enzyme is carried out by heating the paste to a temperature between 120 ° C and 135 ° C.
- this can be
- Temperature is increased by introducing water vapor.
- this can be
- Cooking vessel and / or by static mixing of the slurry in or after the cooking vessel is regulated.
- this can be
- step a) cationic starch powder is used to the
- this can be
- step a) native starch powder is used to produce the slurry.
- Characterized device in that the outlet openings are provided distributed over the annular end face of the displacement body facing the rotor.
- Characterized device in that the line for supplying water vapor opens into a hollow ring with at least one outlet opening for water vapor.
- Characterized device in that the ring is arranged on the side of the rotor facing away from the displacement body.
- Characterized device in that the outlet opening is provided in the wall of the ring facing the rotor.
- the Characterized device according to the invention in that the ring arranged several distributed over its extent
- Stator plates protrude from the displacement body and up to
- the inner surface of the container protrudes.
- Characterized device in that the rotor carries ribs at least on one of its sides.
- Characterized device in that the opening of the displacement body which is coaxial with the axis of the rotor is funnel-shaped, the enlarged area of the opening pointing towards the cover of the container.
- Characterized device in that the axis of the line is aligned coaxially to the annular displacement body and to the rotor.
- Ribs are inclined to radial planes that go through the axis of the rotor.
- the Characterized device according to the invention in that the rotor protrudes through the bottom of the container into the interior of the container.
- Constriction is formed by an annular rib, in particular an annular rib with a triangular cross section.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically a (known) plant for enzymatic
- Fig. 2 schematically shows a (known) plant for mining
- Fig. 3 a system for carrying out the invention
- Fig. 4 shows a system for executing the invention
- Fig. 5 shows in a block diagram a known method for the enzymatic degradation of starch
- Fig. 6 shows in a block diagram the method according to the invention for the enzymatic degradation of starch
- Fig. 7 in a block diagram a known method for
- Digestion of cationic starch 8 is a block diagram of a method according to the invention for the digestion of cationic starch
- FIG. 9 partially and in section two embodiments of a
- Fig. 10 is a system for executing the invention
- Starch powder is stored in BigBags 1 or Silos 2. The starch powder is transferred from this supply to the slurry station 1
- the starch powder is introduced into water and a slurry (suspension) with a solids content of up to 35% is produced. From there the slurry
- Mixers or other internals can be installed to a
- Cooking vessels 4 have agitators and / or mixer disks installed to accelerate the degradation process by introducing shear forces into the slurry in the cooking vessel 4.
- the inactivation section 8 is a tubular reactor in which the paste is heated to 120 ° C. to 135 ° C. at the beginning by means of steam injection 9, the inactivation time being able to be controlled via the pipe volume and / or the pump power.
- paste is diluted with water from a line 15 and then stored.
- Cooking vessel 4 to provide a labyrinth tube in which, firstly, the required dwell time can be achieved and secondly, additional shearing of the slurry is effected via shear edges.
- the cooking container can - if it is designed appropriately large - also be used in batch mode. Then everyone
- Starch powder is stored in BigBags 1 or Silos 2.
- the slurry station 3 is fed from this supply.
- the powder is introduced into water and a slurry (suspension) with a solids content of up to 15% is produced. From there, the starch suspension is pumped into the cooking tube 10.
- the cooking tube 10 is a tube reactor in which the starch suspension is heated to 115 ° C. to 135 ° C. at the beginning by means of steam injection 9, the residence time being via the tube volume
- the paste obtained is optionally further diluted (water from line 15) and
- the cooking tube can be replaced by a cooking container 10. If it is designed to be large enough, the cooking container 10 can also be used in batch mode. Then everyone
- Starch powder is stored in BigBags 1 or Silos 2.
- the slurry station 3 is fed from this supply.
- the powder is introduced into water supplied via a line 11 and a slurry (suspension) with a solids content of up to 35% is produced. From there the slurry
- Enzymes can be stored in a reservoir 12 in the
- Gelatinization temperature (85 ° C to 110 ° C) is brought.
- static mixers or other internals can be installed in the wake in order to shoot through the
- the desired degree of degradation can be set by changing the speed, changing the throughput and / or the cooking temperature.
- Pipe reactor installed in which at the beginning by means of steam injection 9 the paste obtained by breaking down the starch is heated to 120 ° C to 135 ° C.
- the paste is optionally diluted with water from a line 15 and then stored.
- the inactivation can be dispensed with at best.
- a process for the digestion of cationic starch according to the invention can be carried out in a plant which is shown in FIG.
- Starch powder is stored in BigBags 1 or Silos 2.
- the slurry station 3 is fed from this supply.
