GEA Process Engineering / GEA Wiegand GmbH
Presented by Christian Abel
Starch Based Biorefinery
GEA Process Engineering
GEA Group Structure
Executive Board GEA Group 5 segments, more than 250 companies
Chairman: Jürg Oleas
Chief Financial Officer : Dr. Helmut Schmale
Executive board Member: Niels Graugaard
GEA Group is one of the largest solution
providers for Food & Energy Processes.
Focus on Process Technology & Components
for demanding production processes.
GEA Group is one of the World's market and
technology leaders in 90 percent of its
businesses.
In 2008, GEA Group reported income in excess
of 5.2 billion EUROS with a workforce of more
than 20,000 people.
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Integrated Bio-Refinery Concept
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Complete starch process line
Wheat
Maize
Potato & Tapioca
Complete Ethanol process line
Barley
Maize
Wheat
Corn
Integrated Energy & Pollution control systems
Combined Drying & Evaporation systems with heat recovery
Integrated Feed house
Superheated Steam Dryers
Sugar Process Engineering & Equipment
Industrial Biotec Process Engineering & Equipment
Processes offered by GEA
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Disc bowl Separators 2&3 phase
Decanters 2&3 phase
Rotary Vacuum filters
Homogenisers
Rotating & Static screens & washers
Filtration systems
MF, UF, NF, RO
Evaporation systems
Falling film
Mechanical vapour recompression
Forced recirculation
Distillation columns
Molecular Sieve Dehydration
Fermentation systems
Equipment offered by GEA
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Westfalia Separator
Wiegand
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Ring & Flash Dryers
Native & Modified Starch
Vital Wheat Gluten
Corn Gluten Meal
DDGS
Rotary Dryers
Fibre & Steepwater
DDGS
Dextrose, Sugar & Polyols
Fluid Bed dryers & Coolers
Wheat Germ
Maize Germ
Dextrose, Sugar & Polyols
Equipment offered by GEA
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Barr Rosin
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Block diagram recovery of wheat starch
dosing
mixing
homogenizer
3-phase-decanter
starch/gluten
gluten separation
gluten/B-starch
dewatering
dryingdrying
dewatering
nozzle separator
starch
recovery
screening
nozzle separator
preconcentration
decanterdewatering
drying
process waterstarch
refining
screening
self-cleaningseparator
B-starchwaste waterglutenA-starch
fibres
fresh
water
wheat
flour
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Starch process components
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Starch processing equipment
Bend Screen for Gluten Separation
Homogenizer for Slurry Preparation
Centrifugal Fibre Screening
Westfalia Separator
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Starch processing equipment
Vacuum Drum Filter
Hydrocyclon
for A-starch washing
Three-Phase Separator
•Classification
•Washing
•Clarification
•Concentration
Westfalia Separator
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1-effect (2 calandrias)
falling film evaporator,
heated by MVR ( pre-evaporator)
Starch industry: effluent
Wiegand
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AirAirAirFiltrate
Gluten to Storage
Air
AirAir
Steam
Air
Condensate
042-420-02
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to Atmosphere
043-370-01
042-660-01
Gluten
042-320-01
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042-760-02
to Atmosphere
042-370-04
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Ring dryer for vital wheat gluten
Barr Rosin
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Steam Tube dryers for fibre & steeepwater
Barr Rosin
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sorbitol
Sugar processing
starch factory
starch milk
acidification liquefaction liquefaction reaction
conversion saccharification saccharification refining
refining refining refining drying
evaporation evaporation evaporation
glucose special glucose syrups dextrose syrup modified starch
crystallizationevaporative
crystallization crystallization isomerization hydrogenation
centrifugation centrifugation spray drying refining refining
drying drying conditioning evaporation evaporation
drying
dextrosemonohydrate
dextroseanhydride
total sugar high fructose syrup
evaporation blending separation evaporation
enriched/concentrated fructose syrup fructose syrup
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Sugar processing equipment
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2-effect falling film
evaporation plant with
Mechanical Vapour
Recompression
for dextrose
Evaporation rate:
14,000 kg/h
4-effect plate heat evaporation plant
Product: sorbitol
Evaporation rate: 6,600 kg/h
Wiegand
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Sugar and sweetener
• Beet Sugar
• Cane Sugar
• Coated Sugars
• Confectionary Sugars
• Dextrose Monohydrate
• Anhydrous Dextrose
• Fructose
• Maltitol
• Other Polyols
• Beet Pulp/Animal Feeds (inc. DDGS)
Application
Barr Rosin
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WET
SUGAR
HEATERROTARY DRYER
CYCLONES
FLUIDISED BED
COOLER
SCRUBBER
EXHAUST
FAN
CHILLER
RE-HEATER
PRODUCT
Rotary dryer for sugar with fluidised bed cooler
Barr Rosin
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Ethanol from starch
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Complete process line bioethanol
Wiegand
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Ethanol reference samples
Rectification and dehydration plant
Product: drinking alcohol
Daily capacitiy: 60,000 l of alcohol
Location: Germany
Year of construction: 1993
Fuel Ethanol plant
from rye/wheat
Daily capacity: 660,000 l/
Location: Germany
Year of Construction: 2004
Fuel Ethanol plant
from corn
Capacity: 380,000 l/d
Location: Ukraine
During assembly
Wiegand
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Stillage decanters
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Dry matter of sludge: 28 – 35% DS
Separation efficiency: 65 % - 80 %
Westfalia Separator
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Coupling SSD dryer & evaporator
Barr Rosin Wiegand
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Direct fired rotary dryer for DDGS
Barr Rosin
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Chemical building blocks
Acetic Acid
Lactic Acid
Citric Acid1,4 Propanediol
1,3 Propanediol
Glucose
Gluconic Acid
Succinic Acid
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Biorefinery
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Lactic Acid Lysin
Wiegand
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Membrane Applications in Biorefinery
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Microfiltration for
Biomass Retention/Recovery
Ultrafiltration / Nanofiltration
for product purification
Reverse Osmosis
for pre-concentration
& water treatment
Wiegand
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Cargill Poland
Integrated starch & raw ethanol plant
Capacity 1750 t/d wheat
Raw ethanol capacity 70.000 l/d
Location: Poland
Year of construction: 2006
Wiegand Barr RosinWestfalia Separator
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Integrated feed-house for corn wet mill
Rotary Dryer for
Fibre & Steepwater
Fluid Bed Germ Dryer
Waste Heat
EvaporatorWHE
Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser
Ring Dryer for Gluten
Vapour to next
Effect
Dump
Stack
Exhaust to
Atmosphere
R T O
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Integrated feed-house
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Ring dryer exhaust heated, 3-effect evaporator
Dryer – evaporator coupling
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