Down Draft Desolventizer
- Gentle handling throughout the process produces a final product with a maximum amount of whole flakes and a minimum amount of fines
- Low capital investment
- Lower installation costs
- Low installed horsepower; less than 20hp for a 100-ton-per-day system
- Plug flow minimizes variation in residence time
- Higher attainable PDI than with conventional systems
- Minimizes breakage of material where you want size and shape to be maintained
- Compact design takes up less floor space
- Uses low-pressure indirect steam to safely drive off hexane vapors
- Flexible operation; fine-tune the system for the ideal combination of PDI, residual hexane and steam consumption