EP1260571A2 - Procédé et installation pour l'extraction d'huile de fruits et de semences - Google Patents

Procédé et installation pour l'extraction d'huile de fruits et de semences Download PDF

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Publication number: EP1260571A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: pressure; fruit pulp; pressure section; seeds; fruits
Prior art date: 2001-05-15
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EP02008998A

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EP1260571A3 (fr

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Dr. Steffen Hruschka

Klemens Geissen

Jose Antonio Venegas Rodriguez

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GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH

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Westfalia Separator Industry GmbH

Westfalia Separator GmbH

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2001-05-15

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2002-04-23

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2002-11-27

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2004-01-07 Publication of EP1260571A3 publication Critical patent/EP1260571A3/fr

2005-09-28 Application granted granted Critical

2005-09-28 Publication of EP1260571B1 publication Critical patent/EP1260571B1/fr

2022-04-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11B—PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
- C11B1/00—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials
- C11B1/02—Pretreatment
- C11B1/04—Pretreatment of vegetable raw material
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11B—PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
- C11B1/00—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials
- C11B1/10—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials by extracting
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11B—PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
- C11B1/00—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials
- C11B1/10—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials by extracting
- C11B1/102—Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials by extracting in counter-current; utilisation of an equipment wherein the material is conveyed by a screw

