Continuous Bleaching Plant

Continuous Bleaching - Highlights

 Limitation of undesirable reactions by air or temperature

due to:
- mixing of bleaching earth and oil in the retention vessel under vacuum

- moderate thermal treatment in the bleacher under vacuum

- storage after filtration of oil under vacuum

 Low bleaching earth consumption due to:

- uniform suspension of the bleaching earth in the oil by direct steam
agitation in the bleacher

- acid-activation of the bleaching earth by direct steam

- optimum temperature and retention time

 Continuous Bleaching - Highlights

 Continuous filtration of the bleaching earth by:

- two vertical leaf filters operating one at a time

- automatic cleaning of the Filters by direct steam or air

 Heat recovery by:

- heat-exchange between the incoming and outgoing oil

- or heat exchange study for the whole refinery plant

 Continuous Bleaching - Highlights

 Options:
- automatic control of the vertical leaf filters

- bleaching earth transport system to bleaching earth day-tank

- integration of the bleaching section in a complete edible oil refinery

for optimized heat exchange and plant layout

- Lurgi offer and has already implemented the “TriSyl” concept as a

process combination of a high efficiency Pre treatment step with “TriSil”
and after the normal Bleaching process
 Continuous Bleaching - Technical Data

 Crude Material: Degummed vegetable oils

Vegetable fats
FFA-Content max. 2,0 % (typical figure)
Water max. 0,5 %
Phosphatide max. 10 ppm

 Expected Final Product: Bleached vegetable oils and fats

Water max. 0,1 %
Phosphatide max. 3 ppm
 Continuous Bleaching - Technical Data

 Standard Capacities:
 100 – 1500 tpd (in steps of 100 tpd, normally)
Capacities 100-600 tpd, mainly for seed oils
Capacities above 600 tpd, mainly for palmoil

 Space Requirements:
 Ground Floor 12x12 m (100 – 1000 tpd)
12x18 m (1100 – 1500 tpd)
or adjusted for existing building

 Required personnel:
 1 Operator per shift
 Continuous Bleaching -
Consumption figures

 Utility Consumption: per 1000 kg of feed material (typical figures)

 Live steam approx. 3 - 4 kg
 Steam for filter blowing approx. 5 kg
 steam for vacuum generation approx. 4 – 6 kg
 Cooling water for vacuum generation approx. 2 m3
 Electric Power approx. 4 kWh
 Instrument air approx. 2 Nm3
 Bleaching earth: approx. 10 kg (* max 6 kg)
 *citric acid: approx. 0.1 – 0.3 kg
 * optional: TriSyl” approx. 0,1 - 0,3 kg
Continuous Bleaching -
Simplified Flowsheet
“TriSyl” Process based on Lurgi