| abstract |
A process for producing crude palm fruit oil, the process comprising the steps of sterilising and threshing palm fruits to produce mass passing digester, pressing the mass passing digester to produce undiluted crude palm fruit oil (1), mixing the undiluted crude palm fruit oil (1) with dilution water to produce diluted crude palm fruit oil (2) containing aqueous phase between 5 wt.% to 70 wt.% and oil phase of between 30 wt.% to 95 wt.%, clarifying the diluted crude palm fruit oil (2) and recovering crude palm fruit oil from the mesocarp and the underflow clarifier (3), producing decanter solid (5) and diluted sludge wherein at least one silicate composition is admixed to the mass pressing digester, the undiluted crude palm fruit oil (1), the diluted crude palm fruit oil (2), the mesocarp, the underflow clarifier (3), an outlet sludge tank (4), the decanter solid (5) a plurality of sludge streams (6) or any combination thereof to form the crude palm fruit oil. |