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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: Sterilizer, Rotary drum stripper, digester klin
press, clarifer, purifier, centrifuge, sludge centrifuge,
vacuum drier
Status : Licensed
| i) |
Year first Licensed
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1990 |
| ii) |
No. Of License
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6 |
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Whether in Production
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One in production and
4 under production |
Economic Information:
| Minimum Economic size |
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2.5 Ton FFB/hr |
| Optimum Investment |
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Rs. 3.5 crores |
Major Raw Materials
Required : Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches
Contact for
more information:
Director,
Regional Research Laboratory (RRL)
Industrial Estate P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram- 695 019
Kerala, India
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