Processes

Pretreatment, Refining & Oleo

Comprehensive solutions for oils and fats refining and pretreatment

CPM’s Crown provides complete processes for the oils and fats industry.

At CPM, we provide complete process solutions to fuel, feed, and build a better world. Our advanced technologies span a wide range of applications, including renewable fuels, edible oils, oleochemicals, and glycerin. Our processes aim to maximize efficiency and product quality with sustainability top of mind.

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Efficient, high-quality processing for all oils & fats applications.

Edible Oil Refining

Our edible-oil refining process ensures the production of high-quality oils, suitable for various applications. The process involves degumming, neutralizing, bleaching and deodorizing, ensuring the removal of impurities and achieving the desired quality standards.

Renewable Diesel Pretreatment

Maximum contaminant removal to extend hydrotreater catalyst life. Any feedstock. Crown’s RD Ready™ Pretreatment System delivers the cleanest possible feedstock for Renewable Diesel/HVO/SAF processing. Whether you’re starting with virgin vegetable oils, animal fats, recycled waste streams or any other feedstock, our pretreatment process can extend hydrotreater catalyst life up to 2 times while drastically improving plant uptime.

Pretreatment, Refining and Oleo processes

Biodiesel Pretreatment

Our biodiesel pretreatment process is designed for continuous operation and maximum efficiency and safety. While the process is similar to refining oil for edible use, it removes some of the steps required to create an edible product. The main goal of pretreatment is to reduce both the phosphatides and fatty acid of the feed to the biodiesel (transesterification) plant. A typical neutralized and bleached feedstock will be suitable for use without the need for additional pretreatment.

Biodiesel

We specialize in providing equipment and process technology for biodiesel processing plants. With our extensive expertise in oils and fats processing, we enhance the efficiency and quality of biodiesel production and can offer end-to-end solutions, starting from any feedstock to the final biodiesel product.

Advanced Catalyst Reduction & Economization (ACRE)

Oleochemical

Our oleochemical production process starts with thorough pretreatment of fats and oils, followed by splitting, distillation and glycerin recovery. This results in high-quality oleochemicals suitable for various industrial applications.

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Equipment made for all liquid processing needs

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Semi-Continuous Deodorizer

Effective and efficient removal of odor compounds and impurities from oils and fats.

Fat Splitting Column

Equipment to help you reach nearly complete hydrolysis of neutral oil feed.

Biodiesel Distillation Column

Take your biodiesel to the next level.

Glycerin Distillation Column

Distilling your glycerin products to nearly 100% purity.

The technology and expertise to meet your liquid processing needs

Liquids Pilot Plant

Superior oils and fats refining and pretreatment solutions

Located in Blaine, MN, USA, our state-of-the-art Liquids Pilot Plant offers a continuous process environment for testing, validating, scaling and commercializing renewable diesel/HVO, SAF and biodiesel; edible oils; oleochemicals; and specialty liquid extraction products.

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DiFlow Semi-Continuous Deodorizing System

Designed for minimum product co-mingling.

DoublePass Bleaching System

Reduce oil losses by up to 30%.

CPM Crown’s Glycerin Refining

For ongoing innovation in glycerin refining, Crown’s technology and team are second to none.

MaxEfficiency Deodorizing System

Maximum deodorizing efficiency and control.

CPM Crown’s Thin Film Evaporator

For larger capacity plants, or crudes having a high amount of salt content, a thin film evaporator, (TFE) can be the most efficient solution.

MultiPure Degumming/Neutralizing System

Optimum quality. Maximum yield. Minimum energy.

Glossary of Oils and Fats Refining

A glossary of key terminology related to oils and fats refining.

Oilseed Desolventizer Toaster

In 1976, Crown became the first and only United States Company to obtain a license from Heinz Schumacher for the Desolventizer-Toaster-Dryer-Cooler (DTDC).

Our Focus

Accelerate innovation in renewable fuels, edible oils and beyond

We’re revolutionizing the future of oils and fats pretreatment and refining. Our groundbreaking Liquids Pilot Plant is your launchpad for taking your vision from concept to commercialization. This state-of-the-art facility provides a continuous process environment, allowing you to efficiently test, validate, scale and launch production of a wide range of products.

Unique features of the Liquids Pilot Plant include:

Crown’s RD Ready™ Pretreatment System that doubles hydrotreater-catalyst life, maximizes contaminant removal, yields the industry’s highest output of pretreated product, and guarantees product-quality specifications, regardless of feedstock
A Double Shell Packed Column continuous deodorizer, which offers superior performance over tray deodorizers and is the cornerstone of Crown’s MaxEfficiency deodorizing process, accommodating six stock changes per day
Fat-splitting technologies that allow for variations in feedstock quality and a multipurpose distillation column for cleaner biodiesel and fatty acids
A full suite of analytical lab testing to demonstrate measurable conformance to the most stringent quality specifications, as well as R&D, training, and the ability to conduct real-world testing in a confidential, risk-free environment.

Benefit from our 70+ years of oilseed experience and proven track record in biodiesel plant processing. Don’t just imagine the future of your product, bring it to life with CPM Crown.

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