- the powder is introduced into water from line 11 and a slurry (suspension) with a solids content of up to 35% is produced. From there, the starch suspension is pumped into the cooker 4 using the pump 5.
- the steam injection takes place via a line 13 directly into the cooker 4, where the slurry is brought to a gelatinization temperature (85 ° C. to 135 ° C.).
- static mixers or other internals can be installed in the wake in order to shoot through the
- the desired starch properties can be set by changing the speed, changing the throughput and / or cooking temperature.
- the paste obtained is optionally made with water from the Line 15 diluted and then stored.
- a device (cooker 4) that when executing the
- the method according to the invention can be used both for the enzymatic degradation of native starch and for the digestion of cationic starch can have the structure shown in FIG. 9.
- a device according to the invention which serves as a cooking container 4, comprises a container 40 which is closed on its upper side by a lid 41.
- a rotor 42 projects into the container 40 from below and is mounted in a bearing body (not shown) arranged below the container 40.
- the rotor 42 is supported in the bearing body by roller bearings (not shown).
- the rotor 42 carries in its part arranged in the lower region of the container 40 a dispersing disc 44, which on its
- Top has ribs 45 which are inclined with respect to the radial direction.
- the orientation of the ribs 45 is based on the direction of rotation of the rotor 42 in one
- Embodiment selected so that the radially inner ends of the ribs 45 are further forward in relation to the direction of rotation than the radially outer ends of the ribs.
- the ribs 45 are oriented in such a way that their radially outer ends are further back in relation to the direction of rotation than their radially inner ends.
- the ribs 45 can increase in height from the inside out.
- the ribs 45 on the top of the dispersion disk 44 are curved, for example. Curved ribs 45 are either aligned so that the convex side of the ribs 45 faces forward with respect to the direction of rotation of the dispersing disk 44 or aligned so that the convex side relative to the
- the ribs 45 on the upper side of the dispersing disk 44 can therefore also be curved such that the concave side of the ribs 45 points forwards or backwards in relation to the direction of rotation of the dispersing disk 44.
- the ribs 45 on the upper side of the dispersing disk 44 can also be straight ribs.
- the rotor 42 has, for example, a diameter of 100 to 150 mm, preferably 130 mm, and, including the ribs 45 on the dispersion disk 44, a height of, for example, 3 to 10 mm, in particular 5 to 7 mm.
- the rotor 42 is set in rotation, for example, at a speed between 3000 and 5000 rpm. The speed of the rotor 42 is chosen depending on its diameter to the required
- a propeller 46 with blades 47 which in the one to be processed
- a conical projection 51 is provided pointing inwards, in the middle of which the
- Line 50 for feeding the suspension opens.
- the lid 41 is screwed to the container 40.
- Displacement body 60 is provided, the inner opening of which may be approximately funnel-shaped. Between the outer surface of the displacer 60 and the inside of the wall of the
- Container 40 is an annular channel in which
- Suspension flows upward after leaving the dispersing disk 44. Suspension flows through the inner opening of the displacement body 60, optionally supported by the Propeller 45 on the rotor 42, down towards the
- the upper end of the rotor 42 is covered by a flow-shaped cover which is fixed in the rotor 42 with the aid of an Allen screw.
- stator sheets 61 are provided as baffles, which cover the annular channel (gap) between the outside of the displacement body 60 and the
- the displacement body 60 is hollow and is steamed via a line 62, which is passed through the cover 41 of the housing 40 of the cooking vessel 4
- the line 62 opens into the upper end face of the hollow displacement body 60.
- the displacement body 60 has on its underside - distributed around the inner opening of the displacement body 60 - a plurality of outlet openings 63, so that via the line 62 into the interior of the
- Displacement body 60 introduced steam can escape into the interior of the container 40 in the region of the rotor 42, in particular in the region of its dispersing disk 44.
- a hollow ring 70 (diffuser ring) is provided, in which openings are provided for the escape of water vapor.
- the ring 70 is on that of the displacer 60 facing away from the dispersing disc 44 of the rotor 40, wherein the outlet openings in the ring 70 are directed upward, ie in the direction of the displacement body 40.
- the line via which steam (steam) is fed to the ring 70 is not shown in FIG. 9.
- Displacement body 60 as well as via the ring 70.
- Starch with or without enzyme addition is gelatinized in the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the gelatinization, the paste after the exit of the starch dispersion cooker (e.g. cooking container 4). After the
- Starch cooker enzyme is metered in and homogeneously incorporated using a static mixer. After a variable dwell time using the appropriate pipe construction, the enzyme is inactivated by increasing the temperature.
- the advantage here is that a) the starch with almost no molecular weight reduction in
- Starch dispersion cooker e.g. cooking container 4
- Starch dispersion cooker e.g. cooking container 4
- Starch properties such as viscosity and degree of digestion, can be individually adjusted to customer needs.
