Fractionation Plant For Palm Oil

What is

• Separate the high melting point from the low melting point dry Glycerides through by crystallization
• Constitutes a physical modification of the palm oil
• Highly sensitive to temperature variation of the liquids at any point of the process.
• Best fractionation technology for fat hence lower manpower requirements
• Ensures higher recovery, elimination of oil oxidization and good production capability.
• The process outputs a product that fits the highest standards &  quality
• Continuous, automatic fractionation reduces process cost.

 

Important Parts of the Process:

 

• Heating the feed oil
• Formation of crystals by controlled cooling
• Crystal growth
• Maturation of crystals
• Filtration to separate Olein and Stearin
• Continuous flow of oil through the crystallizers and the crystals formed during the flow stage itself.
• The sandy crystals formed in a drafted strength control and minimizes the entrainment of olein into the stearine part; hence recovery of olein is better than any conventional process.
• Lower requirement of manpower for operation as well as power or chilled water hence higher olein recovery, elimination of oxidation of oil,
• Oil filter i.e. less than 5% of the filtration time.

 

 

Mectech’s Process Advantage

 

• Large heat transfer area during oil charge in the Crystallizers e 10 sqm. per ton of oil.
• Optimal position of oil circulation in the vessel due to optimization of the heat exchange surfaces
• Optimized process as the cooling program is accurately followed-the temperature difference between cooling water and oil is 1^o C at the end of the process
• The RBD or the duration of the crystallization process for the crude palm oil is optimally kept at 5 hours for any size of cooler/ crystallizer from 2 -26 tons charge.
• Fractionation plant for Palm

 
Types of Applications

 

• Process separates palm oil into two portions, olein and stearin, without adding chemical or solvent.

 

The fractionation process can be applied to:

• Cotton seed oil
• Sal fat
• Palm oil
• Rice bran oil
• Sunflower oil
• Mango kernel oil
• Shea butter, etc.

 

Conclusion

• Fully automated centralized process.
• Easy to operate, requires little supervision
• Great flexibility with wide range of process applications
• Low operating costs
  • Low utility consumption
  • Low maintenance cost
  • No oil losses
  • No pollution problem
• Excellent product quality
  • Good crystallization repeatability, yielding consistent product quality
  • High olein yield

Castor Oil Processing Plant Application and Advantage

1. WHAT IS

• A fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and a double bond
• In great demand yielding  a wide variety of chemical derivatives, essential for diverse applications.
• Although contributing  a minuscule part of edible oil produced- Critically  important  to diverse  industries esp. global specialty chemical industry
• Extraction of oil from castor seeds is done in a manner similar to that for most other oil seeds.

2. IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PROCESS

• The major operations involved include

1. cleaning of the raw material
2. Castor cake is obtained after the extracted oil is filtered after the physical impurities eliminated

• The first stage   viz. Pre-Pressing   a)employs    high pressure continuous screw press – the expeller.

1. The Extracted oil then filtered-residue transferred along with fresh raw material.
2. Ripe seeds are dried, are split open and the seeds discharged.

The Multiple  Stages are:
o             Settling and Degumming of the Oil
Eliminates the aqueous phase from the lipids, also removing phospholipids
o             Neutralization
Removes free fatty acids from the oil.
o             Bleaching
Eliminates impurities that lend spurious colors, phospholipids and oxidation impurities.
o             Deodorization
Removing odor from the oil.

Hexan is employed to extract the remaining oil

any impurities present are eliminated using a filter press by removing any water, dissolved gases and acids. The extracted oil is finally refined as the last step.

3.TYPES OF APPLICATIONS

• Critically important to global specialty chemical industry- sole commercial source for hydroxylated fatty acid.

