Continuous process and apparatus for adsorbent bleaching of triglyceride oils
US4230630A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC11B3/10
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Triglyceride oils are bleached rapidly and efficiently in a continuous system wherein a stream of the oil is preheated to bleaching temperature and is introduced into a mixing zone in such manner as to provide a swirling motion, bleaching adsorbent containing moisture is added to the surface of the swirling hot oil and water vapor or steam derived from the moisture in the adsorbent forms a protective atmosphere above the surface of the oil to protect it from oxidation. The oil-adsorbent mixture is pumped continuously from the mixer to a bleaching zone consisting of one or more static mixers, which may be unobstructed pipe sections, under flow conditions providing an average residence time of approximately one minute. The flow regime in the bleaching zone may be laminar or turbulent. Optionally, the oil-adsorbent mixture may flow continuously from the mixing zone to a vacuum dryer where it is deaerated and dried to optimum moisture content for bleaching prior to being pumped to the bleaching zone. Total time through the system may be in the order of less than three minutes. The advantages include simplicity of the operation, savings in time and ease of changing feedstocks.
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