Method and reactor for degumming triglyceride oils

A reactor for degumming vegetable oils, the reactor comprising a housing having an inlet through which a liquid pretreated mixture is introduced into a chamber of the reactor and an outlet downstream from the inlet through which the liquid pretreated mixture is discharged;

• (a) two rotational disc valves mounted for rotation in the chamber on a shaft, having a series of circumferential channels extending through a rotatable plate parallel to the central axis of the chamber,
• (b) a stationary disk plate joined with an inner wall of the chamber, perpendicular to the central axis of the chamber, disposed between the two rotatable discs valves and closely adjacent to the rotatable discs valves, containing at least one elongated channel, extend through the stationary disk plate parallel to the central axis of the chamber, wherein the radii from the central axis of the chamber to the central axes of all the channels being the same for the stationary disk plates and the rotational disc valves.