OFI

Technical / Scientific
Conference

ISTANBUL

Tuesday
May 13, 2014

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 Thin Film Evaporation and Drying
An advanced technology for treatment
of

edible oils, fats

and related products

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 Evaporation and Drying Technology
General Definition:

Transition from liquid to vapor phase

Related to our applications:

Separation of volatiles from

mixtures or relative thin slurries
by evaporation of this fraction.

The remaining product will be

a liquid or a dry product.

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 Properties of sensitive products:

• Heat sensitivity

• Viscosity

• Foaming

• Fouling

• Solids in product

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 Requirements for gentle separation process by
thermal evaporation:

• Short residence time

• Low temperatures

• High heat flux

• High evaporation rates

• Continuous agitation of the film for

cleaning and heat transfer purpose

 This leads to Thin Film Evaporation and Drying technology.

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 What is Thin-Film Evaporation ?
SMS thin-film evaporation technology
quickly

separates volatiles from less volatile components

using indirect heat transfer and

mechanical agitation of a flowing product film

within a short treatment time

under controlled conditions.

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 Thin Film Evaporator

Vapour / Distillate
Feed inlet

Concentrate
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 Thin Film Evaporator - Principle

Thin Film Mechanism

• High film turbulence

rotor blades
thin liquid film • Rapid film renewal

• Increased heat & mass transfer

• Controlled residence time

heated wall • High squeezing factor

bow wave

• Viscosity up to 20 kPa*s

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 Solution for temperature sensitive products

Special requirements of the product mixture:

• Very high boiling temperature of volatiles

• Temperature sensitive components

 Very low vacuum has to be applied:

≥ 0,001 mbar (abs)

This pressure range cannot be handled by

Thin Film Evaporators with external condensers!

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 Solution: Short-Path Evaporator

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 Examples of typical applications in the
oleo-chemical industry

 Lecithin
 Distilled Monoglyceride
 Glycerine
• Methyl Ester
• Fatty Acid
• Carotene
• Vitamin E
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids
• Biodiesel drying and distillation
• Many others

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 Application 1: Lecithin Drying

SOYBEAN OIL DEGUMMING

1 - 4 % WATER
2- 3 % LECITHIN STAGE
WATER

WET GUMS DRYING STAGE

SEPARATOR WATER : 40 - 60 % BUSS-SMS
STAGE OIL : 15 - 20 % THIN FILM DRYERS
LECITHIN : 35 - 40 % Type KH

Dryed LECITHIN
Degummed WATER : 0,3 - 1 %
TO STORAGE
Soybean Oil OIL : 30 - 35 %
LECITHIN : 65 - 70 %

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 Lecithin: Typical Process Flow Diagram

MP Steam Vent

LP Steam CW Out
CW In
Vacuum CW Out
System CW In

Wet VS1
Condenser
Lecithin
P1
H2
Waste
Water
M Lecithin Dryer
V2

Destillate
H1
P3
CW Out
V1 CW In

Dried
LP Cond. Cooler
Lecithin
P2 H3
PFAD

Y:\BUECHELH\VERTRIEB\POWER-POINT PRÄSENTATIONEN\PRINCIPAL-LECITHIN-DRYING-PLANT.VSD VM-VD/HGB/10-Jul-2006

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 Application 2: Distilled Monoglyceride

Monoglyceride is the most frequently applied emulsifier in foods,

such as

• Bakery products • Ice-cream

• Cooking ingredient • Chocolate
• Sweets • Packing material for food (cheese)
• Chewing Gum • Pasta etc.
• Margarine

Mono-Glycerides are also used in composing pharmaceutical

products and cosmetics plus a variety of technical applications.

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 Process Block Diagram Manufacturing of DMG

Fat

Glycerine
Glycerine

Pre-Heating Inter-Esterification Cooling

Di-/Triglyceride
Glycerine

Separation of
Fluid
Distillation Glycerine and
Monoglyceride
Catalyst

Catalyst
DMG > 95%
Monoglyceride
Spray Cooling
Powder
DMG < 95%

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 Distillation Process for DMG

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Feed Residue

Di- and
Triglyceride

Distillate

Glycerin Glycerin Monoglyceride

Fatty acids

Pressure 2,5 mbar abs. 0,2 mbar abs. 0,005 mbar abs.

Boiling point ~ 136 °C ~ 130-140 °C ~ 150-160 °C

Heating temperature ~ 180°C ~ 160 °C ~ 185 °C

Solidification point ~ 25-30 °C ~ 68 °C

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 Application 3: Glycerine Distillation

Purpose:
Producing Glycerine of pharmaceutical grade by Thin Film
Evaporation and Distillation.

Process Steps:
 Elimination of excessive water to < 1 %
 Distillation of Glycerine in a special developed distillation
column
 Squeezing of the column bottom by means of our Vertical
Thin Film Evaporator for the highest Glycerine yield
 Deodorising of Glycerine
 Bleaching for pharmaceutical grade

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 Block Diagram Glycerine Distillation

Pre-Conc.
Glycerine

M.S. Steam
Vent
Jets

Waste
Glycerine Condes.
water
De- Distillation Deo-
Watering Column Column

Purified
Glycerine
Thin Film
Column Evap. Typ
Reboiler CP-Dryer
Salt, Mong,
Glycerine

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 Buss-SMS-Canzler: Scope of Services

 Pilot test runs

 Process design

 Basic and detailed engineering

 Key equipment manufacture

 Quality Control

 Assembly supervision -
commissioning

 Start-up

 After sales services

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 Thank for your
kind attention!

Visit us at booth D 2

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