This method of pressing was tried out in a revolving press capable of exerting a pressure of about 97 bar (100 kg cm-2) on the cake. The cage had a height of 1 m and a diameter of 0.520 m having a capacity of 212 litres.
This paper reports the result of preliminary research on the breakdown voltage and the dielectric loss factor of crude palm oil (CPO). It was found that the CPO breakdown voltage is about one and a half times higher than the breakdown voltage of Shell Diala B insulation oil. The CPO breakdown voltage is very sensitive […]