Degumming of edible oils by ultrafiltration

US6797172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · US

Inventors

• Semih Sefa Koseoglu · College Station, US
• Walter E. Farr · Collierville, US
• Wim De Greyt · Sinaai, BE
• Marc Kellens · Muizen, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2311/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for refining and degumming edible oils by ultrafiltration which produces a permeate fraction with reduced phosphatide content and retentate with increased phosphatide content, and wherein the ultrafiltration membrane is composed of a polymerical polymer of a vinylidene difluoride monomer.