Fractionation Plant With Highest Efficiency & Returns The Mectech Advantage

Dry Fractionation is employed to separate the dry Glycerides with high melting points from the low melting point ones by employing crystallisation. Either by adding heat (distillation) or removing heat (condensation, the processing plant separates hydrocarbon mixtures based on the vapor pressures of its component molecules. The by-products include propane, butane, and ethane. Being a physical modification of the palm oil, The palm oil fractionation process is designed to separate palm oil into two fractions- Olein and Stearin. This is custom designed as a physical process and occurs without the addition of any chemical or solvent. Mectech’s fractionation plants are failsafe and depended upon to produce stable and filterable crystals consistently such that the market demands can be fulfilled with products that meet  or exceed every quality  standards and  requirements. It thus ensures continued returns for your investments. Mectech's bio-diesel system innovates technology and is versatile enough to be used in different kinds of fresh vegetable oils (e.g. sunflower, rape seed oil, palm oil) but also fats.  

PALM OIL FRACTIONATION PLANT  

Mectech's crystallizers utilized for fractionation incorporates a cooling coil with customized design in order to provide a large cooling surface area. This leads to formation of better crystal nuclei on which crystals are grown and hence perfect crystals. The slowness of the agitation and agitator configuration is designed to maintain the oil mass moving without stagnation even when it is nearing the cooling stage. The crystals developed during the process separated by employing  a membrane filter press enabling  the squeezing out of the stearin cake to optimize the extraction of liquid olein. 

 PALM OIL FRACTIONATION PROCESS  

The multi-step process consists of: 

  

·            Heating the feed oil 

·            Formation of crystals by controlled cooling 

·            Crystal growth 

·            Maturation of crystals 

·            Filtration to separate Olein and Stearine 

  

The desired quality of R.B.D. Palm oil obtained after passing through various processes is pre-heated to about 70^o C to obtain a homogeneous entity without any solid mass. Mectech has innovated a PHE through which the oil temperature can be maintained as desired. Oil is fed continuously and the flow rate controlled by utilizing  an oil flow control valve. In the 1^st and 2^nd crystallizers cooling is achieved by adding ordinary water- directly from the cooling tower at a temperature of 32°C, thus optimizing the inputs and lowering process costs. Cooling in the 3^rd and 4^th crystallizers is accomplished with chilled water, made available from the vapor absorption chiller at 7^o C. 

During the cooling sequence, samples are taken at regular intervals from the crystallizer for analysis of their physical behaviour. The physical properties of the olein and stearin fractions, such as cloud point, slip melting point and solid fat content are dependent on the crystallization temperature. On-flow crystallization method ensures that  the cooling and crystal formation has been attained in all the crystallizers.   The flow continues through compensator to the filter in absence of any energy source – through gravity.  Oil from the compensator is filled in the membrane filter by gravity and after attaining a pressure of 1.5 – 2 kg/cm²,  the filter pump is designed to  start. For filtering the olein from the filter press, all operations such as opening, closing, squeezing and washing and discharge of the stearin to the stearin melting tank are automated and computerised. This optimizes the process ensuring not only greater returns but consistency of quality and failsafe operations.  

  

MAIN FEATURES AND ADVANTAGES OF FRACTIONATION 

The plant combines all operations, and monitors from is fully computerized. which includes 

  

·            Fully automated centralized control station. 

·            Easy to operate, virtually unsupervised operations  

·            Excellent flexibility with wide range of possible process applications 

·            Low operating costs 

·            Low utility consumption 

·            Low maintenance cost 

·            No oil losses 

·            No pollution  

·            Maintains highest product quality standards  

·            Good crystallization repeatability- consistent product quality 

·            High olein yield 

·            Low olein cloud point, improved cold stability 

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