Process and apparatus for separating the components from cereal flour or tuber flour or from products derived thereof

摘要

Process for sepn. of constituent components of cereal and tuber flours or prods. derived from these flours, comprising (a) forming a suspension of the flour or flour deriv. at a concn. compatible with the propagation of ultrasound waves; (b) subjecting the suspension to ultrasound treatment and then (c) subjecting the treated suspension to an appropriate physical sepn. procedure to separate the desired components. Also claimed is an appts. for carrying out the process, having an ultrasound treatment unit upstream of a physical sepn. unit.