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  • What is a palm oil mill?
  • A palm oil mill produces crude palm oil and kernels, as primary products and biomass as secondary product. The capacity of mills varies between 60- 100 tons FFB/h. An average size FFB weighs about 20-30kg and contains 1500-2000 fruits (Figure1).
  • What is palm fibre oil extraction plant?
  • Palm Fibre Oil Extraction Plant, a plant designed and equipped to extract the residual oil from palm-pressed fibre by means of solvent. A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% – 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%.
  • What is palm kernel oil extraction?
  • A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% – 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%. Palm Kernel Oil Extraction (PKOE) Plant, is designed to extract the oil from kernel cake by means of solvent. This shall extract an additional 3% PKO.
  • What is the capacity of a FFB mill?
  • The capacity of mills varies between 60- 100 tons FFB/h. An average size FFB weighs about 20-30kg and contains 1500-2000 fruits (Figure1). This comprises of sterilization, stripping, digestion and pressing, clarification, purification, drying and storage.
  • How is crude palm oil stored in a tricanter?
  • Before the crude palm oil (CPO) is ready for storage in the clear oil tank and further processing in the refinery and fractionation plant (see ‘Investment programme’), it passes through a vacuum dryer to reduce the moisture content in order to slow down hydrolysis and oxidation. The bottom phase is the sludge which goes into the tricanter.
  • What is the bottom phase of palm oil tricanter?
  • The bottom phase is the sludge which goes into the tricanter. There, the remaining oil is recovered, while palm oil mill effluent (POME) and solid waste are separated.