Palm Oil Production Line

 

What is palm kernel oil?

The oil obtained from palm kernels is called palm kernel oil. The oil content of the palm kernel is about 50-55%. Fresh palm kernel oil is edible. Its high stability, absence of cholesterol and trans-fatty acids make it especially valuable for frying and beneficial for human health. Liquid palm kernel oil turns into solid fat when the temperature of the storage environment changes, and solid fat can be used as a cocoa butter substitute. Because palm kernel oil and coconut oil have similar effects, but palm kernel oil is more moderate and contains more unsaturated fatty acids than coconut oil. (PS: Adequate intake of unsaturated fatty acids is good for human skin as they can protect it, including preventing skin damage and aging, making the skin shiny and transparent.)

The oil obtained from palm kernels is called palm kernel oil. The oil content of the palm kernel is about 50-55%. Fresh palm kernel oil is used in industrial production; oil, fatty acids, fatty alcohols and glycerin are obtained from palm kernel oil. For cosmetic purposes, the kernel oil is extracted and made into handmade soaps, shampoos, laundry detergent, toothpaste and other personal care and home care products. In general, palm kernel oil is widely used in food, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, plastic and other industries.

Stages of palm kernel oil production

1. Raw materials reception section:
1.1 The FFB bunch are transported to plant by truck, after be weighed by weighbridge, the FFB will be loaded down to FFB loading area.
1.2 FFB will fall down to the FFB loading conveyor through the FFB loading hopper then conveyed to sterilizing station

2. Sterilizing section:
The FFB are transported to sterilizer for sterilizing. It use high temperature to soften the fruit and kill the bacteria, this will increase the moisture content of fruit and separte the fruit and separate the fruits easily, so finally it will easy to get oil and separate palm kernel, also avoid the raising of free fatty acid. From picking to sterilizing station, the time shall not over 24 hours.

3. Threshing section:
The palm fruit proportion is about 60% of the FFB. In this section, we always use rotating drum thresher to separate palm fruit from the bunches.
The FFB are transported to sterilizer for sterilizing. It use high temperature to soften the fruit and kill the bacteria, this will increase the moisture content of fruit and separte the fruit.

4. Pressing Section:
Transport the palm fruits to the digester to mix and cook again to separate the palm pulp and nut, the use double screw presser to get crude palm oil, which improve the production efficiencey greatly.

5. Clarification section:

The pressed CPO contains some water and other impurities, we need to clarify the CPO into sludge oil and pure oil. The pure oil will be dried then transport to crude oil tank, while the sludge oil will through centrifuge for recovery.
6.Palm kernel recovery section:

The pressed palm fiber cake gets into the cake breaker then get into the winnowing system to separate the fiber and nut. Then nut will be crushed to get shell and kernel. Through winnowing and washing system to separate the shell and kernel. The shell ca be used as fuel for boiler, the kernel will be dried for storage.

Advantages of Palm Oil Plant

(1) High oil production, obvious economic benefits.
(2) The level of residual oil in dry flour is low.
(3) Improve the quality of flour and butter.
(4) Low processing cost, high labor productivity.
(5) High automation and labor saving.