OER – PALM OIL ENGINEERING BULLETIN

Palm Oil Processing in Brazil: How It is Managed?

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:36 +0000

This is an interesting article about the way palm oil processing was carried out in Brazil. Malaysian millers will certainly gain some insight by reading this article. This article is a summary of the findings of a team of research officers from the then Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) who visited a palm oil mill in Brazil in August 1997 to study their method of palm oil milling. It was compiled by Dr Ma Ah Ngan who was part of the team and was published in 1977. Mr Hararld Brunckhorst, Managing Director of AGROPALMA S/A, arranged the visit. The mill, Agropalma S/A, located at Belem, Brazil was a 100% Brazilian own corporation. It owned some 45 000 ha of land but only allowed to plant 16 000 ha with oil palm, 2000 ha for infrastructure, which includes two palm oil mills, laboratories, offices, a school and health-assistance units, while the rest are preserved as forest under the strict Brazilian law.

Daring milling concepts – part 1: measurement of oil in press liquor

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:43 +0000

This measurement has far reaching consequences if applied in the right places. With the advent of near infra red (NIR) analyser a whole world of opportunities are available to the industry which was not possible before. The NIR analyser has the capability to analyse about 100 analyses per minute and with the possibility of inter-phasing with computer the applications are limitless. MPOB has already successfully tested the analyser for accurate measurement of oil in crude and incorporated it in an automatic dilution control system with feedback loop to operate a pneumatically operated water injection valve. The capability of rapid analysis of the NIR analyser make it ideal for use in control systems with feedback control loop and servomechanisms. The performance of the system based on the graphical output of the percentage of oil in crude using computer interface appears to be quite satisfactory. This system may also be used in many applications where segregation of products with similar properties can be performed automatically.

OER boosters

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:43 +0000

This article lists 17 OER boosters namely, Poor quality crop – get the FFB quality right, Contamination – strict enforcement, revoke license if necessary, Excessive trash in FFB – do not accept trash with FFB, Unripe crop – Need Strict Enforcement, – Long stalk (stalk should be as short as possible)- if not, such bunches should be rejected, confiscated and processed by the mill under unaccounted crop, Over-ripe crop – do not wait for bunches to be overripe, Mixed crop – harvest when bunches are just ripe, Loose fruits not collected – collect all loose fruits irrespective of the cost, Wet bunches – strict monitoring and enforcement, Rat infestation – rat elimination using barn owl, and many more.