Palm | Kelapa Sawit

Transesterification of neutral oils is carried out both for the purpose of producing bio-diesel or methyl esters for different purposes as MES.The process is fully continuous and, in the case of bio-diesel, can also accept as part of the feed low grade materials as UFO (Used Frying Oils) or greases.
The unit includes a glycerine treatment section that gives high quality crude glycerine.

Methylester distillation

The distillers are towers with structured packing to fractionate heavy and light boiling impurities and to ensure that the methylesters are distilled at the lowest possible temperature.Squeezing of the residue is carried out in a separate distiller.Condensation can be carried out inside the tower over packing with cooling of an external pump around or outside the tower in shell and tubes condensers.In both cases heat is recovered generating low pressure steam.Canned pumps with falling film reboilers or centrifugal pumps with suppressed vaporisation reboilers are proposed according to the case.

Methylester fractional distillation

The single or multi towers plants are based on towers with structured packing.Typical design of the towers foresees three products outlets ( top, sidedraw and bottom).
Of course all features of the distillation apply to the fractionation.

Methylester fractionationControlled cooling/crystallising followed by pressure membrane filtration is used for the production of oleic Fame.
Dry fractionation process leading to clean and simple operation guaranteeing a lower operating and investment cost.