PALM OIL MILL – PALM OIL ENGINEERING BULLETIN

Innovation potentials in palm oil mill design

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

Horizontal sterilisers are in dire need for improvement. There is great potential for university students to explore the field of sterilisation. It has been found that the sterilisation process practiced by the industry is not founded on sound process technology. There is ample room therefore for improvement not only in the field of sterilisation, but in many other areas of processing as well. In this article, we would focus on sterilisation, the least understood process operation.

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.

Development of palm oil mill technology

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

This topic is indeed a long one and probably can be written as a complete book if an attempt is made to cover all aspects of oil palm development in detail. In this article, the author purposely wanted to unveil to the palm oil community a glimpse of the historical past on the development of the industry. Many countries for whom oil palm was totally foreign have now emerged as giants of the industry making the countries from where it originated fading into oblivion during the past few decades. In the beginning, oil palm was only considered to be a decorative palm meant for gardens but today it has become a formidable commercial crop growing very fast throughout the world. A glimpse of all the latest technologies of recent origin is also discussed in this article, although it is possible some others could have been left out. The palm oil development in recent times had been quite rapid and probably in a decade or two, faster development is anticipated in the field of biodiesel, oleochemicals and some health products.