- Starch dispersion cookers (e.g. cooking container 4) can also be influenced on further use.
- Fig. 10 shows a system in which the previously described
- Embodiment of the method according to the invention can be carried out.
- the system shown in Fig. 10 comprises a cooking container 4 ("starch dispersion cooker"), which can be designed like the cooking container 4 shown in Fig. 9.
- a line 20 opens into the cooking container 4, through which enzyme 21 is released by means of a pump a reservoir 21 for enzyme is supplied.
- starch is conveyed into the cooking container 4 by means of a pump 24.
- Starch broken down into paste and, for example, at least partially degraded, is withdrawn from the cooking container 4 via a line 26.
- enzyme is removed from a storage container 28 (using a pump 29)
- the slurry thus obtained was at a throughput of 750 1 / h at a cooking temperature of 115 ° C gelatinized in a device according to FIG. 9.
- Example 2 The procedure was as in Example 1, the rotor speed being increased to 4,400 rpm and the current consumption of the motor being 41 amperes. A paste with a viscosity of 9,700 mPas was achieved.
- Example 2 The procedure was as in Example 1, the rotor speed being increased to 4,400 rpm and the enzyme being added at a rate of 2.14 l / h. A paste with a viscosity of 9,500 mPas was achieved.
- Enzyme addition was increased to 4.28 1 / h.
- Enzyme addition was increased to 8.56 1 / h. It became a paste achieved a viscosity of 7,400 mPas.
- Example 2 The procedure was as given in Example 1, with a rotor speed of 4,400 rpm and a rotor 42 with a
- Diameter of 130 mm was worked.
- the reaction temperature was set to 100 ° C, the current consumption of the motor driving the rotor 42 was 38 amps.
- the paste obtained had a viscosity of 13,950 mPas.
- the paste had a viscosity of 9,700 mPas.
- Reaction temperature was 115 ° C and the rotor 42 was operating at a speed of 4,400 rpm.
- the rotor 42 had a diameter of 130 mm and a height of 5 mm.
- the current consumption of the motor was 37 amperes.
- a viscosity of the paste of 10,700 mPas was reached.
- Example 8 The procedure was as given in Example 8, using a rotor 42 with a height of 7 mm and the current consumption of the motor being 41 amperes. As a result, a paste with a viscosity of 9,700 mPas was achieved.
- Example 10 Potato starch (Collamyl 9100) with 13% moisture was added to water to obtain a slurry with 20% by weight potato starch. The slurry thus obtained was processed at a throughput of 750 l / h at 115 ° C. in a device according to FIG.
- the slurry emerging from the device according to FIG. 9 was passed through a tubular reactor with a reaction length of 7,500 mm. As a result, a paste with a
- the viscosity of the starch paste obtained was 1,540 mPas.
- the starch paste was clear and the starch was optimally solved.
- Example 10 The procedure was as in Example 10, using a slurry of 25% by weight of potato starch.
- the starch paste achieved was clear and the starch was optimally resolved.
- Wheat starch with a moisture content of 13% was mixed with water to a 30% slurry and cooked at 98 ° C in a device according to FIG. 9.
- the height of the rotor in the device according to FIG. 9 was 7 mm.
- the enzyme (Warozym A152) was added directly after the device according to FIG. 9 and after the slurry emerged from the device of FIG. 9, a temperature of 95 ° C was maintained. Subsequent dilution was then carried out with water at 60 ° C. and a throughput of 240 l / h. At a constant
- the procedure was as in Example 13, using an enzyme addition in the amount of 1,800 ml / h.
- the viscosity of the starch paste obtained was 240 mPas.
- Starch paste was 140 mPas.
- Example 13 The procedure was as in Example 13, using a rotor speed of 3800 rpm and a rotor with a diameter of 130 mm. A viscosity of the paste of 580 mPas was achieved.
- Example 18 The procedure was as in Example 16, the rotor speed being increased to 4,800 rpm. The viscosity of the
- Starch paste had a viscosity of 180 mPas.
- a slurry with 15% potato starch content was processed as in Example 20, cooking in the device according to FIG. 9 at 110 ° C.
- the starch paste showed lower porosity at higher strengths of paper, which was proven by means of a laboratory sheet.
- aqueous slurry of the starch is used in a cooking container 4 Water vapor treated and exposed to shear forces, the starch-containing slurry in the cooking vessel 4 is heated to a temperature between 85 ° C and 110 ° C by introducing water vapor and the digestion step is carried out until the desired degree of digestion has been reached.
- the digest can be carried out with the addition of an enzyme, for example an amylase.
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