Raw Materials
The raw materials required for the plant include maize starch, activated carbon, soda-ash, HCL acid, and water.
- Maize Starch
- Activated Carbon
- Soda-ash
- HCl Acid
- Water
- Packaging Material
- Electricity
- Fuel Oil
- Process and Potable Water
Slurry of starch of about 60 % water is prepared and treated with HCL acid in a converter where the reaction takes over at 150 0C and maintained for 15 minutes. The treated slurry is then transferred to wooden vats where it is neutralized with soda-ash solution. Then it is filtered and further refined by activated carbon. Then it passes through a vacuum evaporator where it gets the required concentration. After being cooled the liquor is packed ready for shopping
Alternatively, maltose syrup and high-DE glucose syrups can be produced by two-stage acid/enzyme or enzyme/enzyme saccharification process.
Machinery and Equipment
- Slurry preparation tank
- Converter
- Glow tank
- Wooden vat
- Filter press
- Refining vessel
- Vacuum evaporator
- Pumps