Clarifying decanters for edible oil refining
Enhance your edible oil refining process with clarifying decanters that efficiently separate and degum oils under continuous, high-speed operations, ensuring superior quality and reduced energy consumption.
The Clarifying Decanter from GEA is designed to streamline edible oil refining processes with efficiency and precision. Utilizing a robust multi-stage system, it effectively separates and clarifies a variety of oils, including vegetable and animal oils, making it indispensable for producing biodiesel and lecithin emulsifiers. The GEA ecoforce decanter operates continuously, offering automated control that integrates seamlessly with existing production lines. Its capacity to handle high temperatures ensures effective processing of up to 105°C, while saving energy by eliminating the need for pressurized air in cleaning. Constructed from high-quality, wear-resistant materials, it includes oil lubrication of all bearings and an external gear concept for durability. Offering customization options for diverse industrial requirements, GEA’s solution is ideal for refineries and processing plants seeking energy-efficient, compact, and reliable clarification equipment.
Benefits
- Optimizes energy use with air-free cleaning, cutting operational costs.
- Easy integration with compact design saves valuable plant space.
- Enhances product quality with simultaneous degumming and oil clarification.
- Minimizes maintenance downtime with robust, wear-resistant construction.
- Adapts to high-temperature applications for versatile oil processing.
- Applications
- Used frying fats,Transesterification products,Lecithin,Biodiesel,Vegetable oils,Edible oil,Animal oils
- End products
- Palm oil,Canola oil,Sunflower oil,Lard,Recycled cooking oil,Tallow,Lecithin emulsifiers,Biodiesel fuel,Cold-pressed olive oil,Coconut oil,Fatty acid methyl esters (fame),Glycerin,Soybean oil
- Steps before
- Press oil extraction,Degumming,Neutralization
- Steps after
- Further degumming or purification,Dewaxing,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- press oil,raw oils
- Output ingredients
- clarified oil,solids,de-gummed oil
- Temperature Resistance
- Up to 105°C
- Automation Level
- Easy to automate
- Space Requirement
- Low
- Solids Separation
- Continuous
- Energy Efficiency
- No pressurized air needed
- Design Robustness
- Rugged and robust
- Lubrication
- Oil lubrication of all bearings
- Material Quality
- High quality,wear-resistant
- Automation level
- Easy to operate and automate
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Energy efficiency
- Saves energy,no pressurized air needed
- Simultaneous degumming
- Yes
- Foots removal with partial degumming
- Combined process
- Space requirement
- Low
- Temperature handling
- Up to 105°C
- Operation robustness
- Rugged and robust design
- Maintenance
- Low maintenance
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Oil-resistant materials
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Biological compatibility
- Suitable for edible oil
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Temperature resistance
- Up to 105°C
- Discharge method
- Continuous solids separation
- Control panel type
- Automated with PLC
- Rugged and robust design
- GEA ecoforce decanters
- Control panel type
- PLC control
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Discharge method
- External gear concept
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.