Diseño de un sistema de desgomado de aceite de palma con tecnologia de membrana.

Abstract

The refining of oil involves a series of purification steps that are carried out to eliminate undesirable components, such as phosphatides and glycolipids, the purpose of the project is to study a different approach than usual for the process of degumming palm oil based on technologies Membrane innovators The discussion includes an analysis of the different types of membranes conducive to the purification process, with a price-benefit relationship and the main physical characteristics are the basis for proposing and designing the degumming process. The proposal includes the design of the filtration system with membrane technology to be able to operate with a continuous flow and a mathematical modeling of membrane transport that can simulate the flow behavior within it, ultimately taking into account the requirements of the conventional process of Oil refining, an economic analysis is performed using a cost estimation method, in order to determine if the project is viable, to continue working on this type of techniques that work outside the conventional and thus be able to implement this method at a industrial scale, an ultrafiltration equipment design was obtained for a membrane made of PVDF polymeric material, its control strategies for a production of 100Ton / day, parallel module sizing of the membrane support and an analysis of manufacturing costs and profitability of project implementation.