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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY
Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages 101-104Publisher
AMER OIL CHEMISTS SOC A O C S PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-002-0441-6
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deodorization; fatty alcohols; olive oil; physical refining; waxes
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Changes in the contents of waxes and fatty alcohols during deodorization/physical refining of bleached olive oil were studied. Experiments were carried out with 1.85% acidity oil, which was physically refined in a discontinuous deodorizer of 250-kg maximum capacity using nitrogen as stripping gas instead of steam. The variables studied were load and temperature of oil in the deodorizer as well as N-2 flow. Analyses of waxes and alcohols were carried out at different operation times. The maximum content of wax was always observed when the oil reached the deodorization temperature. The variation in the wax content depended on temperature and N-2 flow. Wax decomposition started and continued during the operating time, and a progressive decrease, which was pronounced between 3 and 4 h, was observed. Small changes in waxes were observed between 4 and 5 h. Total content of fatty alcohols diminished throughout the operating time, and changes did not depend on the variables studied.
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