What tools are used in palm oil refining process?

Palm oil is the main raw material of the global edible oil market, and it is divided into crude palm oil and refined palm oil. There are many customers who are concerned about how to turn crude palm oil into refined palm oil. The process of converting crude palm oil into refined palm oil is called palm oil refining process. The palm oil refining process involves many tools designed to remove impurities and contaminants. The following is an overview of the tools used in the palm oil refining process:

1.Filtration machinery:

Filtration machinery is usually the tool used in palm oil processing process to remove particulate impurities from palm oil.

2.Degumming machinery:

Degumming machinery is the first tool used in palm oil refining process. Pumping crude palm oil into oil refining tank, stirring quickly, and simultaneously heating by steam or heat-transfer oil(in coiled heater). Then add some hot water to remove phospholipid in crude palm oil. But during palm oil degumming process, you should control the water amount, temperature and water adding speed. If phospholipid lasts long suspended in oil, which is hard to gather to make flocculent precipitate. We can rise up the speed of adding water, conversely slow down. Then we can remove the gums in the crude palm oil by precipitation.

Palm oil degumming and deacidification machinery

3.Deacidification machinery:

Deacidification machinery is usually the tool used in palm oil refining process to remove free fatty acids from crude palm oil. We usually add the food grade alkaline to the degummed oil for acid-base neutralization reaction to remove the free fatty acids, and then remove the soapstock by heating and natural sedimentation. For the batch type and semi-continuous type palm oil refining machinery , we will adopt precipitation separation method, as for continuous palm oil refining machinery, we will adopt centrifuge separation method.

4.Decolorization machinery:

Decolorization machinery is usually the tool used in palm oil refining process to remove impurities such as pigments, metals, and residual soap from the palm oil. Inhale definite amount of decoloring agent(white clay or acticarbon)into the refined palm oil, continuously stirring and heating for a period of time. After that, pump the mixture of oil and white clay into filter to separate oil and waste white clay.

Palm oil decolorization machinery

5.Deodorization machinery:

Deodorization machinery is the final tool used in palm oil refining process, where odors and flavors are removed from the palm oil. It refers to pump decolorized palm oil into deodorization tank, when oil temperature reaches above100℃, injecting the direct steam to take the odors away.

Palm oil deodorization machinery

6.Fractionation machinery:

Fractionation machinery is a very important tool used in palm oil refining process. Before this step, we have get edible palm oil. If not for special usage, this machinery could be cancelled in palm oil refining process.

Overall, these tools play a crucial role in the palm oil refining process, ensuring that the final product meets quality standards and is suitable for various applications in the food and cosmetic industries. If you have any questions about palm oil refining process technology or palm oil refining machinery and want to communicate with our engineers, welcome to contact Henan Glory Company.