Process for mixing liquid edible oil and a melted edible fat
AssigneeUpfield Europe B.V.
InventorsFrederik Michiel Meeuse, Robert Beltman, Ozgur Gunyol
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Abstract
A process for mixing two or more streams of liquid oil which can be operated continuously, using a multi-inlet vortex mixer. The process is well suited to a process in which at least two streams of liquid oil have a different temperature, one being oil liquid at room temperature, one being solid at room temperature, but being melted for the mixing process.
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A process for continuously mixing a first liquid edible oil and a second liquid edible oil in a mixing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- a) feeding the first liquid edible oil and the second liquid edible oil into the mixing apparatus;
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- b) mixing the first liquid edible oil and the second liquid edible oil;
- wherein the first liquid edible oil is liquid at 15° C. and which first liquid edible oil enters the mixing apparatus at a temperature of between −5° and 20° C.;
- wherein the second liquid edible oil is solid at 15° C. and liquid at 75° C. and which second liquid edible oil enters the mixing apparatus at a temperature of between 30° and 110° C.;
- wherein the flow rate of the second liquid edible oil fed to the mixing apparatus is between 1 and 20% of the flow rate of first and second liquid edible oil combined and being fed to the mixing apparatus;
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- wherein characterised in that the mixing apparatus is a multi-inlet vortex mixer having at least three inlets.
A process for mixing a first liquid edible oil and a second liquid edible oil in a mixing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- a) feeding the first liquid edible oil and the second liquid edible oil into the mixing apparatus, wherein the mixing apparatus is a multi-inlet vortex mixer;
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- b) mixing the first liquid edible oil and the second liquid edible oil;
- wherein the first liquid edible oil has a temperature at least 10° C. lower than the temperature of the second liquid edible oil, and wherein the mixing is a continuous process.
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