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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1989
Martin van Opstal, Izegem, BE;
Frans Dewulf, Lauwe, BE;
Bernard Cleenewerck, Wachtebeke, BE;
Ernst Weber, Oelde, DE;
N.V. Vandemoortele International, Kortrijk, BE;
Abstract
A three or optionally four stage process for the continuous removal of a gum phase from triglyceride oil is described in which in a first stage the oil containing a separate gum phase is subjected to centrifugal separation in a first centrifugal separator to yield gums with low oil content and an oil that still contains a fraction of the gums originally present in the feed, in a second stage the oil obtained from the first stage is subjected to centrifugal separation in a second centrifugal separator to yield oil with a further reduced residual gum content and a gum phase with a higher oil content than the gums obtained in the first stage, in a third stage the gum phase obtained in the second stage is recycled into the oil stream fed to the first centrifugal separator and optionally in a fourth stage the oil obtained in the second stage is washed one or more times with water.