Early Detection of Bleaching Earth in Edible Oils
OUSTF10 Inline turbidity sensor Turbidity and suspended solids measurement by light scattering and absorbance
The bleaching process is a part of the edible oil refining process, which removes the colour pigments contained inside the edible oils. Bleaching earths is used as part of the process to absorb the colour pigments which a poor filtration could lead to contaminants of bleaching earth in edible oils.
OUSTF10 Inline turbidity sensor - Turbidity and suspended solids measurement by light scattering and absorbance
Benefits at a glance:
Blind spots between lab samples are eliminated - allowing operators to react quickly to prevent batch loss
Early alert on process abnormalities through highly sensitive purity monitoring to reduce product rework
Low-maintenance sensor with long service life and stable operation
Challenges:
Dependent on lab results which has blind spots between lab samples
Bleaching earth contaminants are not detectable early for rectification work
Solution:
Endress+Hauser Inline turbidity sensor OUSTF10 scattered light turbidity sensor immediately detect product impurity directly in the process pipeline.
The OUSTF10 11º scattered light turbidity sensor helps you gain more control over the quality of the edible oils and processes by having real time alarm when things are out of its way. The sensor can be calibrated and measured extremely low particle sizes and concentrations.
Components:
An optical measuring system comprises:
• Inline Turbidity Sensor (photometer) OUSTF10
• Liquiline CM44P transmitter
• Cable set CUK80
• Assembly to suit the sensor OUA260
• Process pressure range 10 to 16 bar
• Process temperature up to 120ºC continuously (max 130ºC for max 2 hours)
• Pipe size 2” to 4