Edible Fats and Oils / Biofuels

Flottweg Centrifuges for the Recovery of Fats and Oils and the Production of Biofuels

Modern high performance centrifuges are often central to processing plants for the recovery of fats and oils as well as the production of biofuels.

During the recovery of edible oils such as olive oil or palm oil, seeds, fruits, and peels are pressed and milled. The contained oil is collected, cleaned, and treated in various processes using centrifugal clarification and separation technology.

During oil recovery from fruits and seeds of oily plants, maximum yield and gentle treatment of the product are essential. Customized Flottweg Decanters help to optimize the entire process significantly.

The development of new energy sources such as bioethanol and biodiesel is getting increasingly important to secure our future energy supply. Biodiesel can be recovered from virtually any vegetable oil. During the production of biodiesel, gas-tight decanters and disc stack centrifuges are used in different steps of the process. Purifiers separate glycerin water from fatty ester and water coming from diesel washing. Clarifiers separate fine solid impurities from biodiesel. Tricanters® are used for three phase separation of free fatty acids, glycerin and precipitated salts (e.g. potassium sulphate) in glycerin processing.

Moreover, Flottweg decanters and disc stack centrifuges assure efficient and economic recovery of fats and animal protein from slaughter house by-products and the rendering industry.