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OILSEED PROCESS ENGINEERING
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INTERACTIVE MODEL
FERRO OILTEKPROCESS EXPLORER
ADVANCED COTTONSEED PROCESS
Miscella refining / low-temperature distillation
Solvent extraction and recovery sends cottonseed miscella directly into the adjacent Pre-N2 miscella refining block. Its recovered product is neutral oil; only bleaching and deodorization follow. Current balance uses the supplied PDF reference values and your FFA input.
LIVE MISCELLA BALANCE0.40 t/day loss5.20% at 2.50% FFA
Season reference4.3%Miscella loss at 2% FFA · total advanced loss 4.8%
Off-season reference8.8%Miscella loss at 4.5% FFA · total advanced loss 9.5%
Current model5.70%Miscella + bleaching + deodorization
PDF payback case<1 yr100 TPD reference · annual saving Rs 698 lakh
REFINERY RECOVERY COMPARISON3.97% lower oil-derived lossAt 2.50% FFA: conventional 9.67% vs miscella 5.70%.
Higher recoveryPDF BENEFITS
- Lower oil losses and low effluent
- Gossypol removal before colour fixation
- Neutral oil goes directly to bleacher and deodorizer
- Avoids re-refining and water washing
- Safer hexane service with high oil/soap density difference
- Low-temperature distillation with sieve-type stripper
SECTION INLET200.00 t/day
Cleaning rejects4.00
Raw lint to lint line14.72
Hulls to handling44.20
Water evaporated10.40
BY-PRODUCT RECOVERY From delinting and dehulling
MAIN PROCESS OIL STREAM BY-PRODUCT Click a machine to explore
Extraction includes DT, meal drying, miscella distillation and solvent recovery. Animated rates show the oilseed balance; solvent and utility circuits are excluded.
Your plant, in numbers
Per operating day Refined oil35.19 t/day
17.59% of incoming feed
De-oiled meal90.92 t/day
8.00% oil in press cake before solvent extraction
Baled lint14.28 t/dayCottonseed lint stream
Separated hulls44.20 t/dayHulls stream, kept separate
Cleaning rejects4.00t/dayBaled lint14.28t/dayLint cleaning rejects0.44t/daySeparated hulls44.20t/dayWater evaporated10.40t/dayDe-oiled meal90.92t/dayMiscella refining loss0.40t/dayOil in spent earth0.11t/dayDistillate0.07t/dayRefined oil35.19t/day
OUTPUT IMAGE LIBRARYProducts & by-products from this balance
OUTPUT STREAMCleaning rejects4.00 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMBaled lint14.28 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMLint cleaning rejects0.44 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMSeparated hulls44.20 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMWater evaporated10.40 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMDe-oiled meal90.92 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMMiscella refining loss0.40 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMOil in spent earth0.11 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMDistillate0.07 t/day
OUTPUT STREAMRefined oil35.19 t/day
ASSUMPTION SPOTLIGHT
Free fatty acids drive refining loss
Set the incoming FFA value to see its effect on neutralization loss. Cottonseed miscella refining also appears as a separate inline branch when enabled.