Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin

Harvesting the Unripe Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) has become a common problem by the plantation harvesters which can actually lead to lower Oil Extraction Rate (OER) at the palm oil mill. The Unripe FFBs are usually rejected at the mill and if processed it can lead to Un-stripped Fruit Bunches (USB)....

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Main Author: Zainal Ashirin, Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22695/
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description Harvesting the Unripe Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) has become a common problem by the plantation harvesters which can actually lead to lower Oil Extraction Rate (OER) at the palm oil mill. The Unripe FFBs are usually rejected at the mill and if processed it can lead to Un-stripped Fruit Bunches (USB). Consequently, the OER of FFBs at the mill would be affected. In this study, the Unripe FFBs were de-cored of their stalk using a special de-coring machine and its FFA dynamics was studied. De-coring is a method to remove the stalk of FFB so that steam penetration into the FFB would be improved and eventually will reduce the problem of USB. In this study, it was found that the FFA de-cored unripe FFB was higher than non-de-cored unripe FFB. The FFA profiles concentrations were analysed using two statistical methods; One Way-analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation coefficient test. ANOVA results showed FFA concentration profile for de-cored unripe FFBs was much significantly affected by the storage time than non-de-cored unripe FFBs. The Pearson correlation coefficient test on FFA concentration profiles over storage time for both de-cored (r = 0.983) and non-de-cored (r = 0.856) showed strong linear relationship. At the end, the economic analysis of this study was evaluated so that appropriate management recommendations could be provided to improve the overall palm oil mill performance.
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spelling uitm-226952020-07-29T08:22:04Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22695/ Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin Zainal Ashirin, Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Fatty acids S Agriculture (General) Harvesting the Unripe Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) has become a common problem by the plantation harvesters which can actually lead to lower Oil Extraction Rate (OER) at the palm oil mill. The Unripe FFBs are usually rejected at the mill and if processed it can lead to Un-stripped Fruit Bunches (USB). Consequently, the OER of FFBs at the mill would be affected. In this study, the Unripe FFBs were de-cored of their stalk using a special de-coring machine and its FFA dynamics was studied. De-coring is a method to remove the stalk of FFB so that steam penetration into the FFB would be improved and eventually will reduce the problem of USB. In this study, it was found that the FFA de-cored unripe FFB was higher than non-de-cored unripe FFB. The FFA profiles concentrations were analysed using two statistical methods; One Way-analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation coefficient test. ANOVA results showed FFA concentration profile for de-cored unripe FFBs was much significantly affected by the storage time than non-de-cored unripe FFBs. The Pearson correlation coefficient test on FFA concentration profiles over storage time for both de-cored (r = 0.983) and non-de-cored (r = 0.856) showed strong linear relationship. At the end, the economic analysis of this study was evaluated so that appropriate management recommendations could be provided to improve the overall palm oil mill performance. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22695/1/22695.pdf Zainal Ashirin, Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi (2018) Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin. (2018) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/22695.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Fatty acids
S Agriculture (General)
Zainal Ashirin, Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi
Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title_full Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title_fullStr Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title_full_unstemmed Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title_short Research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / Muhammad Fakhrurrodhi Zainal Ashirin
title_sort research on the effects of free fatty acids dynamics of de-cored and non-de-cored unripe oil palm fresh fruit bunches / muhammad fakhrurrodhi zainal ashirin
topic Fatty acids
S Agriculture (General)
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22695/