What is a practical guide to edible oil processing?
Practical Guide to Vegetable Oil Processing, Second Edition, includes an up-to-date summary of the basic principles of edible oil refining, processing, and deodorizing, serving as a hands-on training manual for chemists, engineers, and managers new to the industry.
What is vegetable oil refining?
The refining process removes as well as reduces the impurities present in the crude oil. Vegetable oil refining technology offers sophisticated equipment. However, the sophisticated equipment is not capable of producing high quality refined oil unless the starting crude oil is of good quality.
Can vegetable oils be used industrially?
Finally, traditional salad oils, blended oils, and single-variety oils can no longer meet consumers’ requirements for nutrition, health and safety. Before realizing the industrial application of vegetable oils, the abovementioned problems need to be solved in a timely and effective manner.
How can a utility process system help your edible oil refinery?
Last but not least, take advantages of our Utility Process Systems to further cutting operational costs in your edible oil refinery plants by reducing utility expenses – whether power, process water, steam, fuel and/or cooling media. See an extensive list of peer-reviewed publications by Alfa Laval’s experienced experts.
What are the preparation methods of vegetable oils?
Previous studies have demonstrated that the preparation methods of vegetable oils mainly include organic solvent extraction , , cold pressing and hot pressing , .
How is crude vegetable oil shipped?
Crude vegetable oils are shipped across land and sea by various means. The oil, once received is inspected for wholesomeness and quality. The trading rules for ordering, shipping, and receiving of the crude and partially refined oils are set forth by the trading organizations in Europe, Malaysia, and USA.