Overview
Starch cooking is an essential process in the paper production industry, where starch is used as an adhesive and coating agent to improve paper’s strength, surface quality, and printability. Whether it’s for internal bonding, surface sizing, or coatings, the quality of the cooked starch plays a crucial role in the final paper product.
Direct Steam Injection (DSI) heaters offer significant advantages over traditional heating systems in starch cooking:
- Perfectly cooked, gelatinized wet-end starches
- Integrated controls for hands-off operation
- Near 100% thermal efficiency reduces energy use and operational costs
- Predictively achieve optimal, consistently cooked starch with uniform viscosity
- Continuous batch automation saves time, money, and energy
- Minimal fouling and scaling reduce downtime and maintenance
Hydroheater®
Hydroheater® (aka Jetcooker™) has 90 years of proven history in heating and processing a complex range of liquids and materials. Known for its adjustability, durability, and power, the patented engineering and innovation behind the design of this workhorse speaks for itself.
- Volume capability: 1 up to 6,700 gpm [0.2 up to 1,522 m³/hr]