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8th Advanced Palm Oilseed and Oil Processing - Costa Rica January 30 & 31 2012
Oil Processing
Cleaning
Cleaning // Drying
Drying Mechanical
Mechanical Extraction
Extraction
Meal
Meal
Cracking
Cracking Flaking
Flaking Solvent
Solvent Extraction
Extraction
Seed
Seed
Dehulling
Dehulling Crude
Crude
Preparation Extraction Oil
Oil
Speciality
Speciality Fats
Fats Hydrogenation
Hydrogenation
Degumming
Degumming
Frying
Frying oil
oil Interesterification
Interesterification
Neutralising
Neutralising
Margarine
Margarine Fractionation
Fractionation
Refined
Refined Bleaching
Bleaching
Modification Oil
Oil
Soap
Soap Winterising
Winterising
Lubricants Deodorising
Deodorising
Lubricants
Oleochemical
Biodiesel Processes Refining
Biodiesel
De Smet Presentation 2
Fat Modifications
INTERESTERIFICATION HYDROGENATION
Enzymatic or chemical chemical
No change of fatty acid profile saturation of FA
Redistribution of FA in glycerides trans fats
FRACTIONATION
physical (environmental friendly)
Redistribution of glycerides by
crystallization
De Smet Presentation 3
Definition
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SOLVENT FRACTIONATION
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DETERGENT FRACTIONATION
crystallisers
Palm oil filter press
80
rpm PALM OIL FRACTIONATION
COOLING CURVE
70
Viscosity
60
Temperature (C)
50 Oil temp
40
30 Water
20
Solid Fat Content
buffertank
10
0 1 2 3
Time (hrs)
4 5 6
crystallisation filtration
De Smet Presentation 10
Key = controlled crystallisation
80
PALM OIL FRACTIONATION
COOLING CURVE
70 Crystallisation
= exothermic
60
Temperature (C)
50
40
H cooling =
30
0.5 kCal / C.kg
cooling
20 nucleation
10 crystallisation
H crystallisation =
agglomeration
50 kCal / kg
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (hrs)
Oil temp rpm
Viscosity Water temp Solid Fat Content
De Smet Presentation 11
Crystallisation Technology
winterising fractionation
De Smet Presentation 12
Tirtiaux type crystalliser types
used in PO fractionation
De Smet Presentation 14
Main engineering
Dimensions
Capacity (T)
25 42 52 62
Diam (mm) 2800 3100 3500 3500
Approx Heigth Cooling elements 4450 (pipes) 6000 5700 7000
Cylinder Height (mm) 5000 6500 6200 7500
Motor Power 4 7.5 7.5 7.5
Heat exchange surface (m/t) 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.1
- Complex: polymorphism (, , )
Crystal growth
Maturation / Agglomeration
Dynamic
crystallizer with
vertical cooling
plates /coils
(Fractionnement
Tirtiaux)
oil temperature
controlled
De Smet Presentation 17
Crystalliser types (short cycle) used in
dry fractionation: Concentric type
12 tons
(2 concentric rings)
25 tons
(3 concentric rings)
35 tons
(4 concentric rings)
De Smet Presentation 18
New Fractionation Technology
We wanted to design
a crystalliser with less steel
easier to build / install
more versatile in its use (batch/cont)
meanwhile
keep general Desmet advantages
improve the performance
allow more gentle treatment of the crystals
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New Fractionation Technology
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New crystalliser introduced in
dry fractionation: MOBULISER
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New crystalliser introduced in
dry fractionation: MOBULISER
Capacity
(BxL) (m)
B
17 tons
(2x3 m)
25 tons
(3x3 m)
35 tons
(3x4 m)
45 tons
(3x5m)
L
De Smet Presentation 22
New crystalliser introduced in
dry fractionation: MOBULISER
Picture 109.mpg
De Smet Presentation 23
Mobulizer dimensions
4 Standard sizes
Size (ton)
17 25 35 45
Length (mm) 3050 2900 4000 5100
Width (mm) 2000 3150 3150 3150
Height (mm) 3920 3920 3920 3920
Amount of Pipe racks 5 5 7 9
Heat exchange surface (m/t) 5.6 5.5 6.1 6.1
De Smet Presentation 24
Cooling tower
Steam
Chiller
water
Stearin Olein
De Smet Presentation 25
Separation of stearin from Olein
- membrane press
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Separation systems used in
dry fractionation
IV palm oil 52 52 52
IV olein 57 57 57
IV stearin 34
32 38 40
SFC slurry 12% 12% 12%
SFC cake 55%
65% / 41%
Yield olein 78%
82% 74-75% 65%
De Smet Presentation 27
Florentine filter
Scraping of the
stearin cake
De Smet Presentation 28
Membrane filter presses used in
dry fractionation
Top bar
Cake
discharge
std 10 50%
extension
Cake
discharge
Side bar
De Smet Presentation 29
Filtration sequence
http://www.lenser.de/cms/upload/Produkte/Membran-
Filterelemente/animation2safe_mit_ow.swf
Filling Squeezing
Slurry
filling O
L
cake squeezing
E
I
N
Mixed pack design cake blowing
for 6-30 bar
cake discharge
STEARIN
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Effect pressure on separation efficiency and oil
quality from crude palm oil (IV 53) dry
fractionation
Commodity
Squeezing SFC(1) Yield IV
fractions
pressure cake stearin olein stearin olein
50 mm % % % %
25 mm % % % %
Margarine
Specialty Fats
15% Hard PMF 30% Mid Olein 20% Mid Olein 20% Top Olein
IV 35 IV 53 IV 60 IV >67
Fats
De Smet Presentation 32
PKO Fractionation
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History of PKO fractionation
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PALM KERNEL OIL FRACTIONATION
With STATOLISER technology
3/6 hrs
PKStearin PK Olein
IV 6-8 IV 23-25
35-40 tpd 60-65 tpd
(+hydrogenation)
CBS
De Smet Presentation 35
PALM KERNEL OIL FRACTIONATION
Combined controlled dynamic-static crystallisation
dynamic static
1002D1 1002D2
static
1001 1002S2
1002S1
F1057/82C
K
dynamic PF1002D
PF1002S
1016
De Smet dry
fractionation
F1082B
using Statoliser
technology F1082S
T
PF1082D
PF1082ST
De Smet Presentation 36
PKO fractionation (dynamic-static)
PKO
feed
Static postcrystallisation
Dynamic
precrystallisation
Filtration Fluidisation
De Smet Presentation 37
Developments in
Crystallization- Statolizer
Static crystalliser for controlled
block crystallization
Filter press
Single Stage PKO dry fractionation
Single stage
SFC-content
Statoliser C %
CBS
18C 20 95
IV 1
25 90
30 50
35 5
PK Olein PK Stearin
IV 25 IV 7
60-64 % 36-40 % Full Hydrogenation
De Smet Presentation 39
Two Stage PKO dry fractionation
PK Stearin I PK Olein
30% CBS 70%
IV 5 IV 23.5
BATCH PROCESS
TO CONTINUOUS PROCESS???
De Smet Presentation 41
Leon Pablo Espinosa
Regional Sales Manager
Desmet Ballestra North America
De Smet Presentation 42