Oil Refinery Machinery
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We are making Batch and Continuous process refineries for edible oils. Both types require mainly three steps of Unit Operation called Neutra-lization, Bleaching, and Deodorization. In addition to it, some oils like palm and rice bran oil requires additional step called Fractionation. Generally, selection of batch vs. continuous depends on refining capacity. Batch set-up is ideal for smaller refining capacities upto 30 Tons per day while larger refining capacities would efficiently operate under continuous process set up. We make wide range of refining capacity set-up from 10 Tons per day up to 1,000 Tons per day state of the art refinery complex. The sequence of the refining processes is always be 1. Neutralization - 2. Bleaching - 3. Deodorization. Each step of refining removes undesira-ble substances from the oil. Neutralization process step removes Free Fatty Acids from the oils, Bleaching can reduce the oil color and remove any residual impurities from the neutral oil while Deodorization can remove low molecular weight substances which are responsible for undesirable flavor. The first step of refining, Neutralization, can be perform by two methods called Physical and Chemical process. As their names indicate, in chemical process, it requires alkali, sodium hydroxide, to remove Free Fatty Acids from the neutral oil while physical refining can distilled off low boiling point Free Fatty Acids from the neutral oils at high temperature under high vacuum. The chemical process generate soapsoap-stock as a by-product while physical process generate fatty acids with low boiling point substances as by-products.