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A More Efficient Palm Oil Extraction Method
A More Efficient Palm Oil Extraction Method
Extraction Method
Nut by Vol
• Aggressive activities by MPOB enforcement officers to reject
under-ripe/over-ripe FFB’s arriving at the mill for processing 48.96%
(PEMANDU, 2014).
• Inefficient milling technology particularly
poor oil extraction leads to oil losses.
• Oil losses in unstripped FFB at 0.4% oil
loss/FFB or RM 3.0 million/mill/year
• 0.7% oil loss/FFB in press fiber and kernel
loss, 0.32%/FFB (50% oil in kernel) at or RM
6.8 million/mill/year
• Oil losses in sludge at 0.32% oil loss/FFB or
RM 2.8 million/mill/year
• Major oil losses in palm oil mills occur in the
Fibre, Sludge and Steriliser condensate (90 %
of all oil losses)
• High oil loss and % of broken kernels in press
fibre is due to inefficient sterilization,
digestion and screw press.
• Formation of emulsions at the oil/water
boundary in clarifier leads to more oil loss.
• Oil loss in condensate occurs due to longer
than necessary steriliser cycle or due to over
ripe fruit.
ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PALM OIL MILLING INDUSTRY
LRGS PROGRAM
AVERAGE OER IN MALAYSIA
OER (ton
oil/ton FFB)
Potential yield 30
Fruits and oil
25 quality
BRIDGING GAP
Sterilization Economic,
social and
Oil Extraction environment
al impacts of
Oil Purification
new
technology
Oil Recovery
RM13.7 billion
in GNI
20
Oil losses in unstripped FFB Oil losses in press fiber and kernel
amounts to RM 3.0 million/ Oil losses in sludge oil
loss, amounts to RM 6.8 million/
mill/year (0.4%/FFB) amounts to RM 2.8 million/
mill/year (0.7%/FFB)
mill/year (0.32%/FFB)
Digester
Fruit Composition
Fibre by vol Water by vol Oil by vol Nut by Vol
7.20%
28.00%
15.84%
48.96%
• Using the traditional method Oil / Nut loss is Tamaco is a three times winner of MPOB’s
inevitable highest OER award
• At best it’s a trade-off between how much CPO
SAMPLE
to lose or how much kernel to lose 2015 OLWB% OLDB%
40 4-Jan 0.88 25.29
35
5-Jan 0.78 7.38
6-Jan 0.65 16.75
30
7-Jan 0.6 9.77
25 8-Jan 0.41 7.16
Percent
% OLDB
20 9-Jan 0.59 10.28
15 % Nuts 10-Jan 0.61 10.34
10
Broken 11-Jan 0.73 11.97
12-Jan 0.67 11.69
5
13-Jan 0.63 21.27
0 14-Jan 0.67 10.28
1.67 3.24 4.91 6.57 8.14 9.81 * Nwankwojike, et al., 2011
15-Jan 0.55 9.02
Mpa
16-Jan 0.66 11.52
17-Jan 0.71 12.52
Histogram OLDB% 18-Jan 0.62 11.17
10 Despite what is
reported even best Mean 0.65% 12.43%
8
mills are losing 0.5 Count 15 15
Frequency
According to Mongana, small capacity presses cause 4 percent loss What about
(OLDB) as compared to 7-8 percent loss (OLDB) associated with larger
CPOt/Ha??
presses. However in reality OLDB often ranges between 7-15 percent for
conventional 15t FFB/h twin screw presses.
Leveraging effect of OER on yield
Maceration /
Fibre & Nut
MICRONES is an acronym separation
for Maceration Induced Cell
Rupturing Oil Nut
Extraction Synthesis STEAM
HOT WATER
PRESS LIQUOR 1st Pressing
NOS + HOT OILY WATER Station
MESOCAP / FIBRE
Hydrator
Micrones is
designed to work
with; 2nd
• Conventional Pressing
sterilisers Station
• Continuous
sterilizers.
Vibro-screen
60 ton FFB MICRONES System separator
MICRONES - Four Stages Process
COMPARISON
CONVENTIONAL Fruit
TECHNOLOGY reception
/Storage
Maceration /
Fibre & Nut
separation
1st Pressing
Station
Hydrator
MICRONES induces maceration to ensure oil bearing cells are ruptured and virgin oil
is decanted early in the process
MICRONES directs the mesocarp through 2 separate and dedicated pressing stages
with a hydration phase in between to ensure the purging effect of the second pressing
stage is optimal.
MICRONES requires less power as energy is not expended breaking kernel nuts or
separating kernel from mesocarp fibre