• Does palm oil need a refining process?
  • However, the crude palm oil that has been extracted contains unwanted impurities and requires a refining process to partially or eliminate them to produce edible oil. In the current scenario, palm oil is widely used in tropical countries in South East Asia, Africa, and parts of Brazil for cooking purposes.
  • What is palm oil refining industry?
  • The palm oil refining industry has witnessed a commendable growth in recent decades and thus, has emerged as one of the vital manufacturing sectors in the world. Further, it has gradually become the most abundant traded vegetable oil in the world, owing to the growing demand.
  • Does palm oil milling need a solid/liquid separation phase?
  • Whatever the step in the palm oil milling process (clarification, POME, fertilizer, composting, biogas, EFB), a solid/liquid separation phase is needed to meet the requirements applying to the final product. The ANDRITZ equipment is the right solution to meet the separation needs of palm oil producers and users
  • Why is palm oil mill effluent toxic?
  • The discharge of palm oil mill effluent (POME) without effective treatment is highly toxic to the environment and receiving waters due to its high chemical oxygen demand , biochemical oxygen demand and increased levels of suspended solids.
  • How is palm oil mill effluent treated?
  • Azmi, N.; Yunos, K. Wastewater treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) by ultrafiltration membrane separation technique coupled with adsorption treatment as pretreatment. Agric. Agric. Sci. Proc. 2014, 2, 257¨C264. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
  • What are the waste products of oil palm processing?
  • The waste products of oil palm processing include empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm pressed fibres (PPF), oil palm trunks (OPT), palm kernel shells (PKS), palm kernel cake (PKC) and palm oil mill effluent (POME) (Corley 1983; Rupani et al. 2010; Yahaya and Seng 2013).