MEMBRANE TECHNIQUES IN LIPOTECHNOLOGY

The industrial processing of oils and fats - extraction, refining, hyd rogenation could be improved or even overturned by the application of membrane based technologies. Recovery of extraction solvent, neutralis ation either of the miscella or the crude oil, cleaning of liquid or g aseous effluents and also fat fractionning are among the fields open t o these inovations. This would set on energy saving, friendliness to t he environment and quality improvement or better adaptation of the end products to market evolution and law requirements.