Starch Refining & Recovery Unit

Applications:

01 Extraction of potato starch from potato debris and waste.
02 Starch refining and removal of black spot.
03 Starch recovery from potato slicing and washing waste

Description:

Microtec's Starch Refining and Recovery Unit is a compact unit of operation specially designed to extract and recover potato starch from potato debris and waste. It is bringing a wave of benefits to potato snack factories.

Microtec's Starch Refining and Recovery Unit receives washed and destoned waste potatoes, as well as starch milk and potato debris from the processing line. It extracts the starch from all waste potatoes, then filters the starch slurry from fibre and other impurities. It is a skid mounted unit, which is beneficial in multiple ways: It minimizes the work on-site, and only requires a small amount of space to install.

Starch Refining and Recovery Unit consists of the following sub-units:

Potato reception, transfer and rasping
Starch slurry collection
Starch slurry de-sanding
Fiber screening and starch filtration
Extraction of potato starch from potato debris and waste.

Features:

Compact design providing flexibility in operation.
Stable, customized and continuous operation.
High strength and long service life.
Capability to be integrated to an existing operating process line.
Minimized cleaning time requirements.
Safe, clean and robust material of construction complying to food hygiene standards.
Relatively low operational and maintenance costs.

Benefits:

High added value due to maximized starch extraction.
Significant complying to environmental protection.
Considerable reduction of wastewater load.
Extracting valuable fiber as by-product.

Starch Refining & Recovery Unit