Castor oil or its derivatives can be found in the manufacturing of

• Soaps,
• Lubricants,
• Hydraulic & Brake Fluids,
• Paints,
• Dyes,
• Coatings,
• Inks,
• Cold Resistant Plastics,
• Waxes & Polishes,
• Nylon,

4. CONCLUSION

MECTECH ADVANTAGE:

• 30 years of proven experience &expertise in edible oil segment
  Supplied 300 projects globally
• 360 ^o turnkey global capabilities basis
  Provides complete solution to edible oil segment  according to sector requirements
• Includes vegetable oil, sunflower oilm palm oil, castor oil, soya oil & olive oil industry
  Turnkey capabilities spanning form counseling the client towards technology selection to commissioning the plant,
  State of the art infrastructure & experienced human assets
  Maintains high quality standards of manufacturing, matching with world standards
  Capacity to build & supply plants from 50-2000 tonnes/day
  Strong after sales & customer support team with International collaborations

 

 

 

Lecithin Plant Processing and Application

WHAT IS-

• A natural ingredient mainly extracted from soybean.
• Occur in edible oils as naturally occurring phospholipids with excellent surfactant and nutraceutical properties
• Contains a range of emulsifiers, stabilizers and release agents.
• Lecithin-of food grade- used as a feed material in cosmetic industry, pharmaceuticals and in food processing as emulsifiers.

MEDICAL BENEFITS-

• Lowers cholesterol.
• Improves heart health.
• Aids breastfeeding mothers.
• Helps improve digestion.
• May fight dementia symptoms.

Soothes and moisturizes skin

IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PROCESS-

• Liquid lecithin is extracted with the addition of ethyl alcohol. Leads to the formation of two layers a) one layer rich in PC-35 b) other rich in PC-10.
• Decantation separates two layers into two separate vessels, before separate ethanol recovery for each layer.
• Final residue PC-35 and PC-10 respectively, can be sold-as value addition from waste
• Entire extraction process requires no chemical reactions,
• One tonne  of Liquid lecithin fetches 200 kg of PC-35 and 800 kg of PC-10.
• Prior extraction,   crude lecithin is pre-treated so that the peroxide number is lowered along with  microbial count.
• The entire extraction process   performed with  acetone solvent. After pre- treatment,   lecithin  extracted in dual stages along with the precipitation of acetone insoluble i.e. lecithin.
• custom designed extractor ensures  rapid and efficient extraction.
• The miscella, after extraction is withdrawn into a miscella tank
• thick solid slurry is transferred to a decanter feed tank.
• The acetone is recovered from the miscella in the acetone recovery system for further reuse.
• The soya oil left out after acetone recovery another value from waste the thick solid slurry is decanted In the decanter feed tank, within a high-speed centrifuge, filtering out the acetone and the solids.
• The separated solids are carried for drying and on the other side; the separated acetone is transported to the miscella tank.
• A two staged closed loop continuous fluidized bed dryer is utilized to dry the acetone wet solids.
• PLC controlled system-the drier custom designed with a nitrogen generator for micro precision controls.
• The deoiled lecithin powder generated from the drying system micronized, sieved and packed to be used in food and pharma industry.

TYPES OF APPLICATIONS-

• Serves as a  predominant raw material in the  food and pharmaceutical industry.
• Phosphatidylcholine enriched fraction is an excellent oil in water emulsifier
• Phosphatidylinositol enriched fraction is good water in emulsifier and often used is in the chocolate industry.

Conclusion :-

MECTECH ADVANTAGE-

• Continuous operation
• Low oil residue in extracted meal
• High production flow rate
• Less consumption of energy
• Technology based solvent extraction proces

