Patent ID: 8986551
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A23K,B01D,C10G,C10L,C11B,C12F,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: clarifying a thin stillage product in a centrifugal device to produce a fine suspended solids stream and a clarified thin stillage; and providing the thin stillage product and the clarified thin stillage, separately or in a combined stream, to one or more evaporators to produce one or more reduced suspended solids streams, wherein the one or more reduced suspended solids streams have a reduced amount of suspended solids of less than about 25% by weight of a total solids content and a lower viscosity as compared to thin stillage having suspended solids of about 25% to about 75% by weight of a total solids content, which contains a higher amount of suspended solids.