Palm fruit reception section

Palm fruit reception section

Palm Fruit Harvesting Section:

The oil content of the palm fruit is very low in the early phases of formation and it increases as the fruit grow. When the fruits is maturity, the oil content is about 50% of mesocarp weigh.

The fresh fruits apt to be bruised in many cases before extraction of palm oil, especially during the processes of harvesting, loading and unloading. However, the FFA (free fatty acids) in the bruised part of fruit can increase to 60% rapidly in just an hour, which greatly affects the composition and quality of final palm oil. The answer to reduce the damage to palm oil extraction quality is to send the fresh fruit bunches to process and extracting the fruits as early as possible once harvested, at the latest within 48 hours.

How many ton CPO & CPKO you get from FFB?

Oil content of each palm fruit

136 trees/ha=20-23tonsFFB/ha/year
CPO=4-5T/Hectare/year
CPKO = 1t/hectare/year
15-20bunches/tree/year
FFB = 1000-3000 individual palm fruit
FFB = 10-25kg
FFB = 20%CPO；2%CPKO
Weight of each palm fruit= 8-13g

Palm Fruit Reception – The First Step of Palm Oil Extraction Plant
The palm fruits are as bunches when arriving the fruit reception/receiving station of palm oil extraction plant. Before the processing of palm oil extraction, they are weighed in trucks by use of weighbridges. It should be underlined here that the quality of final palm oil is initially affected by the quality of bunches arriving at the palm oil mill. The palm oil extraction process or palm oil extraction machine can only prevent or minimize the further deterioration, but cannot enhance this quality.

Palm fruit and each parts

Effect Factors of Final Palm Oil Quality and Composition
    Oil Palm Tree Species
    Oil Palm Tree Age
    Agronomic
    Natural
    Gathering Technique
    Handling And Transport

Maybe some measures can be took during harvesting and transporting. However, most of the above factors are beyond control, especially in scale-scale palm oil extraction plant. The following is the complete process flow of large palm oil mill.