Palm Oil Biomass
and Utilization
Composition
of
Fresh
Fruit
Fibre
Bunch
Long
Fibre
Nuts
Nuts
Fresh Fruit
Bunches
Crude
Palm
Oil
Empty
Fruit
Bunch
Shell
Palm
Kernel
Palm
Kernel
Oil
Mesocarp Fibre
Mesocarp Fibre
Solvent Extractor
• Residue Oil Content after physical extraction ~ 5 %
• Use solvent (Hexane) to extract the residual oil
• Oil content reduced to ~ 1 % by chemical
extraction
• De-oiled fibre is use as boiler fuel
De-oiled Fibre
Mesocarp Fibre
• Deoiled fibre’s with 1% Oil content is used
as boiler fuel
• In future could be used for other down
stream products, example: Press fibre
charcoal, etc.
De-oiled Fibre
Boiler
Composition
of
Fresh
Fruit
Fibre
Bunch
Long
Fibre
Nuts
Nuts
Fresh Fruit
Bunches
Crude
Palm
Oil
Empty
Fruit
Bunch
Shell
Palm
Kernel
Palm
Kernel
Oil
Empty Fruit Bunch
• EFB Is about 20-25% of the
FFB weight
Fruits
Empty Bunch Shredder
• EFB could be
shredded to 4-5
inches long fibre
strands
EFB Shredder
Empty Bunch Press
Empty Bunch Press
• Presses the shredded
EFB to reduce the
moisture content in fibre
Empty Fruit Bunch
Long Fiber
• Fibre length 4 to 10
inches
• Send to dryer to reduce
the moisture below 10%
• Export to China for
making mattress
Short Fibre
• Fibre length usually less
than 2 inches
• Moisture content
around 40-42%
• Use as boiler fuel or
compost
Long Fiber dryer
• EFB Fibre moisture reduced from 42% to 10 %
• Long Fibre use for making mattress
EFB Fibre Drier
Long Fiber
Long Fiber dryer
Shorter fiber from the dryer is sell
to other industry as fuel
EFB Fibre & Sludge Send to
composting
EFB Fibre
Composting
Effluent Sludge
Other product from Fibre
The fiber could be use to produce
pellet for other uses
Composition
of
Fresh
Fruit
Fibre
Bunch
Long
Fibre
Nuts
Nuts
Fresh Fruit
Bunches
Crude
Palm
Oil
Empty
Fruit
Bunch
Shell
Palm
Kernel
Palm
Kernel
Oil
Shell
Shell is around 6%
to FFB
Palm Kernel is around
5-6% to FFB
Shell
 Amount of shell around 6% to FFB
 High Calorific value
 Export to Japan, Thailand & local
market as fuel
Palm kernel
De-oiled Cake
 About 55% to kernel weight
 Use as animal feed
Palm Kernel Oil
 45% to palm kernel
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