High shear application in processing oils

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• contacting a as with an organic oil in said high shear device at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having gas bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the gas bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm, and wherein the method is applied between refining and bleaching the oil.

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• contacting a gas with an organic oil in said high shear device at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having gas bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the gas bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm, and wherein the method is applied after deodorizing the oil.

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• contacting a gas with an organic oil in said high shear device at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having gas bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the as bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm, and wherein the method is applied more than once.

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• heating said oil prior to contacting a gas with the oil in said high shear device at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having as bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the gas bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm.

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• contacting a gas with an organic oil in said high shear device at a temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said as is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having gas bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the as bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm, and wherein contacting the gas with the oil in said high shear device is performed at a temperature no greater than room temperature.

A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

• providing a high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator configured to mix a gas with a liquid;
• degassing said oil prior to contacting a gas with the oil in said high shear device at temperature above the solidification temperature of the oil, such that said oil maintains a liquid phase, wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, noble gases, and carbon dioxide, thus forming a product, wherein said product is a dispersion comprising a continuous oil phase having gas bubbles dispersed therein, wherein the gas bubbles have a mean diameter of less than 50 μm.