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Degumming
Bleaching
(i) Prior to bleaching step, the degummed oil is mixed with bleaching
earth in the oil/earth mixer. The bleaching earth is proportioned
by an automatic feeding system.
(ii) The degummed oil mixed with bleaching earth is then drawn into
bleacher where the bleaching process takes place for about 30 -
50 minutes at 100oC – 105oC.
(iii) The output from the bleacher known as Bleached Palm Oil (BPO)
is passed through the Niagara Filter in order to separate the spent
bleaching earth and other impurities from the oil. BPO from the
Niagara Filter is then pumped into filtered oil tank as a temporary
storage before further processing.
(iv) Usually, the BPO from the filtered oil tank will pass through a
second filter, called Polishing Filter before it is passed to the
deodorizer.
Deodorization
Homogenization
Crystallization
Membrane filtration
(i) Solid oil crystals (stearin) is separated from the liquid oil (olein) in
a membrane filter press which is an automatic filter with side
plate shifting. There are 3 membrane filter press available in this
plant.
(ii) The olein is pumped to the olein storage tank.
(iii) On the other hand, the stearin separated by the membrane filter
press is melted in the stearin melting tank before it is stored or
packaged.
(iv) Any remaining olein in the stearin can be recovered by squeezing
the stearin cake.
Kernel Crushing Plant aims to extract oil from the palm kernel. The
products are known as crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) and palm kernel
expeller (PKE) as a byproduct. The method of extracting is by crushing
the palm kernel through series of expellers. The oil is filtered through
Niagara filter before being stored at the final oil tank.