https://poeb.mpob.gov.my Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/fermentation-pathway-for-palm-oil-mill-effluent/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:29 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/fermentation-pathway-for-palm-oil-mill-effluent/ Palm oil mills generate about 3 t of effluent for every tonne of crude palm oil (CPO) produced or about 0.6 t of palm oil mill effluent (POME) for every tonne of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) processed. This effluent has to be treated to reduce its biological oxygen demand (BOD) before being discharged into the water course. Effluent pond digestion method is the most common treatment practice in almost all mills where the POME is digested by the microorganisms producing unpleasant odour, methane and other greenhouse gases. The objective of this study is to review the important metabolic pathways of microorganisms in order to predict the POME degradation under anaerobic and aerobic conditions.

]]> 1058 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/mongana-basics-part-25-appendices/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:43 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/mongana-basics-part-25-appendices/ This is a continuation of Appendices from p.37 of Palm Oil Engineering Bulletin Issue No. 98.

]]> 1094 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/mongana-basics-part-24-general-conclusions/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:50 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/mongana-basics-part-24-general-conclusions/ This article reviews the results of four years of research which can be considered as extremely satisfactory. Areas reviewed as below: – Oil received at the factory – Sterilization – Extraction – Clarification of crude oil – Quality of oil – Processing of nuts – Utilisation of stalks

]]> 1100 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/mongana-basics-part-23-study-of-fuel-and-valorization-of-the-waste-products/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:50 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/mongana-basics-part-23-study-of-fuel-and-valorization-of-the-waste-products/ The Waste Product the Palm Oil Mill – The approximate percentage composition of bunches processed in palm oil mills is given in Table 1. The amount of waste products is therefore dependent upon the type of bunch. Moreover, the extraction process affects the amount of non-oily solids and fibre which can be recovered or used. In the wet process, two-thirds of the fibre is washed away in water, in the continuous pressing process, one-third of it finds its way into the crude oil. Finally, in the centrifugal extraction technique or by manual press method, only very little of the fibre are removed.

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