Palm oil mill effluent (POME) exists in forms of high solid, oil, and grease and includes biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in richness. These are major concerns in environmental pollutant due to their adverse effects to many forms of life [ 1 ].
Where can I find palm oil milling equipment?
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What is a typical palm oil mill?
Figure 1 shows the block flow diagram of a typical palm oil mill for the production of crude palm oil. The major unit operations include sterilisation, stripping, digestion and pressing, clarification, drying and storage.
How do palm oil mills work?
It all begins with the transportation of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from plantation sites to the palm oil mills. The milling operation includes several stages, namely reception, sterilization, threshing, digestion and pressing, clarification and purification, and kernel recovery.