Continuous deodorizing apparatus of fat and oil
AssigneesThe Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd., Jgc Corporation
InventorsMakoto Aoki, Tadao Nishiyama
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Abstract
A continuous deodorizing apparatus for fat and oil comprising a deodorizing tower, a steam ejector for keeping the pressure inside the deodorizing tower at a vacuum and a steam superheater, the deodorizing tower housing a heating tray disposed uppermost, a charge control tray beneath the heating tray, a heat exchange tray at the bottom, a discharge control tray just above the heat exchange tray, and at least one deodorizing tray disposed between the charge control tray and the discharge control tray. The superheated steam generated by the steam superheater is used as the heat transfer medium for heating the feedstock fat and oil in the heating tray and, then utilized as the operating steam of the steam ejector.
Claims5
An apparatus for continuously deodorizing fat and oil, comprising:
- a. a deodorizing tower having an inlet means for supplying a feedstock fat or oil containing an odor-emitting substance, an outlet means for delivering the deodorized fat or oil, the tower housing a heating tray uppermost, a charge control tray beneath the heating tray, a heat exchange tray at the bottom, a discharge control tray just above the heat exchange tray, and at least one deodorizing tray disposed between the charge control tray and the discharge control tray;
- b. a steam ejector for withdrawing the odoremitting substances from the top of the tower;
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- c. a steam superheater for generating a superheated steam which is used as the heat transfer medium for heating the feedstock fat and oil in the heating tray and, then, utilized as the operating stream of the steam ejector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.