PALM OIL MILLING

PROCESS
 FLOWCHART OF PALM OIL MILL
PROCESSING
1.Bunch Reception

2.Sterilizatio
n
Empty EB fiber
Bunch
4.EB Compost for
3.Threshing
Pressing plantations
Nut
10.Kernal
Station 8.Sludge
5.Digestion
Oil EB Oil
Press Recover
11.Boiler/
Fiber 6.Pressing y
Turbine

9.Oil 7.Oil
CPO Storage
Purification Clarification
12.Biogas
POME generation
FFB RECEPTION PROCESS

FFB receiving and weighing FFB feeding to hopper

STERILIZER
Facilitate
STATION mechanical
separation

Inactivates
oil-
Purposes of Rupture of
splitting Sterilization the oil cells
enzymes

Minimize Coagulations
breaking of protein
of kernel material
STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES

Horizontal Sterilizer
Vertical Sterilizer
Titling Sterilizer
 THRESHING
STATION EB Press Station
Separate the sterilized Extraction oil from empty fruit bunch
fruits from the empty
bunch Minimize oil loss with fiber
DIGESTER
Homogenize

Purposes of Loosening of
the pericarps
Digestion from the nuts

Reheating the
fruits and
conditioning
PRESS STATION

Extraction of crude oil

from the mesocarp

Minimum oil loss through press fiber

Minimum nut cracking

CLARIFICATION

To separate oil from sludge

Critical conditions

Temperature-90 C
Dilution-1/3rd of
water

Vertical Settling
 VACUUM
OIL PURIFICATION
DRYER
Crude palm oil purification can
improve oil purity and remove
impurity.

Remove the moisture from the

crude palm oil to lower the
moisture content of below 0.20%
before sending to the storage tank
 DECANTER

Oil recovery of sludge from

settling tanks

Instant sedimentation of the dry

solids on the wall of the bowl,
and the liquid phases-heavy
phase(water) and light
phase(oil)-separate in layers due
to centrifugal force
 CENTRIFUGE
MACHINE
Oil recovery of
sludge from
settling tanks
Due to centrifugal force, the
heavier particles of dirt and water
are forced to the extreme end of
the rotor

The lighter oil particles are

centered to the bowl

Discharge recovered oil through

stainless steel pipe
KERNEL STATION PROCESS
FLOW
Fiber
1. Boiler
Press cake Depericarper
Station
Nuts + 2. Nuts 3. Nut
Metal + Destoner Silo
Stones
Conditioned
Nuts
Boiler Shells
4. Shells and
3. Nut
Kernel
Cracker
6. Kernel Oil 5. Separation
Storage Kernels
Extraction
Depericarping Station
Separating Depericarper Nut Polishing
Column
Separate free fiber Separate fiber Drum
Remove small fibers
from nuts using a from nuts further attached to nuts
fan Moisture removal
 Deston
Nuts are er
transported through a screw
conveyor

Stones and metal removed using destoner

fan
 Nut Silo
Nuts are stored and preconditioned using hot air
for cracking
Nut Cracker
This is a ripple mill which is used to crack nuts to
separate kernels and shells.
Kernel and shell
separation
After cracking nuts shells and kernels are separated using
this kind of operations.

Winnowing and Winnowing

Hydrocycloning
Kernel Storage
Kernels are stored for further
processing.
PALM KERNEL OIL EXTRACTION
Few kind of methods are used to extract oil from
palm kernels
PROCESS FLOW
Heating Silo

Conditioned
Kernels

Expellers

Filter Press

Kernel Oil Kernel

Storage Meal
Storage
Kernel Heater
Tanks
Before mechanical pressing kernels are preconditioned in
heater tanks using hot air to improve oil separation.
Mechanical extraction
Mechanical extraction is done using kernel expeller
machines
Filter Press
After mechanical extraction filter press operation is used to filter
the impurities and sludge before being pumped to the oil storage
tank.
Crude Palm Kernel Oil Storage
Tanks
Crude palm kernel oil then pumped into storage tanks and
then released in to market.
Palm Kernel Meal
A byproduct from palm kernel expelling which is used
for animal feeding.
BOILER

Combined Type biomass boiler

Fuel
Pressed Fruit Fibre
Kernel Shells
BOILER Main
Water
Safety level Air
Fire Stea Preheater
valves controller
Tubes m
valve
Water Dust
Tubes removing
cyclones

Exhaust
Chimney

ID fan
Furnace Feed water
FD fan
pumps
 Steam Steam
Turbine Outlet
TURBINE
Steam
Inlet

Main valve

Alternator Condensate
3 Phase, 400 V, removal system
50Hz

Governor actuator
for frequency
controlling
 Generate Steam at 23 barg
Boiler Saturated Steam

Back Pressure type

Turbine Reduce Steam pressure to 3barg after generating power

Steam from turbine accumulates in the header

Main
Steam Steam distributed to the process from this header
Header

STEAM FLOW
Sterilization,
conditioning
Process
Tank heating, Hot water system, Kernel
BIOGAS
GENERATION Scrubbing
Biogas to
remove H2S

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Converts Solids in waste
water to Methane, using
mesophilic bacteria
 PALM OIL USES IN FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDS

Margarines Cooking oils

Reduced Fat Spreads Palm - based Spray Oil
Shortenings Frying Oil and Fats
Vanaspati Potato Crisps
Bakery Fats Expanded and Extruded Snacks
Biscuit Fats Doughnuts
Peanut Butter Oriented Noodles
Flour Confectionery Confectionery Fats and Coatings
Pastry Sugar Confectionary
Dry Cake and Pastry Ice Cream
Mixes
Field Milk
CONTINUING
PALM OIL USES IN FOOD AND
ANIMAL FEEDS
Coffee Whiteners
Palm Based Santa Powder
Palm Bases processed
cheese
Palm Based Yourgurt
Palm Olein in Salad
Dressing
Soup Mixes
Emulsifiers
Animal Feeds
OLEOCHEMICALS AND NON FOOD USES

Oleochemicle Applications
Fatty Acid
Methyl Esters
Fatty Alcohol
Fatty Acid Amides
Fatty Amines
Soap
Metal Soap
Surfactants and Cleaning products
Lubricants
Coatings
 SUPPLY ANALYSIS IN SRI LANKA

Local Demand for Edible oil is approximately

200,000 MT/Year

Local production (including CNO) 30%