Objective
The aim of this project is to lower the energy requirements of the grain malting process by malting grain in pure oxygen gas. The use of oxygen can reduce the overall malting period from 9 days to 3. A shorter malting period means less electricity consumption.
Malting grain in pure oxygen gas was invented, developed and patented by Mr Maxwell Davidson of Maxwell Davidson Limited. The process is known as the Germinox (GERmination IN OXygen) Process. The Germinox Process can be applied to the brewing, distilling and baking industries, and to the treatment of seeds.
The first phase of this project was installed in order to treat dormant wheat. There is a considerable cost saving if new crop wheat can be used instead of old crop wheat which has a storage cost surchage. Data collected during batch monitoring has shown that dormancy in new crop wheat is broken by the Germinox Process.
It was not possible for the parties interested in the continuation of this project to agree a way forward for the implementation of the second and last phase of this project. The parties requested this project be terminated. The Commission of the European Communities agreed to terminate the contract.
The main unit operation of a conventional malting process are steeping, germination and kilning. The Germinox Process modifies the steeping and germination unit operations.
It was decided to split this project into two phases :
1. Phase I was the conversion of two steeping vessels
2. Phase II was the conversion of three germination vessels,
After conversion, steeping vessels operate with oxygenated water during the wet stages of s steeping process and an oxygen atmosphere during the dry stages, and germination vessels operate with an oxygen atmosphere.
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GU14 7LP Farnborough
United Kingdom
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