Palm Oil Extraction

Introduction

Palm oil is extracted from fresh oil palm fruit bunches. This is a wet process involving operations like (1) sterilization (2) stripping (3) digestion (4) pressing (5) classification (6) purification (7) vacuum drying.
The process is designed to suit indigenous Requirements in terms of plant size and Operational logistics. It gives edible grade Red palm oil with less than 3% FFA content – and 0.1% moisture

Industry classification:

Post –harvest technology, Agro Processing

Product type :

Consumer (Edible Oil)

Manufacturing:

Agricultural Product Extraction

Major Machinery used:

Agricultural Product Extraction

Major Machinery used:

Sterilizer, Rotary drum stripper, digester klin press, clarifer, purifier, centrifuge, sludge centrifuge, vacuum drier

Status :

Licensed
i) Year first Licensed                    :            1990
ii) No. Of License                          :            6
iii) Whether in Production            :            One in production and 4 under production

Economic Information:

Minimum Economic size           :           2.5 Ton FFB/hr
Optimum Investment                  :           Rs. 3.5 crores

Major Raw Materials Required :

Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches

For further information please contact :

Director,
Regional Research Laboratory (RRL)
Industrial Estate P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram- 695 019
Kerala, India