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the invention relates to a method for extracting oil from fruits or seeds, preferably olives or avocados, with a solid-bowl screw centrifuge and a plant for oil production according to the preamble of claim 29.
the olives are preprocessed after washing by chopping in a grinder, which the olives without the addition of water or at the Use of dried olives under a water additive, which the Restores the fresh water content of fresh olives, turns them into fruit pulp, which is disrupted in a Malaxeur downstream of the mill.
This Digestion in the malaxeur is used to release the oil and then in the Malaxeur downstream solid bowl screw centrifuge in the oil components as well as being able to separate solid and water.
the invention solves this problem on the one hand by a method for oil production, which is specified in feature 1. It also solves it through an oil production facility, whose features are specified in claim 29.
the fruits or seeds are crushed and during or after subjected to high pressure crushing and subsequent relaxation, whereupon the chopped fruit pulp of the solid bowl screw centrifuge is fed.
the invention also provides a plant for extracting oil from fruit or seeds, preferably olives or avocados, with a chopper the fruits or seeds into a pulp, preferably a mill or a Extruder, one of the devices for comminuting - e.g. when using one Extruder - or downstream high pressure section to unlock the Fruit pulp, and a solid bowl screw centrifuge downstream of the high pressure section, preferably provided with a plunger for separation of the pulp in different phases, preferably in oil as the first phase and in a solid / water mixture as the second phase.
crushing in one Mill conceivable, either in the mill or preferably after passing through the mill will go through the high pressure section.
a particular advantage of the invention is that preprocessing of the pulp when replacing the malaxer with a high pressure path relative can be done quickly. It has been found, for example, that there is a dwell time of just 6 minutes in the high-pressure section can suffice to achieve the Unlock olives enough to use in a solid bowl screw centrifuge to be able to process further.
the quality of the oil is the same as in the processing comparable or even better with a quality that can be achieved with a malax.
avocados in particular are particularly good with the invention Processable.
the high-pressure section can be a pipe - with an upstream one designed accordingly Pumping device - which has a length of more than 10, preferably has a length of 10 to 30 meters.
the fruit pulp before entering the high pressure line and / or when passing through the high pressure section - heated by means of a heating device becomes.
the fruit pulp is preferred to max. Heated to 40 ° C and when processing avocados to more than 40 ° C, especially 40 ° - 80 ° C.
the residence time of the fruit pulp in the high-pressure section is preferably 2 to 12, especially 4 to 8 minutes.
the pressure in the high-pressure section more than 10 bar, preferably more than 30 bar, in particular more than 50 bar.
a pressure between 50 and 80 is very particularly preferred even more specifically chosen between 60 and 70 bar. So when using a relatively high pressure, the dwell time in the high-pressure section can be reduced to 6 min be lowered.
the fruits or seeds are preferred first washed and then crushed, preferably in a mill, in particular in a hammer mill.
the fruit pulp is preferably brought out of the high-pressure section with the help of a relief valve relaxed and then directly and / or after further relaxation fed to the solid bowl screw centrifuge in a further buffer tank becomes.
the washed olives are first a mill 1 (e.g. hammer mill) fed. No water is added to the olives, provided they are fresh Olives are processed. Only when processing dried olives So much water is added to the olives that the natural water content is fresher Olive is restored.
a mill 1 e.g. hammer mill
the olives are then transferred from the mill 1, preferably with a pump 2 a pipe 3 is fed to a first buffer tank 4.
the first buffer tank 4 relieved the stable operation of the system.
Buffer tank 4 and the fruit pulp produced in the mill directly above one or more pumps feed pump 5, this downstream piston pump 6) to be fed to a high-pressure section 7.
the high pressure section 7 comprises the pressure zone 7a and the expansion valve 7b.
the pressure zone 7a can be, for example, as be designed as a simple pipeline or as another homogenizer.
the high pressure section 7 is to be designed such that in the pressure zone 7a and by means of the subsequent relaxation with an expansion valve 7b is sufficient The pulp is unlocked or the oil is released. This is preferred in the high pressure section 7 generates a pressure of more than 50 bar and the High-pressure section 7 or the delivery rate is designed such that the dwell time the fruit pulp in the high pressure section preferably 2 to 12, in particular Is 4 to 8 minutes. Particularly good results were obtained from one Lingering of the pulp in the high pressure section reached at 6 minutes.
the temperature of the Fruit pulp should, however, not exceed 40 ° C (production of a high quality Olive oil).
the fruit pulp is preferably heated to 30 ° C in the buffer tank. It is also conceivable to heat directly when passing through the high-pressure section. When processing other products such as avocados, there is also a warming to more than 40 ° C - especially 40 - 80 ° C) conceivable.
the fruit pulp is either directly or, for example via a further, preferably heatable buffer tank 8 and / or a feed pump 9 the inlet 10 of a solid bowl screw centrifuge (in the Drawing briefly "VS centrifuge") 11 supplied.
a further, preferably heatable buffer tank 8 and / or a feed pump 9 the inlet 10 of a solid bowl screw centrifuge (in the Drawing briefly "VS centrifuge") 11 supplied.
the pulp is crushed by means of an extruder 12, in which there is an increased pressure in relation to the environment, so that the Extruder 12 itself forms the high pressure section 7.
the extruder 12 is the open pulp then directly or via one or more buffers 4 and / or a feed pump 5 is passed into the solid bowl screw centrifuge.
the test table of Fig. 4 illustrates that it is with the inventive Process is readily possible to produce an olive oil, in particular It should be borne in mind that the expenditure on equipment compared to the use of a malaxer is significantly reduced. As you can see, it decreases with increasing Temperature of the residual oil content in the Orujo.
the experiments for Fig. 4 were carried out with a Structure carried out that corresponds to that of FIG. 1

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EP02008998A 2001-05-15 2002-04-23 Procédé et installation pour l'extraction d'huile de fruits et de graines Expired - Lifetime EP1260571B1 (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE10123651A DE10123651A1 (de)	2001-05-15	2001-05-15	Verfahren und Anlage zur Ölgewinnung aus Früchten oder Saaten
DE10123651		2001-05-15

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EP1260571A2 true EP1260571A2 (fr)	2002-11-27
EP1260571A3 EP1260571A3 (fr)	2004-01-07
EP1260571B1 EP1260571B1 (fr)	2005-09-28

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EP (1)	EP1260571B1 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE305501T1 (fr)
DE (2)	DE10123651A1 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2245999T3 (fr)
PT (1)	PT1260571E (fr)

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ATE305501T1 (de)	2005-10-15
EP1260571B1 (fr)	2005-09-28
PT1260571E (pt)	2005-11-30
EP1260571A3 (fr)	2004-01-07
DE50204364D1 (de)	2006-02-09
DE10123651A1 (de)	2002-11-28
ES2245999T3 (es)	2006-02-01

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