Invest In Interesterification To Capture The High Returns With Mectech Advantage

Interstification Process

Interstification is fundamentally the intra and inter molecular exchange of fatty acids on the glycerol back bone of tri glycerides. Two types of catalysts are utilized to ensure the process: a) in the chemical Interstification process are sodium methylate and ethylate followed by sodium Methoxide are the commonly used catalysts b) In enzymatic Interstification process, the enzyme commonly used is lipozyme TL1M.Fats such as soybean oil comprise diverse   triglycerides consisting of a glycerol backbone esterified to three fatty acid molecules. The triglycerides include saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids in various proportions. Interesterification blends the required oils to rearrange the fatty acids over the glycerol backbone with, aided by catalysts or lipase enzymes.  Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are inimical to the processes as they have the capability to decrease the melting point of fats significantly. Similarly, a triglyceride with three saturated fatty acids is generally solid at room temperature and cannot meet the requirements   for many kinds of food applications. Triglycerides are rearranged with oils containing unsaturated fatty acids to decrease the melting point and to create the fats with desired properties. In addition, in many cases, blending interesterified oils with liquid oils for example in interesterified soybean oil leads to health benefits as saturated fatty acids in many trans fatty acid free food products are reduced. The interesterified lipids are then   separated through controlled crystallization, called fractionation.

THE PROCESS

 OIL CHARGING AND HEATING

 Oil is first charged in a blending vessel custom designed according to the requirements of the product. Then it is transferred into a reactor at 120°C.DRYING transfers it to the agitator for removal of moisture under vacuum conditions. Sodium Methoxide is added after the 30 minutes of the process. Nitrogen gas is then injected in the system in case CHEMICAL DOSING is adopted. Randomization occurs and is completed in 30 to 45 minutes. Phosphoric acid is used    to neutralize the soap and unused but potent catalyst.

CONTINUOUS BLEACHING

“Bleaching” selectively eliminates Color pigments, Dirt, Trace metals, Removal of polycyclic Aromatic compounds, Phospholipids through physical and chemical interaction of an adsorbent with an oil or fat to improve its quality.

Neutralized oil is transferred from the neutralized oil storage tank at a controlled rate and heated to about 80°C with steam through the heating plate heat exchanger. Heated oil is mixed with phosphoric acid and is transferred into the slurry mixer where a specific, predetermined quantity of activated bleaching earth. The bleaching clay mixed oil enters a heater by employing customized, controlled transfer system and heated up to 100-105° C under vacuum conditions. After agitation by sparge steam, the heated oil overflows from the heater into a Bleacher with sufficient inbuilt retention time for adsorption of coloring agents. The coloring impurities like phospholipids, trace metals are then removed by adsorption process.

 FILTRATION AND CLEANING

The oil mixed with earth is pumped by the filter pump into one of pressure leaf filters where the earth and solid impurities are retained by circulating the oil from the bleacher. The clean, filtered oil is transferred to a retention tank and pumped through polishing filters, thus eliminating even the smallest particles of bleaching earth.

The residual oil and condensed steam collected at the bottom of the filter are discharged   into a cloudy oil tank. Once the pressure of filter comes down to   0.2 bars, the bottom of leaf filters opens and the vibrator springs into action to discharge the cake. The clean filter is then closed and evacuated and is now ready for the filtration.

 CONTINUOUS DEODORIZATION

Deodorization refers to a vacuum stripping process in which a given amount of a stripping agent (usually steam) is passed for a given period through hot oil at a low pressure. During   DEAERATON, Oil is first charged into the Deaerator   at 80°C where traces of air is removed by   using sparging steam under high vacuum. Oil is pre heated to a temperature of about 240°C   in a heater custom-designed to operate under high vacuum. Oil from Deaerator is transferred to this at controlled rate through heat exchangers where heat exchange occurs between hot deodorized oil and bleached oil to raise the temperature of feed oil to 205°C. The heating process begins with high pressure steam to raise the oil temperature to 240°C. During STRIPING for any oil including interesterified vegetable oil for example, the saturated sparge steam is admitted removing the fatty acid and odoriferous compounds from the oil.

COOLING

The multi stage heat exchangers are employed to cool down the oil temperature, first by oil-to- oil shell and tube heat exchanger followed by water cooling. Once the desired quality of oil is achieved, the oil is cooled down and anti-oxidant dosing started before the oil is transferred in to storage tank through polishing bag filter. This ensures low power and catalyst consumption

Care is taken at each step so that questions like what is interesterified soybean oil soy allergy and how can it be rectified do not arise. The focus is only to ensure great returns for your investments in the interesterification plant, interesterification plant or process

Mectech facilitates greater returns by customizing plants and optimizing processes. By focusing acutely on the end user and customer delight, Mectech has ushered in a slew of a technological innovations that ensures extreme customization to optimize output. A fine melding of concerted project planning along and maximum customization is ensured to achieve the maximum outputs within the limitation of resources and time deadlines.   The rich expertise and experience gained in nearly four decades of delivering successfully enables Mectech to deliver cost advantage for the clients through judicious usage of technologies backed by a powerful team to extend efficacious solutions to optimize the processes. Customized solutions are provided in each case by collaborating with the client/customer at a very deep and broad level.

 

 

 

Optimize Efficiencies And Maximize Returns With Mectech Soybean Oil Refinery Plant

As the health benefits take center stage, Soybean oil has gained the widest acceptance as the healthy alternative for millions amongst cooking medium. While healthy nutrients like polyunsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids attract as collateral attractions, the fact that it is excellent for cooking and frying as it   remains neutral while cooking and does not affect   the food it cooks in terms of taste and flavor makes it the current favorite. Further, lately the demand has shot up explosively as young India aggressively pursues tastes desired by global palates. Demand for shortenings, margarine, salad dressings, mayonnaise, imitation dairy and meat products, frozen foods and  commercially baked foods continues to grow  exponentially and each of these uses Soybean oil. In case the opportunity is discerned to be attractive, there is no better support to leverage it than the Mectech advantage. The company extends the advantage of Mectech’s 40 years’ of experience and operations in 18 countries that ensures customized  expertise to deliver 360^o expertise to any investor for soybean oil processing plants for  soybean oil processing incorporating soybean oil processing machines at optimized soybean oil plant cost & soybean oil processing plant costs.

A proven track record, established over 38 years of existence   during operations in 17 countries  has established Mectech as a renowned   name in the industry  for soybean oil mill plant for soybean oil processing at least

soybean oil plant cost.  An unfailing record of mentoring and co-opting client/customer at every stage is the basis of the wide acceptance.  Cooperation is supported by delivery of  state-of-the-art technologies with customized  processes for optimizing  Soybean Oil Processing Plant production and maximizing returns  .The reliable and cost & energy efficient processes ensure best in class returns for soybean oil manufacturers; soybean oil  Plant  suppliers, soybean oil machine suppliers as well as soybean oil making machine. This is due to the consistent capability   to deliver entire wherewithal for all kinds of Soybean Oil Refinery and Soybean Oil Processing Plants. The company’s highly efficient solutions optimize every process through customization. The experienced team builds-in advantages in every operation and process to ensure competitive advantage leading to increased profitability.  The team focuses on providing   cost advantage by optimizing soybean oil extraction plant cost during soybean oil extraction process through the employment of astute technologies backed by a powerful team to extend efficacious solutions to optimize the processes. Customized solutions are provided in each case by collaborating with the client/customer at a very deep and broad level. Mectech has become renowned for the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art technologies needed for failsafe soybean oil manufacturing process with built in reliability over the years.

Leverage The Mectech Advantage For Groundnut Oil Refining

Groundnut oil has emerged as a healthy choice amongst cooking medium in a world ravaged by obesity and coronary diseases. Embedded with huge health benefits, peanut oil as it is popularly called,  is suffused with a strong aroma and universally liked peanut flavour. People have consistently adopted it, for being an active agent in lowering cholesterol-especially the bad cholesterol and for a low content of saturated fat naturally free from cholesterol and trans-fat.If you are looking to leverage the assured and burgeoning demand domestically and globally for this healthy alternative by setting up a Groundnut oil refinery plant or a groundnut oil processing plant, the Mectech advantage is suggested for healthy returns -and with good reasons.  The rich expertise and experience-acquired over past 38 years of existence and operations in 17 countries by Mectech is focused on ensuring cost advantage for the clients through judicious usage of technologies backed by a powerful team to extend efficacious solutions to optimize the processes. Customized solutions are provided in each case by collaborating with the client/customer at a very deep and broad level. With this proven track record, Mectech has become renowned for the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art technologies needed for failsafe Groundnut oil refining processes with built in reliability over the years.

Utterly  focused on customer delight, Mectech has ushered in incremental and quantum changes to build up a   technological revolution through innovation and customization. Acute project planning with an emphasis on details, optimum customization is ensured to deliver the desired results through proper guidance and judicious melding of technology and other resources. Each project is designed with    the constraints of raw material, human resources and financial limitations in mind. Moreover, care is taken to ensure that the end product conforms to the desires of the end user to ensure a continued market. Consequently, a series of processes like neutralization, bleaching and deodorization is engendered in order to ensure that the oil is safe and suffused with  taste and flavor and meets maximum customer acceptance. With a proven track record,  Mectech provides  groundnut oil processing machines  that have   become renowned for extending    sophisticated, state-of-the-art technologies melded with human capabilities to deliver failproof plants  needed  with built in reliability.

Turnkey Projects for Edible Oil Refinery Plant Process

In its  crude  form , the vegetable oil is permeated  with  impurities. These  must necessarily be eliminated not to not only make it edible, but also to enhance the color, texture and  taste and prevent rancidity. The multi stage  refining process in the vegetable oil eliminates these  impurities & is sufficiently enhanced to attract consumers for its  taste and acceptability to earn greater returns. The crude oil must necessarily undergo the refining process to remove the inherently harmful elements for human consumption including  free fatty acids (FFA), gums, sediments, odoriferous and coloring materials present to make the oil edible.

MECTECH has 360^o capabilities in the area and provides concept to commissioning expertise that ensures not only glitch-free installation but  free flowing vegetable oil production for recurring long term  returns. Mectech relentlessly pursues client delight by ensuring greater returns through extreme customization of plants and optimizing processes. Through inimitable innovation and customization, the company value adds optimization into each process to enhance the processes and returns.

THE PROCESS

The oil needs to undergo the processes of neutralization, bleaching and deodorisation, to be made safe and fit for human intake.

The various steps undertaken for refining vegetable oils are:

Degumming / Neutralization

The process of eliminating the embedded phospholipids in order to enhance its physical stability and facilitate further refining is called degumming. Phospholipids turn the oil lead dark and even off -flavor. Free fatty acids, pigments and other impurities are also partially removed by degumming.

Continuous Bleaching

“Bleaching” is  the  selective elimination  of pigments and impurities through interacting it  physically  and chemically with  an adsorbent in order  to enhance  its quality. It eliminates various impurities like  Color pigments, Dirt, Trace metals, Removal of polycyclic Aromatic compounds, Phospholipids.

Deodorization

In this vacuum stripping process, a given amount of a stripping agent (usually steam) is passed for a given period of time through hot oil at a low pressure. The physical process removes various volatile components.

THE MECTECH ADVANTAGE

 Degumming

Mectech has revolutionized the degumming processes by incremental enhancements. These processes are customized according to the methods of processing, chemicals used and the content of phosphatides in the crude vegetable oil.

Bleaching

MECTECH’s customized design of bleacher eliminates the need for mechanical agitation. Hence bleaching is accomplished under optimum conditions of moisture content to achieve perfect results ensuring  power consumption saving for the entire  system.

With the absence of mechanically agitated bleacher, the quality of oil improves due to lack leakages from gland system.

Also eliminates  maintenance costs arising out of  wear and tear as the  Mectech bleacher is maintenance free.

Mectech’s customized bleacher also ensures that the bleaching earth remains under suspension thus avoiding dead areas, resulting  in lower consumption of bleaching earth.

Due to the  bleaching process being  executed  under controlled parameters, better and consistent quality of resultant oil is guaranteed, that is crucial to its marketability.

DEODORIZATION

The customized Mectech designed oil-to-oil heat exchanger fitted in the last tray of Deodorizer is optimally efficient to ensure minimum heat energy requirement.

The elaborate and efficient design of fatty acid scrubbing recovery system ensures virtually no  transfer  of fatty acid into barometric condenser.

The custom designed heating coil by Mectech prevents charring of oil during the process.

Highly Customized & Highly Efficient Lecithin Plants From Mectech For Twin Industries

Recovery of wet Lecithin is a major process as it serves as  a  predominant raw material in the  food and pharmaceutical industry. Lecithins occur  in edible oils as naturally occurring phospholipids with excellent surfactant and nutraceutical properties. Present in abundance in the gums of edible oils, especially soya bean oil, these are in  great demand in  various applications. As a  first step, degumming is performed on  the edible oils, using water in order to isolate  the gums. Then, these gums are completely removed from the oil in centrifuges but invariably retain oil and water along with the gums. These gums, once considered as the waste products, today, are widely used in many applications. Firstly, these gums are de- hydrated in a vacuum distillation system for the removal of water, yielding liquid lecithin. The liquid lecithin, which is basically a mixture of oil and lecithin, is distilled off under high vacuum.  Food lecithin is usually de-oiled to improve its functionality. Among the major phospholipids, the Phosphatidylcholine enriched fraction is an excellent oil in water emulsifier and the Phosphatidylinositol enriched fraction is good water in emulsifier and often used is in the chocolate industry.

Mectech  has expertise and experience  to manufacture and customize  highly efficient lecithin plants for dehydration of wet gums. The plant is custom designed to facilitate the drying process of the feed gently without any burn, thus minimizing wastage. The lecithin plant needs less maintenance with easy cleaning.

Lecithin is a natural ingredient mainly derived from the soybean. It contains a range of emulsifiers, stabilizers and release agents. Mectech is a leading company for manufacturing plants where after dehydration of wet gums a series of operations is performed in order to obtain  pure quality lecithin. The multi-step process usually involves bleaching, dehydration, extraction, purification and drying. As the lecithin thus produced is of food grade it is used as a feed material and widely used in cosmetic industry, pharmaceuticals and in food processing as emulsifiers – thus value adding to the edible oil industry. The crude soya liquid lecithin, for example, finds extensive  usage in producing  various grades of Phosphotidyl Cholines. Firstly, the liquid lecithin is extracted with the addition of ethyl alcohol. It leads to the formation of two layers a) one layer is rich in PC-35 b) the other is rich in PC-10. Decantation is performed to separate the two layers into two separate vessels, before each layer is subjected to ethanol recovery. After the recovery, the final product left is PC-35 and PC-10 respectively, each of which can be sold and ensures value addition from waste for the edible oil. The entire extraction process includes no chemical reactions, and one ton of Liquid lecithin fetches 200 kg of PC-35 and 800 kg of PC-10.

Process Description  

Prior to the extraction, in order to enhance the subsequent extraction process, the crude lecithin is pre-treated so that the peroxide number is lowered as also the microbial count. The entire extraction process is performed utilizing acetone solvent. After pre- treatment, the lecithin is extracted in dual stages along with the precipitation of acetone insoluble i.e. lecithin. In the process, a custom designed extractor is installed that ensures a rapid and efficient extraction. The miscella, after extraction is withdrawn into a miscella tank before n the thick solid slurry is transferred to a decanter feed tank. The acetone is recovered from the miscella in the acetone recovery system for further reuse. The soya oil left out after acetone recovery can be sold and adds to the returns. In the decanter feed tank, the thick solid slurry is decanted in a high-speed centrifuge, filtering out the acetone and the solids. The separated solids are carried for drying and on the other side; the separated acetone is transported to the miscella tank. A two staged closed loop continuous fluidized bed dryer is utilized to dry the acetone wet solids. As a PLC controlled system, the drier is specially designed with a nitrogen generator for micro precision controls. The deoiled lecithin powder generated from the drying system is micronized, sieved and packed to be used in food and pharma industry.

360o Advantage From Dewaxing/ Winterization Plant

All vegetable oil refineries operate on the same basic principles. The crude oil obtained either from an expeller or solvent extraction plant usually is impregnated with impurities that needs to be eliminated if the oil has to be made edible, more palatable and stable for storage. The process of removing these impurities is called refining. One of the crucial aspects is improving the oil’s clarity and brightness by removing solids—saturated glycerides or waxes—that are visible at ambient or low temperatures as without it, customer acceptability will also be affected. MECTECH ‘s oil dewaxing machinery reduces the content of these solids to less than 10 parts per million, a level necessary for proper stability.

Dewaxing Technology Plant consists of elimination of glycerides and waxes from oil. By cooling the oil to the required temperature, giving adequate retention time for wax crystals to grow and being filtered with the aid of plate & frame filters, the cloudy appearance is eliminated. Different process parameters are followed for different oils as the required temperature program varies. The plant incorporates a crystallizer with maximum oil-to-heat exchanger area to facilitate the cooling with water. The plant is also custom designed to impart both the cooling and crystal formation the maximum maturation period to enable bold crystal formation and perfect filtration. Bleached oil is pumped from the storage tank by the pump and fed to the crystallizer. Subsequently, the oil is cooled very slowly and gradually while the temperature is continuously decreased at an optimum rate to avoid any thermal shock to oil. This leads to formation of big crystals. The cooled oil is subjected to required minimum temperature after the cooling cycle oil and optimum retention time is ensured along with the temperature for maturation of the formed winterized crystal in order to ensure optimum filtration. The action of gravity is utilized to feed the oil to plate and frame filters in order to ensure the optimum capacity and quality. After filtration of oil, the filter is blown with air to minimize the oil in wax.

MECTECH ADVANTAGE 

Our technical knowledge and experience enable us to optimize each sets us apart from the competition. Many of our projects have been undertaken overseas, granting us a large base of international clientele. Our clients’ interests are at the top of our priority list.

• Single all-purpose plant used for both Dewaxing & Winterization, thus cutting down costs
• Apart from optimized crystal formation, the process to maintain the crystal formed thus till filtration is also optimized.
• Process optimized to minimize filter aid consumption

Gain Ascendancy In The Hydrogenation Industry From The Mectech Advantage

Hydrogenation of vegetable oils involves the addition of hydrogen, in the presence of a Nickel catalyst, to the carbon-carbon double bonds present in the fatty acid chains. Hydrogenated vegetable oils have a longer shelf life as they do not turn rancid easily. As they remain fresh they have become the base of fried industry and processed foods like crackers and snacks as these last longer. Moderately hydrogenated oils after the hydrogenation reaction continue to be in the liquid state at room temperature but contain more saturated fatty acids. This finds great use in the food industry as for example margarine manufactured from hydrogenated Oil will be easier to spread and find ready customers than otherwise. Mectech’s innovation and customization at the micro-level at each stage have pioneered the hydrogenation reactor design, hydrogenation reactor equipment and hydrogenation plant for hydrogenation reactor manufacturers of the entire oil and fat industry.  Since its inception in 1980, Mectech has been the turnkey   Hydrogenation Plant Supplier, Hydrogenation Plant Manufacturer; Hydrogenation Technology Supplier, Vanaspati Plant Manufacturer & Vanaspati Plant Supplier. With an unwavering focus on employing leading edge technologies, concept-to-completion   implementation and, the company has been critical to the flourishing of edible and refined oils industry in India.

Acutely   focused on customer delight, Mectech has ushered in incremental and quantum changes to build up a   technological revolution through innovation and customization. The company leverages its extensive experience gained through delivering complete projects successfully across 17 countries for    nearly four decades to bring major cost advantage to each Mectech hydrogenation project.  Leveraging this experience, extensive project planning is done with an emphasis on details, optimum and customization to deliver the desired results through proper guidance and judicious melding of technology and other resources. Each project is designed with    the constraints of raw material, human resources and financial limitations in mind. With a proven track record, Mectech provides groundnut oil processing machines that have   become renowned for extending    sophisticated, state-of-the-art technologies melded with human capabilities to deliver failproof plants  needed  with built in reliability.

Mectech’s innovation and customization at the micro-level at each stage have served to trail blaze in the hydrogenation reactor design, hydrogenation reactor equipment and hydrogenation plant for hydrogenation reactor manufacturers of the entire oil and fat industry.  Its unrelenting focus on technology over the years has enabled the company to gain expertise in extraction, refining and hydrogenation process of vegetable oil. Since its inception in 1980, Mectech has been the turnkey   Hydrogenation Plant Supplier, Hydrogenation Plant Manufacturer; Hydrogenation Technology Supplier, Vanaspati Plant Manufacturer & Vanaspati Plant Supplier. With an unwavering focus on employing leading edge technologies, concept-to-completion   implementation and, the company has been critical to the flourishing of edible and refined oils industry in India. The company leverages its extensive experience gained through delivering complete projects successfully across 17 countries for    nearly four decades to bring major cost advantage to each Mectech hydrogenation project.

 THE HYDROGENATION PROCESS

The process of hydrogenation involves addition of hydrogen atoms to the fat molecules, to transform these into a trans configuration. This entails the groups of atoms at each end of the double bond to be on the opposite sides. The unsaturated fat CIS molecules accept oxygen atoms easily and the oxygen the fat breaks down turning the food rancid. Post lipid hydrogenation, the trans resist oxygen atoms and are more immune to becoming rancid. As hydrogenation enables foods to be stored at room temperature for longer periods of time it is a great advantage during shipping and warehouse storage. This process also helps gain more consumers who store food   and eat    later.

Hydrogenation necessitates   the sparing of oil at a high temperature and at high pressure with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. This leads to addition of hydrogen atoms to the double bonds in vegetable oils. As the double-bond dissolves, each of the two hydrogen atoms replaces it with single bond formed by the two existent free carbon atoms. This process of elimination of double bonds by adding hydrogen atoms is known as saturation. If the degree of saturation is made to increase, the oil becomes fully hydrogenated. Unsaturated vegetable fats and oils are thus   transformed through partial to complete hydrogenation into fats and oils with higher melting points and thickness with corresponding increase in usefulness for the industry. Hydrogenation of edible oil & hydrogenation of fatty acids increase    resistance to becoming rancid (oxidation) and the propensity to change   physical appearance due to elapsing time. This proves very useful as the shelf life of end products increase.  Hydrogenated fats today find use in food items like snacks, crackers and biscuits.

Salient features:

• High degree of Automation to control flow, temperature and pressure in Autoclave ensures selective hydrogenation and excellent quality product.
• 100% reproducibility of product so that in every plant the same parameters are produced
• Almost zero steam consumption for heating. Steam is needed only once for the first charge of oil while starting the plant operation. This is achieved with the most efficient design of oil to oil Heat Exchanger.
• Practically maintenance free due to low speed agitation system in Autoclave.
• Low power and catalyst consumption

     THE MECTECH ADVANTAGE

• Leading Hydrogenation Plant Manufacturer & Supplier
• High degree of Automation and customization to micro-control flow, temperature and pressure in Autoclave. This ensures selective hydrogenation and the consequent excellent quality of output.
• The elaborate and detailed processes with extensive customization ensure 100% reproducibility of the product. This is a much-needed imperative in the industry.
• The process is nearly maintenance free due to the low speed agitation system is employed in the Autoclave.
• The custom design embeds efficiencies to ensure Low power and catalyst consumption
• Maintains high quality standards of manufacturing, matching the world standards
• Capacity to build & supply plants from 50-2000 tonnes/day
• Strong after sales & customer support team

Oil and Fats Industries :- http://www.mectech.co.in/hydrogenation-plant.php