Patent ID: 8893612
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: C13B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for at least one of preliming sugar beet raw juice and obtaining a non-sucrose substance concentrate, said concentrate consisting of a concentrated coagulate of non-sucrose substances made from sugar beet raw juice, the apparatus comprising: at least one vessel for milk of lime treatment of the raw juice for coagulation of non-sucrose substances present in the raw juice, said vessel having at least one inlet for the raw juice, at least one inlet for milk of lime and an outlet for discharge of prelimed raw juice, at least one first removal apparatus for removing coagulate slurry obtained in the preliming from the preliming juice, said first removal apparatus having an inlet, connected to the outlet of the vessel, for preliming juice, a first outlet for discharge of clear preliming juice removed from the coagulate slurry, wherein the first removal apparatus is selected from the group consisting of a static decanter, a dynamic decanter and a centrifuge, and a second outlet for discharge of coagulate slurry, and at least one second removal apparatus for further concentration of the coagulate slurry, said second removal apparatus having an inlet, connected to the second outlet of the first removal apparatus, for the removed coagulate slurry, a first outlet for discharge of the removed clear preliming juice and a second outlet for discharge of the concentrated coagulate slurry, wherein the second removal apparatus comprises at least one membrane filter press or at least one centrifuge or at least one vacuum rotary filter, wherein the vessel for milk of lime treatment is directly connected to the inlet of the first removal apparatus and the second outlet of the first removal apparatus is directly connected to the inlet of the second removal apparatus; and the preliming juice conducted out of the first outlet of the first removal apparatus is combined with the preliming juice conducted out of the first outlet of the second removal apparatus in a common line.