scholarly journals Design and development of a motor operated oil palm crusher for smallholder growers in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
MA Awal ◽  
SS Tabriz
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Electric Motor ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Recovery Rate ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Rotating Speed

At present oil palm growers are facing problem to extract crude palm oil in Bangladesh. Processing of palm oil categorized into various forms but basic processing stages are essentially the same including harvesting, sterilization, bunch stripping, digestion, crushing, clarification and drying. Extracting of palm oil is very difficult by traditional method and oil recovery rate is very low. Although mechanical processing is costly but produces good quality Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and oil recovery rate is high. An electric motor operated oil palm crusher was designed and developed and tested in laboratory under the Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh for processing of crude palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. The crusher was designed by using Auto-Cad software. It was fabricated according to design parameters. The major parts of the crusher were screw shaft, cylinder, hopper, hollow bars, pressure case cap, jamnut and frame which were fabricated by mild steel (MS), ball bearing, gear and pinion, line and idle shaft and spring were fabricated by carbon steel (CS) whereas driver and driven pulley were fabricated by cast iron(CI). Crusher was mounted on the frame. A 9 hp electric motor was used as a power source. Crusher was tested after fabrication and 3000 gm fresh fruits were used. About 700 gm crude palm oil, 800 gm oil cake, 1400 gm skum were collected from 2700 gm pretreated fruits. The crushing capacity and crude oil percentage of the crusher was 6.49 kg/hr and 25.93%, respectively. Rotating speed of screw was 40 rpm for smooth running. The weight of crusher was only 70 kg which is easy to operate by single person. The developed oil palm crusher may fulfill the demand of smallholder growers to extract oil from fresh fruit bunches. Progressive Agriculture 30 (1): 141-149, 2019

scholarly journals Design and development of a manually operated oil palm crusher

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
MR Islam ◽  
MA Awal ◽  
CK Mistry
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Palm Kernel ◽  
Moisture Loss ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Palm Fruit ◽  
Palm Fruits

Palm growers in Bangladesh are currently facing problems to extract crude palm oil from FFB.  The traditional method of palm oil processing is time-consuming, laborious, hazardous, and inefficient resulting in the production of low-quality oil. Though mechanical processing is costly but produces good quality Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and the oil recovery rate is high. A low-cost mechanical (manually operated) oil palm crusher was designed and febricated in the workshop of the Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. The crusher was designed by using Auto-Cad software. It was fabricated according to design parameters. It is fabricated by stainless steel (SS) shaft, stainless steel cylinder, mild steel (MS) hopper, (MS) hollow bars, MS pressure case cap & Bearing. It requires a very small rotating force. The cost of the crusher is only BDT 12000, which is within the buying capacity of the farmers of Bangladesh. Crusher was mounted on the table or bench. At first 500 gm fresh palm fruits were taken for experimentation. About 300 gm mesocarp and 200 gm oil palm kernel (nuts) were found from 500 gm oil palm fruits. Heating 300 gm mesocarp about 15 minutes and was weighted 280 gm mesocarp due to moisture loss. About 62 gm crude palm oil, 124 gm oil cake, 88 gm skum were collected from 280 gm mesocarp. The average m.c (wb) of fresh palm fruit was found 20.73%. The crushing capacity of the mesocarp of the crusher was o.84 kg/hr. The rotating speed of the screw was 26 rpm. Crude oil percentage was found 22.14%. The total time to extract 62 gm crude palm oil from 500 gm of fresh fruit was 1hr and 15 minutes. The weight of the crusher is 11 kg which is easy to operate by one man. The overall performance of the crusher was found quite satisfactory and could be useful for smallholder palm growers in Bangladesh. Progressive Agriculture 32 (1): 60-70, 2021

scholarly journals Ripeness Classification of Oil Palm Fresh Fruit Bunch Using an Optical Probe

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Nurmaya Sari ◽  
Minarni Shiddiq ◽  
Ramma Hayu Fitra ◽  
Nadia Zakyyah Yasmin
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Spectroscopy ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Optical Probe ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Human Vision ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunches ◽  
Agriculture Products

