Reliability through experience
PRIMOFINA Oleochemical, The Philippines
1998
Oleochemical complex to produce fatty acids, glycerin and fatty alcohols from crude coconut oil
Customer
PRIMOFINA OLEOCHEMICALS INC. San José Panganiban – Legaspi District – The Philippines
General contractor
De Smet Engineers & Contractors
Scope of works
Detailed design, engineering, supply and commissioning of the equipment for the process units.
Industrial operation
1998
De Smet Companies involved
De Smet Malaysia, De Smet Singapore
Plant capacity
- 250 MTPD bleaching
- 165 MTPD fat hydrolysis and fatty acid fractionation
- 21 MTPD glycerin refining
- 100 MTPD fatty alcohols
Processing units
- Pretreatment and bleaching
- Neutralizing and deodorizing
- Fat hydrolysis and sweet water evaporation
- Glycerin refining
- On/off-line fatty acid fractionation
- Complete fatty alcohol line as follows :
- Esterification, Hydrogen production,
- Hydrogenation equipment,
- Alcohol refining.
Utilities
- Thermal oil boiler plant
- Flaking and bagging units
- Spare parts
Auxiliaries
- Laboratory
- Workshop
- Spare parts
- Steel structures
