Influence of the different phases (oil - water - sludge) on the clarification performance
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 21 Núm. especial, (2000); 334-339
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 21 Núm. especial, (2000); 334-339
0121-2923
Abstract
This article presents the report on a research developed in the seven palm oil mills of the central oil palm zone of Colombia. The objectives of the study were to analyze, through statistical tools, the historical information during 1998, on the incidence and correlation of the different variables measured during the clarification process (dilutions, heavy sludge, light sludge, oil at the exit of the clarifiers, recovered oil of the sludge removers, dry solids without oil, etc.) with the loss of oil at the exit of the sludge removers. Important correlation was found between the presence of light sludge at the exit of the clarifier and the losses of oil on dry non-fatty base in the discharges of the sludge removers. It was also found that the percentage of oil in clarification effluents had a lower incidence in the loses in centrifuges, than the sludge previously mentioned. Some important correlations of other variables and important differences between two sub-zones of the central Colombian palm zone are also shown. Se presenta el informe sobre las investigaciones realizadas en las siete plantas de beneficio de la zona palmera central de Colombia. Los objetivos del estudio fueron analizar, mediante herramientas estadísticas, la información histórica, durante 1998, sobre la incidencia y correlaciones de las diferentes variables que se miden en la clarificación (diluciones, lodos pesados, lodos ligeros, aceite a la salida de los clarificadores, aceite recuperado en las deslodadoras, sólidos secos no aceitosos, etc.) con la pérdida de aceite a la salida de las deslodadoras. Se encontraron correlaciones significativamente estadísticas entre la presencia de lodos ligeros a la salida del clarificador y las pérdidas de aceite sobre base seca no aceitosa en las descargas de las deslodadoras. También se encontró que el porcentaje volumétrico de aceite en los efluentes de clarificación tenía menor incidencia en las pérdidas en las centrífugas que los lodos ligeros antes mencionados. Se muestran correlaciones significativas de otras variables y diferencias importantes entre dos subzonas de la Zona Central.
This article presents the report on a research developed in the seven palm oil mills of the central oil palm zone of Colombia. The objectives of the study were to analyze, through statistical tools, the historical information during 1998, on the incidence and correlation of the different variables measured during the clarification process (dilutions, heavy sludge, light sludge, oil at the exit of the clarifiers, recovered oil of the sludge removers, dry solids without oil, etc.) with the loss of oil at the exit of the sludge removers. Important correlation was found between the presence of light sludge at the exit of the clarifier and the losses of oil on dry non-fatty base in the discharges of the sludge removers. It was also found that the percentage of oil in clarification effluents had a lower incidence in the loses in centrifuges, than the sludge previously mentioned. Some important correlations of other variables and important differences between two sub-zones of the central Colombian palm zone are also shown.
Palabras clave:
aceite de palma
plantas de beneficio
procesamiento
aguas residuales
lodos
clarificación
extracción de aceite
aceite de palma
plantas de beneficio
procesamiento
aguas residuales
lodos
clarificación
extracción de aceite