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1. Extraction of starch
To acquire starch granule with high purity by separating the starch from
other materials like protein and cellulose in the seeds, roots and stems
of plant with certain technology.
2. Extraction of starch with acidic steeping liquor.
There is special requirement for the starch used in Longkou vermicelli
production. The conventional method is extracting starch with acidic
steeping liquor, with advantages of low requirement on equipment and
investment and good quality of starch. But it also has disadvantages
such as long production period and poor production efficiency. Nowadays
the mechanical separation method is widely adopted by starch manufacturers
with large production scale.
During extracting with acidic steeping liquor, the microorganism in the
acidic steeping liquor will flocculate the starch to deposit, and keep
certain PH value of the cakes by the action of lactic acid in the acidic
steeping liquor, which facilitates the starch to separate from other
materials like protein, cellulose etc. Then a set of multiple processes
of deposition and rinsing is executed to produce starch with high purity.
3. Process flow
Followings are the process flow of extracting starch with acidic steepingliquor: Soak the mung beans. Remove the admixtures by rinsing the mung beans.
Break the mung beans. Remove the rough dregs with screen filtering. The
remaining is called mung bean cakes. Add acidic steeping liquor into the
cakes and deposit twice to remove the protein and some thinner cellulose,
and then remove the small dregs with another screen filtering. Finally
deposit the cakes and remove the supernatant and black powder to produce
starch with high purity. The starch can be used directly to produce Longkou
vermicelli by forming and drying.
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