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Two classes of vegetable oils, olive and sunflower, were processed by physical refining in a pilot plant with a capacity of up to 30 L by means of discontinuous deodorization, and distillates were recovered by condensing and freezing using steam and nitrogen as stripping gases. Two heating systems were evaluated in the deodorizer. In the first, the deodorizer oil and the distilled gases were heated so as to maintain the same temperature in both. In the second, only the oil was heated, resulting in a difference in temperature between the oil and the distilled gases. In addition, two different oil temperatures were evaluated for each stripping gas. By means of the first heating system, the deacidification time for both oils was reduced and the efficiency of the process was notably improved. On the other hand, the higher temperature had a negative influence over both parameters. For both heating systems the sterol contents did not suffer significant variations. Substantial variations in trans FA were not observed, and the composition of FA remained stable except for linoleic acid, which decreased, although more slowly than when the temperature was not maintained, as a result of the rapid formation of its trans FA.
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Bada Gancedo, J.C., Prieto González, M.M., Xiberta Bernat, J. et al. Application of two heating methods in physical refining of high-FA olive and sunflower oils. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 79, 209–214 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-002-0462-1
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