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  • Can palm oil refining save energy?
  • This would reduce by similar amount GHG and Nitrogen footprints (Čuček et al. 2015 ). The presented scoping study confirms the potential of energy savings in the palm oil refining process, revealing that total annualised cost saving of MYR 56,519 (U$D 13,819) is possible.
  • Why are palm oil refineries important?
  • Refineries play a vital role in the supply chain for processing crude palm oil, and palm kernel into refined products which are ready for consumption. They need to continuously improve operational efficiencies and strive to reduce carbon footprint.
  • Can heat integration save energy and cost in palm oil refining?
  • An analysis of the refining process of palm oil in Sahabat Oil Products, Lahad Datu has been performed and presented in this paper for scoping potential energy and cost savings using heat integration. A first stage optimisation of the minimum temperature difference, ∆ T min, of a heat exchanger network (HEN) has been performed.
  • What does a palm oil company do?
  • consists of a palm oil mill, kernel crushing plant, palm oil refinery and other plants for downstream activities since early 1970s. The company has a far-sighted vision to maximise the use of in-house renewable energy (RE) sources, so that a larg
  • Why is the palm oil industry struggling with energy management?
  • However, load fluctuations due to mill size and insufficient supply of biogas and photovoltaic are significant challenges in energy management for the palm oil industry. Adopting renewable energy solutions is hindered by process disturbances and climatic variability caused by weather, ambient temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation.
  • Why is palm oil a renewable source?
  • Adoption of biomass and biogas combustion makes the palm oil industry a renewable source since CO 2 emissions created during production and waste combustion are part of the carbon cycle and are absorbed during the growth period and palm plantation .