10 MT per Hour Small Palm Oil Mill - Operation Features

This small 10mt/hr palm oil mill is comprised of the following four stations:

Station 1:   FFB reception, sterilization and oil extraction

Station 2:   Oil clarification, filtration & dehydration, and sludge water pumping

Station 3:   Depericarping, nut cracking and kernel recovery

Station 4:   Steam & power generation plant

FFB Reception, Sterilization and Oil Extraction

Fresh fruit bunches (FFB) received at the reception bay are weighed, graded and manually loaded into the skip elevator for feeding into two Vertical Sterilizers and subjected to steaming at a pressure of about 3.16bar.g for 90 minutes.

The sterilized fruit bunches (SFB) are automatically fed into a rotating drum of the Bunch Stripper where the fruits are separated. The separated fruits are transported by skip elevator into a Digester. The digested mash is fed by gravity into a Twin-Screw Press for oil extraction.

Oil Clarification

After a filtering process to remove most of the fiber residues, the crude palm oil mixture is fed into a Static Settling Tank for continuous oil separation. The skimmed oil is fed into the Second Static Tank for more refined clarification. The clarified oil is filtered through a Dehydrator to reduce its moisture content to 0.1%.

This Clarification plant is designed to recover and purify the crude palm oil quickly with minimum heating and air exposure to minimize oxidation of palm oil.

Kernel Recovery

The press cake comprising of fiber and nuts is transported through a Cake Breaker Paddle Conveyor which helps break up the nuts from the fiber and reduce moisture. The fiber and nuts are separated in a Pneumatic Winnowing Column. Cracking of the nuts are done by a Ripple Mill and the crack mixture is fed through a Claybath for separation. The washed kernels are dried in a drying silo to moisture content of 7% before storage.

Steam & Power Plant

The steam for power generation and FFB sterilization is supplied by a 10mt/hr Steam Boiler using fruit fiber and shell as solid fuels. Power generation of about 300kW is achieved by the Steam Turbine Driven Alternator.  A main genset of 250kW is to provide standby power supply.

For further enquiries, please contact:
 
CIMG Resources Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Email:  cimgrs@yahoo.com