Compro has been designing and building edible oil processing systems, turnkey processing plants and pre-assembled systems for customers worldwide since 1972.
The new Compro Mini Deodorizer System is a continuous unit operating at 0.5 to 3 mm Hg absolute pressure and at temperatures up to 250 C. It will produce a bland product with residual FFAs of 0.05% or less from well prepared and refined oils, free fatty acids, flavors and odor bodies, monoglycerides, sterols, etc. Will distill, and break materials will precipitate. Due to the very short deodorizing time (less than 6 minutes) at elevated temperatures, hydrolyses losses are negligible. Transisomerization and double bond migration are also negligible.
Prior to entering the Deodorizer, the oil passes through a Deaerator. In the Deaerator, the oil is at 70 C; deaerated and dried by means of a vacuum line to the main ejector system. The operating pressure in the Deaerator is 25 mm Hg absolute. The deaerated oil then passes through a heat recovery exchanger where the oil is pre-heated to approx. 132 C and then an Electrical Heater to heat to deodorizing temperature and into the Deodorizer.
Oil leaves the Deodorizer tray by gravity to the Drop Tank located in the bottom of Deodorizer where citric acid or other anti-oxidants may be added and then pumped by the Drop tank pump through the heat recovery exchanger to preheat the deaerator feed, then through the after-cooler where it is cooled to 40 C, and finally through the polish filters to storage.
The fatty acids, which are stripped from the oil within the Deodorizer, are cooled and condensed in the Scrubber system to minimize contamination on the cooling water and to prevent problems due to fatty material in the plant effluent.
Vacuum can be drawn on the Deodorizer by means of a four stage condensing vacuum system or by Dry Vacuum Pump System.
The Deodorizer can be cleaned using a CIP system (Optional). A series of spray nozzles are situated inside at the top of the Deodorizer tray spraying down and draining through multiple drains. These drains allow the Deodorizer to drain in a matter of minutes.
As an option, some walls inside the Deodorizer tray can be supplied with heating jackets to help maintain a constant temperature through the Deodorizer.
Because of the extremely rapid processing, lower hot oil temperatures, and powerful stripping action of the Compro system, the removal of the “light” PAH‘s is accomplished and allows the EPA and DHA values to be preserved in almost their entirely.
This is ideal for oil intended for concentrating the Omega 3 fraction.
Compro StandardDesign Capacities
SPECIALTY OILS
MARINE OILS
EDIBLE OILS
Compro installations can be found in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Africa, Caribbean, Europe, South America, Mexico, Canada and United States.
