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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Peter M. Koenig, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory J. Kimball, Blaine, MN (US);
David Lonnie Phillips, Shoreview, MN (US);
Peter M. Koenig, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory J. Kimball, Blaine, MN (US);
David Lonnie Phillips, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bepex International, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and processes may be used for continuously processing a solid material such as a solid starch-bearing material at a non-atmospheric pressure. In some examples, the material is delivered to a process vessel at substantially the same non-atmospheric pressure condition as the process vessel so as to avoid shearing the material. In some examples, the solid material is continuously fed into a process vessel, continuously processed in the process vessel, and continuously discharged from the process vessel.