3MCPDE and GE Mitigation

         As per latest EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) guidelines, 3MCPDE & GE levels in Refined Palm Oil should meet limits of 2.5 ppm & 1 ppm Max respectively. 3MCPDE levels will be lowered to 1.25 ppm for Refined Palm Oil in line with other Refined vegetable oils in the coming years.

          A number of solutions for addressing this technological challenge has been made by various research organizations and companies over the years. CPO washing followed by Centrifugal separation has been a popular method adopted for removing Chlorine in CPO. While this method is effective it results in higher oil loss in washed water due to emulsification, effluent treatment issues due to high COD in wash water and High maintenance costs. 

          SUMWIN’s Patented Extraction Technology overcomes all these problems by offering low CAPEX and low OPEX by avoiding emulsification and thereby virtually eliminating oil loss in wash water.  In addition, SUMWIN has developed a Proprietary Adsorbent under the Trademark REDGEM® that helps reduce precursors to 3MCPDE & GE in the Bleaching process with no modification required in Refineries and with no additional OPEX. Further Engineering modifications to the Deodorizer system that is tailor made depending on individual refinery designs helps to further reduce both 3MCPDE & GE formation during Deodorization and meets both 3MCPDE < 1.25 ppm & GE < 1 ppm. 

        SUMWIN’s Patented Technology has been proven at Lab, Pilot & large-scale commercial plants. The result is an innovative Low Capex solution without any significant increase in OPEX of the modified Refining system and most importantly without compromising on the Plant throughput.