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  • What is palm kernel oil extraction?
  • A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% – 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%. Palm Kernel Oil Extraction (PKOE) Plant, is designed to extract the oil from kernel cake by means of solvent. This shall extract an additional 3% PKO.
  • What is palm fibre oil extraction plant?
  • Palm Fibre Oil Extraction Plant, a plant designed and equipped to extract the residual oil from palm-pressed fibre by means of solvent. A food grade solvent known as hexane is used to extract the remaining 5% – 6% of residual crude palm oil (CPO) available in palm-pressed fibre, thereby enhancing oil extraction rate (OER) by 0.5%.
  • How to determine the composition of PKO in a palm kernel cake?
  • This was achieved by carrying out a laboratory test (using solvent extraction method) to determine the composition of PKO in a given quantity of palm kernel cake, from which the amount of palm kernel to be fed into the pilot plant was calculated.
  • Which method is used for palm kernel oil production?
  • In this design and fabrication, the method used is the mechanical extraction method, because it is suitable for production of small and large quantities of palm kernel oil. Its time rate is faster and much manual labour is not required; therefore, it is cheaper than traditional method which requires more manual labour.
  • How is palm oil processed?
  • The traditional method of palm oil processing starts with the shelling of the palm nut. The shelling is performed by using two stones to crack each nut and separating the kernel and shell simultaneously. This manual operation has been largely superseded by the use of nut cracking stations.
  • How does hexane affect solvent extraction?
  • In solvent extraction not only is the rate of extraction increased by virtue of increased area of contact between the solvent (hexane) and the solid (palm kernel cake) but the distance the solvent has to penetrate into the particle in order to gain access to the more remote pocket of the solute (palm kernel oil) is reduced.