Patents Assigned to Brau-Union {umlaut over (O)}sterreich Aktiengesselschaft
  • Process for thermally utilizing spent grains
    Patent number: 6167636
    Abstract: In a process for thermally utilizing wet spent grains (1), the wet spent grains (1) are mechanically predried in a first drying stage (2), thermally dried in a further drying stage (4) and finally thermally utilized by burning or gasification. In order to be able to realize a process of this kind economically, the mechanically dehydrated spent grains (15) in the further drying stage (4) are heated by the aid of a smoke gas occurring within the energy system of a brewery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Brau-Union {umlaut over (O)}sterreich Aktiengesselschaft
    Inventors: Leopold Werner Kepplinger, Dieter Pelz, Gerald Zanker