Method and Apparatus for Producing Purified Botanical Oil

(canceled)

The method according to wherein the acid value of the oil obtained in step (2) is from 0.01 to 1.5.

An apparatus or producing purified botanical oil comprising:

• (a) a botanical oil purification line comprising at least two botanical oil purification columns mounted in juxtaposition and in a way such that the line can be mutually switched, the column comprising an inlet for raw botanical oil on an upper part, an outlet for purified botanical oil at a bottom part, a first filter cloth having a pore size of 13 μm to 45 μm, the spacing above said first filter cloth filled with activated carbon to form an activated carbon layer, and a second filter cloth having a pore size of 8 μm to 13 μm placed at the bottom part of the column and downstream of the first filter cloth with a spacing in between which is not filled with activated carbon, and
• (b) an activated carbon separation device comprising an inlet for introducing purified botanical oil and an outlet, and having mounted inside a filter for removing activated carbon remaining within the purified botanical oil.

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