small oil refinery line

What is Vegetable Oil Refining?

Crude oil Extracted from oil press expellers or solvent extraction plant inevitably contains impurities. To make the oil edible, the impurities must be taken out; such a process is called “Refining” Oil refinery refers to a series of refining processes that can remove FFA, gums, waxes, phospholipids and free fatty acid (F. F.A.), pigment, off-flavor and other impurities in the oil. Vegetableoil refinery is necessary for vegetable oils & fats or animal oils & fats so they can be used for cooking and frying foods.

small scale oil refinery line
Small Oil Refinery Plant

Features of Small Oil Refinery Line

★    Wide application for oil bearing seeds.
★    Change different oils easily.
★    Less investment but with full refining function.
★    Easy to install and operate.
★    Light weight and movable.

Vegetable Oil Refinery Process

★    Degumming: Remove gums in the crude oil to improve oil edibility, storage and do well to downstream neutralizing section.
★    Neutralizing: Remove Free-Fatty Acids (FFAs) with caustic soda (NaOH). Soap stock is generate in this process.
★    Decolorizing /Bleaching: Remove color pigments contained in oils.
★    Deodorizing: Remove disagreeable flavor and odors that are naturally present or created during processing under high temperature.
★    Dewaxing (Optional): Oils like sunflower oil or maize germ oil (corn oil) have waxes present in them. At low temperatures these waxes give a hazy appearance to the oil. So in extremely cold areas, dewaxing should take into accout when processing these oil seeds.

main process of oil refinery for vegetable oil

Main Equipments in Small Oil Refinery Line

Heat Conduction Furnace: 1 set Offer enough thermo for the refining sections.
Steam Generator: 1 set Produce steam for the workshop
Refining Pot: 2 sets Remove the gum, phosphoric acid etc,
Decolorizing Pot: 1 set Remove the color from neutralized oil
Deodorizing Pot: 1 set Remove the solvent, smell, water from decolorized oil
Other Auxiliary Equipments: Hot water Tank, Bleaching earth Tank, Air compressor, pumps, filters, Valves, Electricity Control Cabinet, etc.

main equipment in small scale oil refinery line

Some Small Oil Refinery Lines We Installed

The pictures above are some of the small oil refining plants taken by our customers from over the world. Just choose your material, tell us your production capacity, trust our equipment and expertise, we will customize a production line that satisfy your oil making needs!