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Separation Science and Technology Volume 50, 2015 - Issue 11
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Recovery of Residual Crude Palm Oil from the Empty Fruit Bunch Spikelets Using Environmentally Friendly Processes

Javier Chavarro GomezDepartment of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaView further author information
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Mohd Noriznan MokhtarDepartment of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alawi SulaimanFaculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaView further author information
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Azhari Samsu BaharuddinDepartment of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaView further author information
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Zainuri BusuFelda Global Ventures Plantation Malaysia Trolak Region, Perak, MalaysiaView further author information
Pages 1677-1683 | Received 02 Jul 2014, Accepted 01 Dec 2014, Published online: 29 Jun 2015
 
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Abstract

The development of new, low-cost technology to increase the oil recovery in the palm oil mill especially from the palm oil wastes has been an important goal for the industry to increase OER. According to preliminary oil detection, the residual oil is mainly located on the surface of spikelet, about 73.73 ± 0.05% from total residual oil. The combined water-steam shows the best oil extraction process, indicating 82 ± 0.13% of oil may be removed from the EFB spikelet. Thus, this method is chemical free and environmentally friendly residual CPO recovery process using EFB.

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Funding

This study was supported by Long-Term Research Grant Scheme (600-RMI/LRGS 5/3) by Ministry of Education Malaysia.

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