The document summarizes the key steps in processing palm oil from palm fruit bunches (FFB). The process involves: 1) Sterilizing the FFB to loosen fruit and inactivate enzymes, preconditioning the mesocarp for oil recovery. 2) Threshing to separate fruit from bunches. 3) Digesting fruit to further separate mesocarp from palm nut and break oil cells. 4) Pressing to extract oil from mesocarp. 5) Clarification and purification to separate oil, water, and impurities. 6) Drying the purified crude palm oil before storage in bulk tanks for transport to refineries.

1. PROCESSING OF PALM OIL
Presented by:
Siti Hajar Binti Sulaiman
Siti Sulaiha Binti Sulaiman

2. PROCESS FLOW CHART

3. STERILIZER
• FFB is directly heated
by saturated steam in
a pressurized vessel
OBJECTIVE
 To loosen fruit-lets from the bunch
 To inactivate enzymes activity that promote FFA (free fatty
acid)
 To precondition the mesocarp to facilitate oil recovery
 To prepare / pre-treat the nut for cracking

4. THRESHER
• FFB is fed and lifted in
a rotating drum
• The fruit-lets will
detach from the bunch
OBJECTIVE
 To separate the fruit-lets from sterilized bunches

5. DIGESTER
• Fruit-lets will be stirred
and steam is continuously
inject into the digester to maintain
Temperature about 95-100°C for
About 20 min.
OBJECTIVE
 To loosen the mesocarp from palm nut.
 To break the oil cells.

6. PRESSING
• The fruit-lets will pass
through to the press station
• The digested fruit
will be pressed by screw press
OBJECTIVE
 To extract oil from the mesocarps.

7. OIL CLARIFICATION
• A tank in which mixture of oil,
water and non solids
will store within 5 hours
to allow sludge settle at the bottom
OBJECTIVE
 To separate oil from sludge.

8. OIL PURIFICATION
• Moisture and dirt are separated by the oil
purifier
OBJECTIVE
Oil purification from
moisture and dirt

9. VACUUM DRYER
• The oil is dried through vacuum dryer.
OBJECTIVE
 To separate moisture
from oil.

10. BULK STORAGE TANK
• Purified Crude Palm Oil is
pumped into the Bulk
Storage Tank.
OBJECTIVE
CPO storage being
transported to Refinery.

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