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Mar 1, 2013

Palm Oil Refining: Part One

 

Refining of Crude Palm Oil: Part 1

In Part 1 of this lecture I explained the reasons for refining crude oil and described the differences between physical and chemical refining. Refining is designed to remove free fatty acids (FFA), gums (phosphatides) trace elements (iron, copper) and other minor undesirable components that have adverse effect on the quality of oil.

Presented by Prof. Abd Karim Alias
School of Industrial Technology
Universiti Sains Malaysia