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CROP PROTECTION

Long-grain Basmati rice and famous Parboiled brown rice. The inedible Long grain white rice (bran layer and
for its fragrance outer hull has been removed but the cereal germ removed) and mixed with
bran layer and cereal germ remain. the dark grains of so-called wild rice
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nutrients and vitamins and is therefore (Zizania sp) to boost the nutritional
value of the white rice
more nutritious
• Soaked grains to be steamed for the
allotted time at the correct tempera-
ture so that fermentation, promoted by Further down the bran oil can be extracted from the bran.
soaking, is brought to a rapid end. This rice stream Rice starch is used in a variety of in-
is particularly important if the grains dustrial processes. Rice hulls with their
have been steeped in hot water for a The various components of the rice high silica content have been used in
long period of time. KDUYHVW LQFOXGLQJ WKH oZDVWHp SURG- a wide variety of situations including
ucts can be put to a huge variety of
• Final grain drying to a moisture con- the manufacture of pressed insulation
tent of 12-14% w/w to stop any growth uses. Rice grain is cooked and eaten board, cement tiles and cement breeze
of fungi (mould) and bacteria and to as a vegetable or desert dish. The blocks, in the glass industry and for
facilitate trouble free de-husking. grains can be further processed into road surfacing. Rice straw is used in
flour (usually broken grains) biscuits,
• From the de-husking stage onwards the manufacture of straw board for the
snacks, breakfast cereals, beer, wine
the key process control points are the building industry.
and distilled spirit. Rice meal is used
same as for dry processed rice
for animal feed while the valuable rice
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ETW PRESENTS A NEW RANGE OF STANDARDIZED

ETW SMARTCYCLE® BIOMETHANE PLANTS

maximum turndown flexibility, long com-
ponent service life, and low maintenance
requirements, remain.
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ing biogas to natural gas quality is based
on a modular system consisting of ISO
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systems, the delivery program serves
The specialist for combined heat and plant sizes with a raw gas capacity of
power plants and biomethane plants, 550 up to 4000 Nm3/h. „The result is a
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proven biogas upgrading system, ETW flows,“ says product manager Sayethan Moers and assembled in the newly built
SmartCycle® PSA, for worldwide use on Kirubaharan, explaining the purpose of ten-meter-high production hall exactly as
biogas and waste fermentation plants. the relaunch. they will later be erected on site.
The aim of the development was a sig- This manufacturing principle means
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as well as execution time. With the new transport costs, but also make bureau- diate elements such as connecting parts,
plant standard, the effective upgrading cracy very uncomplicated – regardless piping, and external units such as cooling
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ically and economically to the respective sea. All container modules are prefabri- be perfectly matched. All assemblies are
application areas. delivered to the construction site in pre-
This reduces costs by an average of fabricated modules, so that the plant is
around 15 percent compared to cus- ready for operation just two weeks after
tom-made products; production and delivery. „ETW Energietechnik supplies
installation time on site are reduced by the plants in accordance with both the
around 30 percent overall. The general Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/
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such as minimal energy requirements, use,“ adds Kirubaharan.
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