Recovery of Residual Crude Palm Oil from the Empty Fruit Bunch Spikelets Using Environmentally Friendly Processes

The development of new, low-cost technology to increase the oil recovery in the palm oil mill especially from the palm oil wastes has been an important goal for the industry to increase OER. According to preliminary oil detection, the residual oil is mainly located on the surface of spikelet, about...

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Published in:Separation science and technology 2015-07, Vol.50 (11), p.1677-1683
Main Authors: Chavarro Gomez, Javier, Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan, Sulaiman, Alawi, Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari, Busu, Zainuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
crude palm oil (CPO)
empty fruit bunches (EFB)
hydro solvent assisted steam extraction (HYSASE)
oil recovery
spikelet
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Summary:The development of new, low-cost technology to increase the oil recovery in the palm oil mill especially from the palm oil wastes has been an important goal for the industry to increase OER. According to preliminary oil detection, the residual oil is mainly located on the surface of spikelet, about 73.73 ± 0.05% from total residual oil. The combined water-steam shows the best oil extraction process, indicating 82 ± 0.13% of oil may be removed from the EFB spikelet. Thus, this method is chemical free and environmentally friendly residual CPO recovery process using EFB.
ISSN:0149-6395
1520-5754
DOI:10.1080/01496395.2014.994781