Process for removing impurities from vegetable oil
OwnerFalk BRUSEinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for removing impurities from vegetable oil, wherein the process is comprising the step of subjecting a vegetable oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature in a range of from 50 to below 150° C. and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the short-path evaporation equipment of more than 25 kg/h·m2, and thus obtaining a retentate vegetable oil and a distillate. The present invention further relates to the use of a short-path evaporation for removing impurities from a vegetable oil.
Claims11
A process for removing impurities, wherein the process is comprising the step of subjecting a vegetable oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature in a range of from 50 to below 150° C. and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the short-path evaporation equipment of more than 25 kg/h·m2, and thus obtaining a retentate vegetable oil and a distillate.
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