Palm oil mills : process control
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 19 Núm. especial (1998); 274-279
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 19 Núm. especial (1998); 274-279
0121-2923
Abstract
The main function of a palm oil mill is to extract as much oil as possible from the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) it received and to produce high quality crude palm oil and palm kernel. As palm oil is made in the field, the mill can only optimize its milling operation to extract as much oil out of the FFB as possible. The mill suffers the disadvantage of not able to know how much oil is contained in the FFB. The efficiency of the milling operations can only be checked by estimating the oil loss in the waste products like empty fruit bunch, fiber, shell, and palm oil mill effluent as well as incidental oil spillage. At the time, the quality of the palm oil and kernel produced is affected by quality of the FFB received and the subsequent process conditions. Thus an effective process control system is required to minimize the oil loss and to produce the products of the highest quality. The role of the process control department is to provide critical information to management to ensure the process objectives palm oil and palm kernel. Process and quality control measures required to achieve the process objectives will also be discussed. La función principal de la planta extractora de aceite de palma es extraer la mayor cantidad posible de aceite del racimo de fruta fresca (RFF] que recibe y producir aceite de palma crudo de alta calidad y palmiste. Ya que la extracción del aceite de palma se realiza en el campo, la planta extractora solo puede optimizar sus operaciones de extracción para extraer la mayor cantidad de aceite posible del RFF. La planta extractora cuenta con la desventaja de no saber cuánto aceite contiene el RFF. La eficiencia de las operaciones de extracción sólo puede verificarse realizando un estimativo de la pérdida de aceite en los productos de desecho tales como la tusa o raquis, la fibra, el cuesco y el efluente de la planta extractora de aceite de palma al igual que los derrames accidentales de aceite. Al mismo tiempo, la calidad el aceite de palma y del palmiste producidos se ve afectada por la calidad de los RFF recibidos y las subsiguientes condiciones de procesamiento. Por lo tanto se requiere de un sistema de control del proceso eficaz para minimizar la pérdida de aceite y producir productos de la más alta calidad. El papel del departamento de control del proceso es proveer información crítica a la administración para garantizar que se cumplan los objetivos del proceso. Este artículo pondrá de relieve algunos de los factores que afectan el rendimiento de aceite y la calidad del aceite de palma crudo y del palmiste. También se discuten las medidas de control de calidad y del proceso requeridas para lograr los objetivos del proceso.
The main function of a palm oil mill is to extract as much oil as possible from the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) it received and to produce high quality crude palm oil and palm kernel. As palm oil is made in the field, the mill can only optimize its milling operation to extract as much oil out of the FFB as possible. The mill suffers the disadvantage of not able to know how much oil is contained in the FFB. The efficiency of the milling operations can only be checked by estimating the oil loss in the waste products like empty fruit bunch, fiber, shell, and palm oil mill effluent as well as incidental oil spillage. At the time, the quality of the palm oil and kernel produced is affected by quality of the FFB received and the subsequent process conditions. Thus an effective process control system is required to minimize the oil loss and to produce the products of the highest quality. The role of the process control department is to provide critical information to management to ensure the process objectives palm oil and palm kernel. Process and quality control measures required to achieve the process objectives will also be discussed.
Palabras clave:
aceite de palma
palmiste
plantas de beneficio
procesamiento
calidad
racimos de fruta fresca
extracción
aceite de palma
palmiste
plantas de beneficio
procesamiento
calidad
racimos de fruta fresca
extracción