Henry William Elceser

US Patent:

48266191, May 2, 1989

Filed:

Dec 3, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/128294

Inventors:

James S. Blaha - Decatur IL
Henry W. Elceser - Decatur IL
Leonard F. Vander Burgh - Bethany IL

Assignee:

A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company - Decatur IL

International Classification:

C09K 300

US Classification:

25218227

Abstract:

Concentrated aqueous alkaline solutions containing about 10 weight percent or more of a water soluble alkaline reagent such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, etc. are admixed with aqueous granular starch slurries without pasting or swelling the granular starch material to an unacceptable degree by introducing a metered stream of said alkaline solution into a flowing stream of said starch slurry at or near the inlet of an intensive, in-line mixer which completely and homogeneously mixes said streams within a time period of less than 1 second.