Waris Selesa Palm Oil Mill, Sabah, Malaysia

Crude Oil Distillation Process Part 2

The various components of crude oil have different sizes, weights and boiling temperatures; so, the first step is to separate these components. Because they have different boiling temperatures, they can be separated easily by a process called fractional distillation. The steps of fractional distillation are as follows.

Crude Oil Distillation Process Part 1

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas. Oil refineries are typically large sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units. In many ways, oil refineries use much of the technology of, and can be thought of as types of chemical plants. The crude oil feedstock has typically been processed by an oil production plant. There is usually an oil depot (tank farm) at or near an oil refinery for storage of bulk liquid products.

Extraction of Palm Oil

In this presentation I described the processing of palm oil from oil palm fruit, with a focus on the extraction process to get the crude palm oil.

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

Empty Fruit Bunch, EFB Autofeeder for Palm Oil Mills

The Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Autofeeder is the solution to increase the thru-put of palm oil mills by ensuring 100% of EFB fully feeding into the EFB press machine for processing. Therefore, 0% of EFB will be carry over for dispose, 0% loses.

This system is design by KWG Engineering Sdn Bhd, specially for Palm Oil Mills and Industry. This is one of our hot selling products that request by many palm oil mills across Malaysia.

Oil Palm BMP - Mature Stage

The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) is a not-for-profit, science-based organization dedicated to responsible management of plant nutrition for the benefit of the human family. As a global organization, IPNI has initiatives addressing the world's growing need for food, fuel, fiber, and feed. Best Management Practices (BMP) for nutrient stewardship encourage the concept of applying the right product, at the right rate, at the right time, and in the right place.

Agriculture in South Asia and Southeast Asia regions is under extreme pressure to deliver unprecedented productivity to meet demand, while facing increasing pressures for land and water resources from other sectors. In Southeast Asia both subsistence and plantation crops are seeing sustained price increases. These are anticipated to continue for at least the medium term. In both cases, agricultural growth must be contained within the same ecological footprint. Land is not available for expansion in many areas. Even where it is, society demands that agriculture should not take more land but improve productivity to produce more from the same or less land and water resources. The only option is to intensify production and this seems easily achievable through the more intelligent use of existing technologies, and specifically so, plant nutrition - yields and efficiency of plantations is far from the potential and highly patchy. The goal is therefore to support intensification of oil palm plantation agriculture, which enables it to produce more while not increasing its ecological footprint, or reducing it where and when required.

Palm Oil Based Oleochemicals

Executive Focus: CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council

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Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Yusof Basiron is CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), a not-for-profit organization that aims to promote the market expansion of Malaysian palm oil and palm oil products. He spoke with The Prospect Group about palm oil's contribution to Malaysia's economy, the opportunities for Malaysian palm oil as a raw material for bio-fuel, and the negative connotation that has been placed on the palm oil industry by various NGOs.

Expanding The Palm Oil Industry In Malaysia

The government remains committed to increasing and improving the country's palm oil sector, the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) in the Prime Minister's Department said in its 2012 Annual Report of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

The Palm Oil National Key Economic Area (NKEA), Malaysia's most important commodity is expected to contribute from RM125 billion to RM178 billion to the Gross National Income (GNI) and create about 41,600 jobs by 2020, with the government's focus on eight Entry Point Projects (EPPs).

It said palm oil production has surged in recent decades, owing to the success and support of research and development activities in developing higher-yielding, top quality crops by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). The eight EPPs have been outlined by the government under the palm oil NKEA to drive the sector's growth and its role as a central element of the national economy.

This week Business Circle talks to Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lee Oi Hian - Chief Executive Officer of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad and Ku Kok Peng - Director, Palm Oil & Rubber, NKEA & ETP Investment, PEMANDU on the possibilities available for Malaysia through Palm Oil Industry.

Type of Soil & Fertilizer Suitable for Palm Oil Tree

Golden Oil from Green Agriculture, Malaysian Palm Oil

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The Price of Palm Oil

Palm Oil Refining: Part Two

 

Palm Oil Refining: part 2

I explained the various stages involved in physical and chemical refining of crude palm oil and differences between the two refining methods.

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

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

Vertical Sterilizer

Profit & Environmental Protection

Indonesia is the world's biggest palm oil producer but critics say it is harmful and unsustainable. Can the palm oil industry strike a balance between profits and environmental protection? 

 

Palm Trees Smart Harvesting, Prunning Mechanized Chisel

Palm Oil Palm Trees Smart Harvesting, Prunning Mechanized Chisel. Proven to save manpower, time, cost and increase productivity.

 

Machineries & Processing at Palm Oil Mill Plant

Sumatra's Sustainable Palm Oil

The small holder palm oil project run by the farmers of Dosan village in Riau (Sumatra, Indonesia) is demonstrating that sustainable palm oil production and protection of Indonesia's remaining rainforest can go hand in hand.

Sustainable Palm oil production

Most palm oil is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia on land that was once thriving rainforest. As global demand grows, more and more forests are being cleared. In areas such as Borneo and Sumatra, rich in biodiversity, deforestation can be catastrophic. Endangered species including orang-utans, tigers, elephants and rhinos are losing critical habitats, pushing them toward extinction.

In 2004, WWF helped set up the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a group that includes every link in the global supply chain, from growers and processors, to food companies and retailers and investors.

With the RSPO, WWF developed a set of international standards for responsible palm oil production. Producers that show they meet these criteria are able to sell certified sustainable palm oil. That means companies that use it in their lipstick, soap, margarine or whatever else can make the same guarantee to their customers.

Certified sustainable palm oil cannot be grown in place of primary forest or in important conservation areas. Growers have to use the best growing practices to keep soil and water supplies healthy, and to reduce pollution and carbon emissions. They also need to pay a decent wage and respect the rights of workers and communities.

The first certified sustainable palm oil came on to the market in September 2008. Today, about 6.4% of all palm oil is certified sustainable.
By looking out for CSPO, the label for sustainable palm oill, you'll be able to buy these products safe in the knowledge that you're not contributing to the destruction of the rainforests.