JET SAPONIFICATION PLANT
The JET Saponification Plant requires a minimum steam consumption of about 100 kg/h each 1,000 kg/h of produced soap. The maintenance is simple and minimum. The JET has no moving mechanical parts; the pumps are the only moving parts of the process. The process is atmospheric. The plant is user-friendly and is easily controlled by a single operator. Easy visual access to all process points.
In the Full-Boiled processes the process water is abundantly used and remains into the soap. A typical concentration of full-boiled neat soap is 62% TFM and 33% water. A Semi-Boiled soap obtained with a conventional plant has a typical concentration of 58% TFM (glycerine excluded) and 30% water. The high content of water is necessary to facilitate the saponification and obtain a homogeneous soap mass. The JET Semi-Boiled saponification allows the production of neat soap at a very wide range of concentrations. It is possible to produce soap at 58% TFM as with a conventional plant and it is possible to produce:- SEMI-CONCENTRATED SOAP – With a water content in the range of 20%, the soap can be just cooled down, without any evaporation, in order to obtain Laundry Soap or it can be processed by a Drying Plant with reduced Heat Exchanger and reduced Vacuum Section in order to evaporate a limited quantity of moisture and obtain Semi-boiled Toilet Soap.
- CONCENTRATED SOAP – With a water content from 16% down to 12% there is no further scope of drying and the soap is to be cooled down in order to obtain Semi-boiled Toilet Soap. A compact Chill-Roll plant is the ideal heat-exchanger to complete the process without the need of a more complex and consuming Drying Plant.