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2001

Construction of a turn-key oil mill to process seeds and oils including bottling/canning and production of ghee

Customer

AL-AHLIAH VEGETABLE OIL CY – Hama – Syria

General contractor

De Smet Engineers & Contractors

Scope of works

Complete factory design, supply, construction, installation and commissioning.

Industrial operation

2001

Main sub-contractors involved

De Smet Group

Plant capacity

200 MTPD cotton and sunflower seeds

Processing units
  • Seed storage and
  • Dehulling section
  • Cottonseed delinting section
  • Full pressing and oil
  • Recovery plant
  • Meal grinding and
  • Bagging section
  • Cotton hulls
    bagging equipment
Refinery plant
  • continuous
  • bleaching
  • and filtering
  • physical refining
  • and deodorising
  • oil/fat hydrogenation
  • semi-continuous
  • post bleaching
  • batch soapstock
  • saponification
Utilities
  • Steam generating plant
  • Compressed air unit
  • Water cooling system
  • Effluent treatment
  • Emergency power generator
  • Fire detection and
  • fighting systems
Auxiliaries
  • Electricity distribution
  • Steel structure and buildings
  • Workshop equipment
  • Laboratory equipment
  • Truck weigh bridge