Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ADVANTAGES OF MULTI-STAGE TURBINE

# Type of Turbine - Operating Condition ; Specific Steam Consumption (KG/KW/HR) ; Potential Power Generation at 30 mt steam/hour
  • Single stage - 250psig, 20C superheat ; 26 KG/KW/HR ; 1,150 KW/HR
  • Single stage - 480psig, 80C superheat ; 20 KG/KW/HR ; 1,500 KW/HR
  • 4 stage - 480psig, 80C superheat ; 12 KG/KW/HR ; 2,500 KW/HR

Source - Keck Seng Malaysia / PIPOC

Saturday, October 24, 2009

STEAM REQUIREMENT FOR STERILIZATION

# Type of Sterilization Process ; Steam Required (Kg/MT FFB)
  • Triple peak - 270 Kg/MT FFB
  • Double peak - 205 Kg/MT FFB
  • Single peak - 109 Kg/MT FFB
  • Inter-blowing-accumulator single peak - Less than 109 Kg/MT FFB

Source - Keck Seng / PIPOC

MY BUNGALOW ... lonely miller

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Aidilfitri 1430H @ Boustead Segamaha Palm Oil Mill





program pertama di kilang baru. alhamdulillah semuanya berjalan lancar. terima kasih kepada teman-teman yang sudi hadir dan yang bersusah-payah untuk menjayakannya. ingat 'pembaikan berterusan (continual improvement)' yang saya sebut dalam ucapan ringkas saya. MAAF ZAHIR BATIN BA !

What is DOBI ?

  • Acronym for "Deterioration of Bleaching Index"
  • Easily obtained by simple spectrophotometric measurement and is used to predict the ease of bleaching of crude palm oil during refining
  • Is defined as the numerical ratio of the uncorrected absorbance at 446nm to that at 269nm
  • DOBI = (Absorbance at 446nm) / (Absorbance at 269nm)
  • Crude palm oil quality : DOBI - Good (3-4) ; Average (2-3) ; Poor (<1)
  • Absorbance 446 is related to carotene content
  • Absorbance 269 is related to secondary oxidation of crude palm oil
  • Factors effecting these two parameters will thus also affect the DOBI value
  • To have good DOBI value, attempts must be taken to minimise deterioration of carotene and also oxidation
Source - T.S.Tang /MPOB

Friday, October 16, 2009

FIELD DAY : BOUSTEAD FFB GRADING STANDARD

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MPOC : Malaysia Palm Oil

GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE

The Gross Calorific Values of various palm products and that of medium industrial fuel oil are as follows ;
  • Crude palm oil - 10,000 k.cal/kg
  • Crude palm kernel oil - 9,488 k.cal/kg
  • Crude palm stearin - 9,833 k.cal/kg
  • Palm acid oil (2% mois) - 9,571 k.cal/kg
  • Fuel oil - 10,278 k.cal/kg

Source - Engineering News

Saturday, October 10, 2009

DECIDING ON THE REQUIRED BOILER WATER TDS

# Boiler Type ; Maximum TDS (ppm)
  • Lancashire ; 10,000 ppm
  • 2 - Pass Economic ; 4,500 ppm
  • Package and 3 - Pass Economic ; 3,000 - 3,500 ppm
  • Low Pressure Water Tube ; 2,000 - 3,000 ppm
  • Medium Pressure Water Tube ; 1,500 ppm
  • Coil Boilers and Generators ; 2,000 ppm

The above figures are offered as a broad guide only, the boiler maker should always be consulted for specific recommendations.

Source - Spirax Sarco

UPGRADING TO ISO 9001 : 2008

  • The ISO 9001 : 2000 standard has been revised
  • The revised standard, ISO 9001 : 2008 was published on 15th. November 2008
  • It is stated that any existing certification issued to ISO 9001 : 2000 shall not valid 24 months after the publication of the new standard i.e. 14th. November 2010

Source - Sirim QAS

Thursday, October 8, 2009

BIOGAS UTILIZATION IN PALM OIL MILLS

  • As at 2008, Malaysia has about 406 palm oil mills
  • For every 1 ton palm oil effluent discharged, about 28 m3 of biogas is generated
  • The biogas generated from all the 406 palm oil mills will be about 1.4 billion m3 annually
  • This biogas comprises about 65% methane
  • As methane is a greenhouse gas that is 21 times the global warming of carbon dioxide, the free emission of biogas to the atmosphere could bring detrimental effects to the environment

Source - MPOB

Sunday, October 4, 2009

BATCH STERILIZATION vs CONTINUOUS STERILIZATION + NORMAL DILUTION

# Based on 100 tonnes FFB processed
  • Sterilizer condensate - 20 ; 0
  • Clarification sludge - 38 ; 43
  • Dilution water - 18 ; 18
  • Dilution ratio (water/diluted crude oil) - 0.31 ; 0.28
  • Sterilizer condensate + clarification sludge - 58 ; 43

Source - PIPOC 2007