Oil looses balance in the palm oil mills of the Central and Northern Colombian oil palm zones
Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 21 Núm. especial, (2000); 375-380
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 21 Núm. especial, (2000); 375-380
0121-2923
Abstract
During the technological diagnosis of the Colombian mills, performed by Cenipalma in 1996, it was concluded that one of the main difficulties for efficiency comparison between mills, was the means to express the oil losses. With the implementation of the balance of oil losses, losses are expressed in the same terms as oil extraction, this means percentage of oil per bunch, making easier the comparison between mills. The balance of oil losses is a tool that allows to quantify in extraction rate units, the quantity that is eliminated in each flow that comes out of the process. In this way, it is possible to know not only the fluctuation of the levels of each oil loss associated to climatic and agronomic factors, but also to determine the critical stage of the process which deserves control, maintenance, or technological change. This article presents comparative results of some mills of the Colombian northern and central palm zones. Durante el Diagnóstico Tecnológico de las plantas de beneficio de Colombia, realizado por Cenipalma en 1996, se concluyó que uno de los principales inconvenientes para la comparación de la eficiencia entre las mismas era la forma de expresar las pérdidas de aceite. Con la implementación de los balances de pérdidas de aceite, éstas se expresan en los mismos términos de la extracción de aceite, es decir, porcentaje de aceite sobre racimo, facilitando la comparación entre plantas. El balance de pérdidas de aceite es una herramienta de control que permite cuantificar en unidades de la tasa de extracción, la cantidad de aceite que es eliminado en cada flujo másico que sale del proceso. De esta manera se puede conocer, no sólo la fluctuación de los niveles de cada pérdida de aceite asociado con factores climáticos y agronómicos, sino, además, determinar la etapa crítica del proceso que amerita control, mantenimiento o cambio tecnológico. En este artículo se presentan resultados comparativos de algunas plantas de beneficio de las zonas palmeras colombianas norte y central.
During the technological diagnosis of the Colombian mills, performed by Cenipalma in 1996, it was concluded that one of the main difficulties for efficiency comparison between mills, was the means to express the oil losses. With the implementation of the balance of oil losses, losses are expressed in the same terms as oil extraction, this means percentage of oil per bunch, making easier the comparison between mills. The balance of oil losses is a tool that allows to quantify in extraction rate units, the quantity that is eliminated in each flow that comes out of the process. In this way, it is possible to know not only the fluctuation of the levels of each oil loss associated to climatic and agronomic factors, but also to determine the critical stage of the process which deserves control, maintenance, or technological change. This article presents comparative results of some mills of the Colombian northern and central palm zones.
Palabras clave:
aceite de palma
plantas de beneficio
pérdidas por procesamiento
análisis económico
Colombia
extracción de aceite
aceite de palma
plantas de beneficio
pérdidas por procesamiento
análisis económico
Colombia
extracción de aceite