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OYBEAN PROTEIN FLAKES are useful for m a n y in- vide the heat required for vaporization of solvent and
S dustrial applications, for example, in p r e p a r i n g
pIywood or paper-coating adhesives. However
to convey solids through the desolventizing tube to a
eycl(me separator. A m a j o r portion of these vapors
flaked, hexane-extraeted soybeans are not suitable un- is reheated and recycled, and the r e m a i n d e r is sent
less precautions are taken to minimize denaturation to a condenser. This desolventizing process combines
because of heat t r e a t m e n t incurred in the desolventiz- certain features of a horizontal, v a p o r t y p e of desol-
ing operation. Previous results obtained b y Belter ventizer (4) with those of a flash or pneumatic con-
et al. with a flash desolventizer indicated t h a t such a veying drier.
unit is well suited to hexane removal without exten- The performance of a flash deso.lventizer is deter-
sive protein denaturation (2). However the effects mined by several factors that control the heat t r a n s f e r
of process variables were not studied; moreover aged rate and consequently the rate at which ~ntrained sol-
soybeans with p a r t i a l l y d e n a t u r e d protein were used. vent is vaporized. One of the most i m p o r t a n t is the
The present investigation was u n d e r t a k e n to establish direct contact obtained between solids and superheated
desirable process c~nditions for flash desoDentizing vapors whereby the flakes' extensive surface area is
hexane-extracted flakes without significant protein fully used for heat transfer. T u r b u l e n t v a p o r flow
denaturation. Soybeans f r o m a eurrent harvest were in the desolventizing tube and a high t e m p e r a t u r e
used. differential at the solids inlet also increase the rate.
The flash desolventizer process employs superheated As the solids are simultaneously dried and carried
vapors in direct contact with solvent-wet feed to pro- to the cyclone separator, the t e m p e r a t u r e differential
progressively decreases. Meanwhile solvent and mois-
1 Presented at the meeting of the American Oil Chemists' Society, t a r e evaporating f r o m the solids moderate the lat-
l~ernphis, Tenn., April 2 1 - 2 3 , 1958.
UThis is a l a b o r a t o r y of the Nm'thern Utilization l~esearch a n d De- t e r ' s t e m p e r a t u r e rise. The high heat-transfer rate,
velopment Division, Agricultural R e s e a r c h Service, United States De-
p a r t m e n t of Agriculture. combined with the thin flakes, permits r a p i d solvent