Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper

One of the objectives of this study was to analyze the capability and efficiency of depulper in separating loose fruits cooked at atmospheric pressure into fibrous mesh and nuts. This analysis leads to possibility in replacing the function of conventional digester with depulper. The study confirm...

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Main Authors: Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Somasundaram, Mageswari, Jimat, Dzun Noraini
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/20968/1/process_improvement_-_C20.pdf
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author Azmi, Azlin Suhaida
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Jimat, Dzun Noraini
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description One of the objectives of this study was to analyze the capability and efficiency of depulper in separating loose fruits cooked at atmospheric pressure into fibrous mesh and nuts. This analysis leads to possibility in replacing the function of conventional digester with depulper. The study confirmed that depulper gave better separation of mixture of nuts and light fibers for the fruit bunches cooked at 1 bar compared to those cooked at 3 bars. However, the equipment gave almost similar separation of fibrous mesh at both pressures. Thus the study confirmed the proposed depulper can be integrated to the rest of the palm oil milling process in a conventional palm oil mill as well as integrating it in the proposed alternative palm oil milling process.
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spelling iium-209682012-07-04T01:34:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/20968/ Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper Azmi, Azlin Suhaida Somasundaram, Mageswari Jimat, Dzun Noraini TP248.13 Biotechnology One of the objectives of this study was to analyze the capability and efficiency of depulper in separating loose fruits cooked at atmospheric pressure into fibrous mesh and nuts. This analysis leads to possibility in replacing the function of conventional digester with depulper. The study confirmed that depulper gave better separation of mixture of nuts and light fibers for the fruit bunches cooked at 1 bar compared to those cooked at 3 bars. However, the equipment gave almost similar separation of fibrous mesh at both pressures. Thus the study confirmed the proposed depulper can be integrated to the rest of the palm oil milling process in a conventional palm oil mill as well as integrating it in the proposed alternative palm oil milling process. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/20968/1/process_improvement_-_C20.pdf Azmi, Azlin Suhaida and Somasundaram, Mageswari and Jimat, Dzun Noraini (2011) Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper. In: Current research and development in biotechnology engineering at IIUM. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 169-174. ISBN 9789674181444 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
spellingShingle TP248.13 Biotechnology
Azmi, Azlin Suhaida
Somasundaram, Mageswari
Jimat, Dzun Noraini
Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title_full Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title_fullStr Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title_full_unstemmed Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title_short Process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
title_sort process improvement of conventional palm oil milling: depulper
topic TP248.13 Biotechnology
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