Deoiling efficiency for oil extraction from spent bleaching clay and the quality of recovered oil

• Main Authors: Abd. Wafti, Nur Sulihatimarsyila, Cheah, Kien Yoo, Siew, Wai Lin, Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23464/1/Deoiling%20efficiency%20for%20oil%20extraction%20from%20spent%20bleaching%20clay%20and%20the%20quality%20of%20recovered%20oil.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23464/; http://jopr.mpob.gov.my/deoiling-efficiency-for-oil-extraction-from-spent-bleaching-clay-and-the-quality-of-recovered-oil/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The disposal and reuse of spent bleaching clay (SBC) from the palm oil processing industry is a problem of growing importance. Although today the only practical way of removing SBC is by disposal, extraction with organic solvents is a well-known method of deoiling contaminated SBC. Various hydrocarb...