Hexane Economization in Palm Kernel oil Plant: A Study After Process Design Improvement
Hexane (C6H14) is used as a solvent to extract oil from palm kernel to produce crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) which is a common cooking ingredient. The main intention of this research work is to reduce hexane loss during the extraction process of oil from palm kernel. This research project was carr...
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| Language: | English |
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Global Engineers and Technologists Review
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/6563/1/Getview_Sivarao.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/6563/ http://www.getview.org |
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| Institution: | Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Hexane (C6H14) is used as a solvent to extract oil from palm kernel to produce crude palm kernel oil
(CPKO) which is a common cooking ingredient. The main intention of this research work is to
reduce hexane loss during the extraction process of oil from palm kernel. This research project was
carried out in a leading vegetable factory in Malaysia. Although this plant managed to get high yield
(average 48.5 %) compare with other similar conventional plants in Malaysia but the hexane loss is
very high, 8.5 litre/Metric Ton (l/MT) in average. To reduce the hexane loss, few modification jobs
were carried out; adding of new shell and tube condenser, sealing of leakages and developed a set of
standard operating procedures. Preliminary investigation after the improvement steps found that,
reduction of hexane loss showed a decrease of about 30 % from the average of 9.5 % litre/MT of palm
kernel 6.5 litre/MT of palm kernel after the improvement. This amounted of hexane savings of 3
litre/MT of palm kernel which is equivalent to about RM 727,660 for 8 months after the process
improvement taken into effect. |
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