VERFAHREN ZUR MODIFIZIERUNG VON STÄRKEHALTIGEN MATERIALIEN

• Main Authors: FUERTES, PATRICK, LAMBIN, ANNE
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 15.08.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

Transforming a starchy material comprises heating it at 60 - 100 degrees C for 5 - 30 minutes, in a dry phase with a chemical agent, to bring about hydrolysis. Starchy material is transformed by a continuous process of chemical fluidification in a dry phase, (i.e. less than 25% humidity, preferably 8 - 22% humidity), using a chemical agent having a hydrolyzing action, the temperature being 60 - 100 degrees C and the period of action being 5 - 30 minutes. The starchy material used may be any of the following: raw starch, flours, products resulting from the etherification, esterification, sulfonation, oxidation, cationization, hydroxy alkylation, and/or acetylation of these starches and flours, and their mixtures. The chemical agents used may be mineral or organic acids or (per)oxidizing agents, in liquid, solid, or gaseous form. The use of 0.01 - 0.4% hydrochloric or sulfuric acids, calculated on dry weight of starchy material, is especially preferred. During or after this process the product may be transformed by chemical modification, such as etherification, esterification, sulfonation, cationization, hydroxy alkylation or acetylation. Independent claims are also included for cationic starchy material having a water fluidity of at least 65, preferably 70 - 79, a nitrogen content of 0.3 - 0.5%, preferably 0.3 - 0.48% expressed in relation to the weight of dry cationic starchy material.