Jiufeng citrus peel essential oil extraction project has entered the stage of equipment and installation

"The company's newly introduced production line equipment has arrived one after another, and is expected to start installation by the end of June." Lin Youcai, chairman of Jiufeng agricultural products development Co., Ltd., Yangdun Township, Shunchang County, inspected some equipment of the newly introduced production line for extracting essential oil from orange peel The technology of extracting essential oil from orange peel is a joint project between Jiufeng company and Zhejiang Citrus Research Institute on June 18 last year The project takes full advantage of the citrus resources in Shunchang With orange juice as the raw material, citrus peel is used as raw material, and the problems of flavoring and browning and aroma deterioration are solved through screening of the agents and matching technology At the same time, on the basis of improving the oil yield and replacing the lime extraction method, we further carry out the research on the reuse of the hardened liquid and the energy saving technology of oil and water separation, and finally form a set of green extraction mode of the peel oil of the wide peel citrus peel Lin Youcai said that the innovation of the technology lies in the use of calcium chloride instead of lime to soak orange peel, which can effectively improve the utilization rate of residues and not cause environmental pollution The residue of calcium chloride can be used as animal feed directly or after drying, and can also be used to produce pectin by sulfuric acid method, which can not only improve the stability of product quality, but also make full use of resources, optimize the allocation and recycling, and improve Added value of high products It is reported that the whole production line will be installed in September and enter the stage of commissioning and production After full production, it can bring more than 20 million yuan of output value to the enterprise.