3-Andreotti Impianti - Refining Plants

Andreotti Impianti is an Italian
Company active in the

design, manufacture,
erection and start-up of
oilseeds and edible oils
processing plants.
Born in 1955 on the initiative
of Mr. Argentino Andreotti,
ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI S.p.A.
has through the years
remained a totally private
family Company,
consolidating its position as
Italian Leader, reaching up a
notable reputation also on
the international markets,
where its growth factor has
been on a continuous
remarkable uptrend over the
last few years.
This year we’ll celebrate our
60th anniversary. Many things
have been changed over
these first 60 years of
activity, apart from
considering each of our Client
as our greatest asset.
ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI, WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL

FOR OVER 60 YEARS, NOW
Refining Plants
This Division covers all the necessary plants and equipment for all type of
vegetable oils and animal fats refining, for either edible or technical use.
The right type of plant is selected according to the nature of crude oil and
fat to be processed.
Particular care is devoted in this division to the design and for the process
parameters optimization, in order to reach the best quality results with the
lowest possible consumptions and environmental impact.
Great efforts have been made by us in the last few years towards the
drastic reduction of environmental impact of our plants, which has
allowed us to obtain remarkable results, as:
- Reduction by over 30% in used chemicals

- Zero process water consumption
- No odor emission
- Effluent reduction by over 50%
- Low steam and fuel consumption
Our range of production includes the following main technologies, wich
have been succesfully installed worldwide:
- Crude oil Neutralization and Degumming

- Bleaching
- Winterizing / Dewaxing
- Deodorizing
Crude oil Neutralization and Degumming:
• Special degumming
• Water degumming
• Water degumming
• Enzymatic degumming
• Short /Long mix caustic neutralization
• Cold refining with wet dewaxing
Andreotti Impianti’s COLD REFINING
special design main advantages:
• Reduction by over 50% of
bleaching earth consumption
• Energy saving
• Reduction in deodorizing and
physical refining temperature
• Better cold test stability of refined
oil
Andreotti Impianti’s ENZYMATIC

DEGUMMING design main
advantages:
• Same final oil quality
• Higher oil yields
• Less wastewater produced.
• Gums produced are more liquid,
than easier to be storaged
Cold refining & Enzymatic degumming

Bleaching and Filtering Plant
• Continuous Bleaching
• Continuous Dry Degumming and Bleaching
• Continuous filtering with or without Oil recovery
• Fully automatic filtration cycle management through dedicated PLC
Andreotti Impianti’s special design
main advantages:
• Lower bleaching earths
consumption
• Lower refining cost
• Lower losses
• Reduced wastes
This result was obtained thanks to:

• Reaction in absence of water and
steam
• Extremely precise and programmed
dosage for total exploitation of
bleaching earth activity
• Improved intimate mixing and high
vacuum
The filter discharging is fully automatic

and is totally manageble trhough PLC.
- Easy management
- Reduction of risk to human
mistakes
- Permanent follow up
- Reduction of required times
Bleaching and Filtering Plant

Winterizing plant:
The purpose of winterizing plant is to remove from the oil those

substances which, at room temperature, make oil cloudy as Triglycerides
with high melting point and Waxes.
Above substances can be removed by filtration after crystallization at low
temperature.
The filtration cycle is automatically managed through dedicated PLC

Automatic filtration cycle is mainly controlled by:
1) One PLC for automatic control of complete filtration cycle that
operates all pneumatic valves and related opening and locking
switches, level switches and pressure switches.
Controlled automatic phases of cycle are:

-1 Stand by
-2 Filling
-3 Precoating
-4 Indirect filtration
-5 Direct filtration
-6 Emptying
-7 Cake blowing
-8 Cake discharge
The PLC controls and allows the automatic passage from one phase to
the following, while only one phase that must be authorized by the
operator is that of passage from cloudy filtration to clear filtration.
In case of anomalous working, program stops, and calls for operator
intervention.
Manual plant operation can be done, and in this case, the operator
manages different phases from electric control board by switches
selector.
The total automatism is complete with:

- Complete set of pneumatic control valves with opening and
locking stroke ends.
- Set of pressure switches, electric levels and accessories.
Winterizing plant automation system:

Deodorizing plant:
• Continuous / Semicontinuous deodorizing and physical refining with

or without quick product change over
• Continuous packed columns for mild physical refining
• Vacuum systems with surface/ice condensation
Andreotti Impianti’s special design
main advantages:
• compact layout
• low trans isomer formation thanks
to long retention time at reduced
temperature
• heat recovery ≥ 80%
• no contamination between each
tray thanks to a separate vapours
suction from each stage
• Easier fatty acids condensation
and a better quality of same thanks
to vapours low temperature,
• high efficiency vapour scrubbing,
less than 50 grams of fatty acids
losses per ton of oil processed,
• quick product change over without
significant contamination
• special design mammoth pumps in
deodorizing trays, allowing for
better distribution of sparge steam,
hence better and more complete
stripping action of same, improving
oil quality and shelf-life
• great flexibility for future plant
capacity up grading
Deodorizing plant
The use of vacuum groups
with surface condensation,
replacing the direct contact
condensation, has enabled
us lately to bring process
water consumption to nil
and to remarkably reduce
(by 50%) the quantity of
waste waters. This allows us
to state that today our
refineries are Zero Water
Consumption ones.
Zero Water Consumption Refining Plant

Automation and Supervision system
Typical screenshot of supervising control system of a continuous

deodorizing and physical refining plant
Easy automatic system for plant control.
All actions are easy to be carried out and the ergonomics of the graphic
pages, helps the operators understand how to proceed with the
operation sequence.
Made In Italy
ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI S.p.A. manufactures the core pieces of equipment

of all designed process plant in highly qualified workshops in Italy for
assuring an unexceeded construction
quality control.
ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI SPA
Via di le Prata 148, 50041
Calenzano-Florence
Italy
www.andreottiimpianti.com

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Andreotti Impianti is an Italian

Company active in the

ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI, WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL

- Reduction by over 30% in used chemicals

- Crude oil Neutralization and Degumming

Andreotti Impianti’s ENZYMATIC

Cold refining & Enzymatic degumming

This result was obtained thanks to:

The filter discharging is fully automatic

Bleaching and Filtering Plant

The purpose of winterizing plant is to remove from the oil those

The filtration cycle is automatically managed through dedicated PLC

Controlled automatic phases of cycle are:

The total automatism is complete with:

Winterizing plant automation system:

• Continuous / Semicontinuous deodorizing and physical refining with

Zero Water Consumption Refining Plant

Typical screenshot of supervising control system of a continuous

ANDREOTTI IMPIANTI S.p.A. manufactures the core pieces of equipment

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