• What is palm kernel oil extraction?
  • A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% ¨C 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%. Palm Kernel Oil Extraction (PKOE) Plant, is designed to extract the oil from kernel cake by means of solvent. This shall extract an additional 3% PKO.
  • What is palm fibre oil extraction plant?
  • Palm Fibre Oil Extraction Plant, a plant designed and equipped to extract the residual oil from palm-pressed fibre by means of solvent. A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% ¨C 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%.
  • How is palm oil extracted?
  • In the ¡®wet¡¯ process a liquid, usually water, is used to extract the oil from the milled palm fruits. Hot water or steam is used to leach out the oil from ruptured oily cells of the palm fruits. The hot water treatment also hydrolyzes gums, resins and any starch present as well as coagulates proteins.
  • Can enzymes improve the extraction of palm oil?
  • The application of enzymes to improve the extraction of palm oil has been studied (Sel 2015). In this study, the cellulose-based enzymes produced by Novozymes such as CTec2, HTec2 and Pectinex were used to break down the cellulosic structure of the palm fruit mesocarp.
  • How to improve the sustainability of palm oil production in Malaysia?
  • Presently, tremendous efforts have been devoted to improving the sustainability of palm oil production. One strategy is to improve the oil extraction rate (OER) during the milling process. The average OER in Malaysia has remained stagnant between 19 and 21% for the past 40 years.
  • What factors affect oil palm oil extraction efficiency (OER)?
  • The OER can be affected by many factors: the oil content in oil palm fruitlets, the age of the oil palm tree, the soil conditions, the climate, the harvesting practices, the quality of the harvested fruitlets and the oil extraction efficiency in the mills.