A PROCESS AND AN APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING RESIDUAL OIL FROM PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE

• Main Authors: N. RAVINDRANATHAN MENON, HELMI SIN ABDULLAH, VIJAYA SUBRAMANIAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.04.2016
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATERTREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT; DETERGENTS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; PERFUMES; PRODUCING (PRESSING, EXTRACTION), REFINING AND PRESERVINGFATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES (e.g. LANOLIN), FATTY OILS AND WAXES,INCLUDING EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS AND AN APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING RESIDUAL OIL FROM PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE. ACCORDINGLY, THE PROCESS (10) INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: (A) EXTRACTING OIL FROM THE PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE BY TREATING THE PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE IN NON REACTIVE LIQUID SUCH AS WATER AT TEMPERATURE FROM 80°C TO 100°C; (B) REMOVING OIL FROM PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE OBTAINED FROM STEP (A); AND (C) SEPARATING OIL AND OTHER IMPURITIES. THE APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING RESIDUAL OIL FROM PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE INCLUDES: (A) A TREATMENT DEVICE (11) FOR EXTRACTING OIL FROM THE PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE BY TREATING THE PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE IN NON REACTIVE LIQUID SUCH AS WATER AT TEMPERATURE FROM 80°C TO 100°C; (B) AN OIL REMOVING MEANS (30) FOR REMOVING OIL FROM PALM PRESSED MESOCARP FIBRE; AND (C) A SEPARATION DEVICE (40) FOR SEPARATING OIL AND OTHER IMPURITIES. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING: