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

Interesterification process->Interesterification Plant Manufacturers

Interesterification is the process of redistributing fatty acid moieties over the glycerol moieties.

                                                                             R1R2R1       

                                                                    R1R1R2     R2R1R1

       R1R1R1 + R2R2R2      =>                 R1R1R1 + R2R2R2

                                                                    R2R2R1    R1R2R2

                                                                              R2R1R2

The process of interesterification is conducted in five steps. All the five steps are listed below –

• Oil charging and heating
• Drying
• Addition of catalyst
• Completion of reaction
• Deactivation of catalyst

Oil Charging and Heating

At first, the oil is charged in the blending vessel where the blending is done in accordance to the the requirement of the product.

Once the above process gets completed, the oil goes into reactor via heating PHE and the temperature of the oil is maintained at 1200C.

Drying

After the completion of oil charging process, the moisture is removed via agitator under 60torr of vaccum.

This process is continued for 30 minutes and then Sodium Methoxide is introduced in the reaction.

Chemical Dosing

Through man hole the bag of sodium methoxide is transferred to the top dosing tank. Further the man hole is closed and the air is removed from the dosing tank via vacuum.

After the creation of vacuum, the nitrogen gas is injected in the system for covering the open space. Now, the Sodium Methoxide powder is removed by making a cut in the bag via hand hole making use of gloves.

The isolation valve is opened for transferring the Sodium Methoxide powder in the bottom tank. Then, the vibrator is used for transferring the powder completely.

Further the isolation valve of top tank is closed and the powder is transferred into the reactor after closing its vacuum valve. Further ,the pipeline and the bottom tank are flushed via nitrogen gas.

Completion Of Reaction

Once the dosing of chemical is done, randomization starts with the immediate effect which gets completed within 30 – 45 minutes.

Deactivation Of catalyst

After the completion of the reaction, phosphoric acid is utilized in a certain quantity for neutralizing the unused catalyst and soap.

once the oil quality gets approved and the chemical as well as the soap are deactivated completely, the oil gets transferred to the storage tank for the purpose of bleaching.