Patent ID: 9546351
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: C12M,C12P,Y02E

Claim:
1. A grain processing method, comprising: mixing the grain with fluid; inducing cavitation within the fluid to at least partially separate the grain; fractionating the grain with at least one fractionation reactor that is operable to separate the grain into pericarp, germ, and endosperm by simultaneously inducing cavitation within the fluid, inducing abrasion between the grain and the fluid, inducing abrasion between the grain, impacting the grain with protrusions, and subjecting the grain to a centrifugal force; dividing the separated biomass pericarp, germ, endosperm, and fluid into a first stream of pericarp and germ and a second stream of endosperm with fluid so that the first stream and second stream are separate from each other; and after the step of dividing the separated pericarp, germ, endosperm, and fluid, separating starch and protein within the endosperm in the second stream on a molecular level by: increasing the acidity of the fluid and endosperm; heating the fluid and endosperm; and passing the fluid and endosperm through at least one digestion reactor.