Organic Waste Recycling

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Figure 2.4 General process diagram of a palm oil mill

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Sterilizer

Kernels silos

Kernels

Hydrocyclones

Nut crackers

Nut bins

Nuts

Depericarping

Presser

Digester

Thresher Incinerators

Weighing machine

bagging

1 2 3 4 5 6

7

8

9

10

Empty

Bunches

Fresh fruit bunches

Shell

Fiber

Crude Oil

Ash

Shellbunker

Water softening

plant

Boiler

Engine room

Shell

Purifiers

Centrifuge

Desander

Strainer

Oil clarification

room

To port

installation

Dryers

Bulk storage

tanks

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12

13

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Oil Trap

Process

Wastewater

Water

Reclaimed oil

Clarified oil