Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press

The effectiveness of the Rotary Filter Press in removing solids form the press liquor was examined and then analyzed its possibility in replacing the functions of the conventional screw press and vibrating screen. Literature review on the conventional equipment used in the mill which is Twin Scre...

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Main Authors:	Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Vengadachalam, Koshela, Jimat, Dzun Noraini
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2011
Subjects:	TP248.13 Biotechnology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/20981/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/20981/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/20981/1/improvement_of_conventional_-_C31.pdf

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spelling	iium-209812012-07-05T00:57:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/20981/ Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press Azmi, Azlin Suhaida Vengadachalam, Koshela Jimat, Dzun Noraini TP248.13 Biotechnology The effectiveness of the Rotary Filter Press in removing solids form the press liquor was examined and then analyzed its possibility in replacing the functions of the conventional screw press and vibrating screen. Literature review on the conventional equipment used in the mill which is Twin Screw Press was conducted. Alternative equipment, the Rotary Filter Press was proposed and its design and principal of operation were discussed. Besides, the advantages and disadvantages of both the conventional and alternative equipment were compared. It was observed that the Rotary Filter Press capable to remove some of the non-oily solids (NOS) from the press liquor but no results were obtained for the feed of Depulper mesh as the fibrous mesh often chocked the system. Therefore, several modifications were suggested to improve the efficiency of the equipment such as control of water dilution in the Depulper mesh and inclusion of perforated plates in the equipment design. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/20981/1/improvement_of_conventional_-_C31.pdf Azmi, Azlin Suhaida and Vengadachalam, Koshela and Jimat, Dzun Noraini (2011) Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press. In: Current research and development in biotechnology engineering at IIUM. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 245-250. ISBN 9789674181444 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
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description	The effectiveness of the Rotary Filter Press in removing solids form the press liquor was examined and then analyzed its possibility in replacing the functions of the conventional screw press and vibrating screen. Literature review on the conventional equipment used in the mill which is Twin Screw Press was conducted. Alternative equipment, the Rotary Filter Press was proposed and its design and principal of operation were discussed. Besides, the advantages and disadvantages of both the conventional and alternative equipment were compared. It was observed that the Rotary Filter Press capable to remove some of the non-oily solids (NOS) from the press liquor but no results were obtained for the feed of Depulper mesh as the fibrous mesh often chocked the system. Therefore, several modifications were suggested to improve the efficiency of the equipment such as control of water dilution in the Depulper mesh and inclusion of perforated plates in the equipment design.
format	Book Chapter
author	Azmi, Azlin Suhaida Vengadachalam, Koshela Jimat, Dzun Noraini
author_facet	Azmi, Azlin Suhaida Vengadachalam, Koshela Jimat, Dzun Noraini
author_sort	Azmi, Azlin Suhaida
title	Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
title_short	Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
title_full	Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
title_fullStr	Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
title_full_unstemmed	Improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
title_sort	improvement of conventional milling process in palm oil processing: rotary filter press
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