Fluidized bed desolventizer for gentle rapeseed meal processing

摘要

In a conventional desolventizer/toaster the meal is treated under conditions that lead to the denaturation of the contained proteins. Such proteins have lost their techno-functional potential and are not suited for applications other than animal feeding. A more gentle meal processing is possible by using fluidized bed technology. This article describes a pilot-scale fluidized bed desolventizer and gives results from test trials with rapeseed meal. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]