Process for treating oil containing vegetable raw materials
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1. A process for treating oil-containing vegetable seed particles to facilitate subsequent oil extraction from said particles, said process comprising the steps of:
- a. forming the seed particles in a thin layer in a receiver provided with a bottom having apertures;
b. moving the particles close to one another regularly for a relatively short time and moving the particles away from one another for a relatively short time while advancing said particles through the receiver;
c. the movement of said particles towards and away from one another being obtained by effecting vibration of the receiver with a vertical vibration component having a low frequency of most 1000 vibrations per minute and high amplitude of about 5 to about 50 mm.;
d. supplying a heat and moisture-containing gaseous fluid through the apertures in the bottom of the receiver during periods in which the apertures are open;
e. heating the particles to a temperature of at least 90°
C. to inactivate enzymes rapidly;
f. thereafter decreasing the moisture content and temperature of the vegetable seed particles, by contacting the particles with each other regularly for a relatively short time and separating said particles from each other also for a relatively short time, said contact and said separation being obtained as in step (c), while a gaseous drying fluid supplied through openings in the bottom acts discontinuously on each individual particle when said openings are open due to the action of the vertical vibration component.
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Process for treating oil containing vegetable raw material by the influence of moisture and heat, whereby during the exposure of a rather thin layer of the oil containing raw materials to a moisture and heat transfer fluid, the raw materials are subjected to a loosening movement by means of a vibration having a substantial vertical component. The frequency of the vibration is 200 - 400 and the vertical amplitude 10 to 40 mm.
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1. A process for treating oil-containing vegetable seed particles to facilitate subsequent oil extraction from said particles, said process comprising the steps of:
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a. forming the seed particles in a thin layer in a receiver provided with a bottom having apertures; b. moving the particles close to one another regularly for a relatively short time and moving the particles away from one another for a relatively short time while advancing said particles through the receiver; c. the movement of said particles towards and away from one another being obtained by effecting vibration of the receiver with a vertical vibration component having a low frequency of most 1000 vibrations per minute and high amplitude of about 5 to about 50 mm.; d. supplying a heat and moisture-containing gaseous fluid through the apertures in the bottom of the receiver during periods in which the apertures are open; e. heating the particles to a temperature of at least 90°
C. to inactivate enzymes rapidly;f. thereafter decreasing the moisture content and temperature of the vegetable seed particles, by contacting the particles with each other regularly for a relatively short time and separating said particles from each other also for a relatively short time, said contact and said separation being obtained as in step (c), while a gaseous drying fluid supplied through openings in the bottom acts discontinuously on each individual particle when said openings are open due to the action of the vertical vibration component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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