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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
H R D Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Use of a high shear mechanical device in a process for production of starch by hydration and disruption of corn kernel particles in the presence of sulfur dioxide or bisulfite ions makes possible a decrease in mass transfer limitations, thereby enhancing starch production. A system for production of starch is also provided in which a high shear mixing device is configured to receive an aqueous corn slurry from a pump that is disposed between the reactor and a gaseous sulfur dioxide inlet of the high shear mixing device. The high shear mixing device is also configured to generate a fine dispersion of sulfur dioxide bubbles and small corn particles in the slurry. A reactor is configured to receive the output from the high shear mixing device and to provide for starch production.