US 12,275,913 B2
Method and system for extracting an oil from an oil-containing raw material
Bent Sarup, Fredensborg (DK); and Giacomo Costagli, Milan (IT)
Assigned to ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, Lund (SE)
Appl. No. 17/600,932
Filed by ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, Lund (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056592
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200682, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19425023 (EP), filed on Apr. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195328 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. C11B 1/06 (2006.01); A23D 9/04 (2006.01); C11B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC C11B 1/06 (2013.01) [A23D 9/04 (2013.01); C11B 1/04 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating an oil-containing raw material comprising:
providing a non-crushed oil-containing raw material,
subjecting the oil-containing raw material to crushing at a reduced absolute pressure, which is below an atmospheric pressure, to provide a crushed oil-containing raw material, the reduced absolute pressure being between 1 mm Hg and 150 mm Hg.