Patent ID: 8313786
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A01J,A23C,B04B

Abstract:
1. A method of improving efficiency of fat separation in separation of a liquid food product with a certain fat content, comprising passing the liquid food product through at least two separators connected in parallel, the at least two separators comprising a first separator and a second separator, each of said at least two separators having an inlet conduit in fluid communication with a source of the liquid food product so that the liquid food product flows through the inlet conduit of the first separator and into the first separator and through the inlet conduit of the second separator and into the second separator, and in each of the first and second separators the liquid food product is divided into a heavier phase and a lighter phase possessing a higher fat content than the heavier phase, the first separator being regulated so that the lighter phase has a fat content less than 15%, wherein the lighter phase divided from the heavier phase by the first separator is led into the inlet conduit of the second separator so that the inlet conduit of the second separator conveys the lighter phase from the first separator together with the liquid food product to the second separator.