Abstract
AbstractIn consultation with the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) a simplified cassava starch flowsheet was developed. The equipment is suitable for skid‐mounting which would make it possible to move the plant to another harvesting site, when desired. After peeling, washing and desintegration of the tubers the fruit‐water is removed in solid bowl centrifuges. The fibers are removed on a small battery of DSM‐screens; pre‐dewatering of the fibers takes place only when local circumstances require this. The crude, screened starch milk is degritted, concentrated and purified in a counter‐current hydrocyclones washing system with a small amount of fresh water. The entire system is suitable for cleaning in place and has been designed for continuous operation.
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