JJ-Lurgi

We are the exclusive representatives of JJ-Lurgi in the following countries:

Serbia
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
North Macedonia
Albania
Hungary
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Moldova

JJ-Lurgi was founded as a joint venture between Air Liquide and Jebsen & Jessen. With decades of experience in oil processing, Lurgi was a well-known market leader. Through this partnership, they have re-emerged stronger and more innovative, relying on their tradition, reliability, and extensive engineering expertise.

Globally recognized technologies

Crude oil extraction

Lurgi is one of the pioneers in raw oil extraction, beginning in 1940 and patenting their technology in 1957.
Lurgi’s extraction technology offers a complete process solution and provides the most advanced equipment, including:

Extractor

with double-pass and shallow bed, enabling good meal distribution and large contact surface for optimal percolation

DTDC

different from similar technologies in the sense of a unique agitator shaft design that ensures zero axial force

Miscella distillation

highly efficient falling film evaporator, achieving a miscella concentration of over 90%, thanks to the optimized heat exchange and recovery

Hexane recovery

reduces residual hexane in raw oil to less than 50 ppm by using steam, before sending the oil to storage

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Crude oil refineries

For over a century, Lurgi has been developing and enhancing edible oil processing technologies. With innovative concepts, they now deliver the most energy-efficient plants for high-quality oil production.

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Lurgi refineries include the following technologies:

Degumming

acid degumming for phosphatides removal

Neutralisation

of acids used in degumming

Winterization

removal of waxes from oil

Bleaching

under vacuum, for colour correction

Deodorization

under vacuum, for oil colour correction

Lecithin drying

to make it a suitable by-product

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Fat modifications

Over the years, JJ-Lurgi has perfected its technologies for fat modification, enabling diverse and highly usable end products.

Fat fractionations

solutions using spiral and ribbed crystalizers

Fat hydrogenations

batch and continous solutions

Oleochemicals production

JJ-Lurgi is a leading supplier of oleochemical technology worldwide. Lurgi’s technological advancements have significantly contributed to the growth of the oleochemical market. These are key intermediate products used across various industries, elevating the entire oil production sector.

Fatty acids production

starting from oils and fats, involves different processes, like hydrolysis, hydrogenation, distillation and fractionation. Lurgi hydrolysis process is done at around 55 barg and 250 C and its degree of fractionation is almost 99%

Fatty alcohol production

Also includes hydrolysis, but the process continues to distillation, fractionation, estherification, hydrogenation and it finishes with distillation and carbonyl conversion. Extremely innovative processes, characterized by low operating pressure and low quantity of impurities (because the inlet material is in liquid phase), and very optimized catalyst change which enables a long, continual reactor operation

Biodiesel production

For more than 25 years, Lurgi has been developing and improving its biodiesel plants. Thanks to its extensive engineering expertise, it can offer the most reliable and technologically advanced solutions, maximizing return on investment in the shortest possible time.

Benefits of Lurgi technology:

High methyl ester content with a high raw material conversion rate.

Low mono-/di-/tri-glyceride and moisture content ensure product stability and reduce sedimentation tendency.

Consistently low glycerin content and acid value indicate a high efficiency of the biodiesel washing process.

Low methanol content confirms effective prevention of hazardous reactant loss.

Minimal or undetectable sediment and total solid content, well below standards, ensure seamless biodiesel usage.