Aalst Wheat Processing Plant

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Nombre / Name
Aalst Wheat Processing Plant
Empresa / Company
Tereos Starch & Sweeteners Europe (www.tereos-starchsweeteners.com)
Localización / Location
Aalst (Austria)
Categoría / Category
Comercial / Commercial
Estado / Status
Operación / Running
Plataformas / Platforms
Almidón, Azúcares C5/C6 / Starch, C5/C6 sugars
Materia prima / Feedstock
Trigo / Wheat
Producto / Product
Jarabes de glucosa refinada y bioetanol  / Refined glucose syrups and bioethanol

Figure 1. Aalst Wheat Processing Plant (extracted from Tereos Syral webpage)

La planta de procesado de trigo que Tereos Syral posee en Aalst da empleo a más de 400 personas y tiene más de 140 años de experiencia en procesado de cereal. El complejo está formado por una planta de almidón de trigo, un sistema de cogeneración y una planta de producción de bioetanol. El almidón de trigo puede ser procesado para generar un amplio rango de jarabes de glucosa refinada (dextrosa, maltosa, fructosa y maltodextrinas) o ser secado para obtener almidón nativo y modificado. Dependiendo de las necesidades de los clientes, los jarabes básicos son mezclados para dar lugar al jarabe final. El jarabe de dextrosa se cristaliza y seca generando dextrosa cristalina. Finalmente, los solubles son fermentados y destilados para producir bioetanol. The Tereos Syral plant in Aalst employs 400 people and has more than 140 years of experience in cereal processing. The production site consists of a wheat starch plant, a Combined Heat Power plant and since 2008, a bioethanol facility. Wheat starch is processed in Aalst into a wide range of refined glucose syrups (dextrose, maltose, fructose, maltodextrins) or dried into native and modified starch. Depending on the customer’s needs, basic syrups are mixed at the blending station and become a final syrup. Dextrose syrup is processed by crystallisation and dried to crystalline dextrose. Finally, solubles are transformed into bioethanol after fermentation and distillation.

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REFERENCIAS / REFERENCES:
1 www.tereos-starchsweeteners.com/en/contact/our-sites/aalst.

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