摘要 |
In a process for the continuous or batch "cooking" of ground or crushed cereals or slurries for the production of grain spirits (or extracts) heat energy is recycled by permitting the dissipation thereof to take place by the formation of flash steam and subsequently, recovering and using the latent heat and a portion of the sensible heat of this flash steam at or below atmospheric pressure to heat the incoming slurry in stages to approach the flash steam saturation temperature, prior to entry to the existing cooker. In this way, the use of live steam generated at the works steam boiler plant is replaced by flash steam and the nett energy input of the process is reduced. |