Penggunaan spektroskopi fluoresensi yang nondestruktif bidang pertanian semakin intensif dilakukan khususnya untuk evaluasi produk pertanian. Sortasi dan grading Tandan Buah Segar (TBS) Kelapa Sawit sebelum memasuki proses produksi Crude Palm Oil sangat penting untuk memenuhi standar produksi dan ekspor. Sistem sortasi dan grading elektronik dibutuhkan untuk mengantikan metode sortasi manual mengandalkan penglihatan dan pengalaman. Pada penelitian ini probe optik yang terdiri dari laser dioda 640 nm dan dua fotodioda inframerah dalam konfigurasi triangulasi digunakan untuk mengevaluasi tingkat kematangan TBS kelapa sawit dan hubungannya dengan kekerasan buah dan tegangan fotodioda. Sampel terdiri dari 23 TBS Tenera. Buah kelapa sawit pada setiap TBS disinari laser pada tiga bagian yaitu pangkal, tengah dan ujung, setiap bagian terdiri dari tiga buah kelapa sawit. Tegangan keluaran dari kedua fotodioda dijumlahkan dan diperkuat oleh rangkaian multiboard komersial. Setelah tegangan diperoleh, ke-9 buah kelapa sawit dilepaskan dari TBS, tingkat kekerasan buah diukur mengunakan penetrometer. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kematangan TBS mempunyai korelasi linier terhadap kekerasan buah dengan kekerasan yang tertinggi pada buah mentah sebesar 9,39 kg/cm2 dan terendah pada buah terlalu matang sebesar 5,64 kg/cm2. Nilai tegangan rata-rata terkecil pada buah mentah dan tertinggi pada buah matang kemudian turun pada buah lewat matang. Hasil K-means clustering menunjukkan pengelompokan 4 tingkat kematangan berdasarkan nilai kekerasan dan tegangan yaitu F0, F1, F2, dan F3. Applications of nondestructive fluorescence spectroscopy in agriculture have been intensively carried out especially to evaluate agriculture products. Sorting and grading oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) before Crude Palm Oil milling processes are important tasks to meet the production and export standards. Electronic systems for sorting and grading of FFBs are needed to replace manual sorting method which depends on human vision and experience. In this study, an optical probe consisted of a 635 nm diode laser and two photodiodes was used to evaluate the ripeness level of oil palm FFB and its relation to both the fruitlet firmness and resulted photodiode voltages. Laser was directed to each of nine fruitlets of each FFB from three parts; basil, equatorial, and apical. Output voltages from each photodiode were summed and amplified by a commercially multi-board circuit. Then their firmness levels were obtained using a penetrometer. The results show that there is a linear correlation between the firmness levels and the FFB ripeness levels. The firmness values ranges from 9.39 kg/cm2 for unripe FFB and 5.64 kg/cm2 for overripe FFB. The highest voltage is obtained for ripe FFB and less for unripe and overripe FFB. K-means clustering results indicate that the overall ripeness levels are grouped into 4 levels of ripeness, namely F0, F1, F2 and F3 based on the values of hardness and the voltage of each sample.               Keywords: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Oil Palm, Fresh Fruit Bunch, Firmness, Optical Probe

scholarly journals Ripeness Level Classification of Oil Palm Fresh Fruit Bunch Using Laser Induced Fluorescence Imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Hefniati Ishak ◽  
Minarni Shiddiq ◽  
Ramma Hayu Fitra ◽  
Nadia Zakyyah Yasmin
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Laser Light ◽  
Laser Induced Fluorescence ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Human Vision ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunches

Tingkat Kematangan Tandan Buah Segar (TBS) kelapa Sawit merupakan faktor penentu kualitas crude palm oil (CPO) yang dihasilkan pabrik kelapa sawit. Metode penyortiran TBS setelah panen atau sebelum memasuki proses perebusan pada umumnya dilakukan secara manual mengandalkan penglihatan dan pengalaman. Metode ini rentan kesalahan dan bersifat subyektif. Metode pencitraan berkembang sangat cepat karena kemajuan dalam bidang komputer dan teknik pengolahan citra, khususnya untuk sistem sortasi dan grading. Penelitian ini mengunakan metode pencitraan fluoresensi yang diinduksi laser untuk mengakses dan mengklasifikasi tingkat kematangan TBS kelapa sawit. Hubungan antara tingkat keabuan dan tingkat kekerasan buah TBS dianalisa. Sampel terdiri dari 27 TBS kelapa sawit varietas Tenera. Tingkat kematangan dikategorikan oleh pemanen berpengalaman menjadi mentah, matang, dan lewat matang. Tiga bagian TBS yaitu pangkal, tengah, dan ujung disinari laser dioda 640 nm mengenai 5 buah pada tiap bagian. Kemudian citra direkam mengunakan kamera CMOS monokrom. Selanjutnya 15 buah tersebut diuji tingkat kekerasan mengunakan penetrometer. Klasifikasi tingkat kematangan dilakukan mengunakan K-mean clustering. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa metode pencitraan fluoresensi yang diinduksi laser potensial digunakan dalam mengklasifikasi tingkat kematangan TBS. Tingkat kekerasan buah berkorelasi positif terhadap tingkat keabuan citra TBS. K-mean clustering memperlihatkan tiga kelompok tingkat kematangan yang terdiri dari 0, 1 dan 2. Ripeness levels of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) are the main factor to determine the quality of crude palm oil (CPO) produced by Oil Palm Mill. Sorting oil palm FFB after harvest or before entering the boiling process is generally done manually which relies on human vision and experience. Imaging methods has developed vastly due to advances in computer and image processing techniques. This study used a laser-induced fluorescence imaging to access and classify the ripeness levels of oil palm FFB of Tenera variety. The relationship between gray value and the level of firmness of FFB fruit was analyzed. The samples consisted of 27 oil palm FFB categorized  by experienced harvester as unripe, ripe, and overripe. Laser light was shone on equatorial part of each FFB such that 5 fruitlets were covered by laser light, then the image of the front part was acquire using a monochrome CMOS camera. The step was repeated for basil and apical parts in sequent. All 15 fruitlets were testing for the firmness level using a penetrometer. Ripeness level classification was done using K-mean clustering. The results showed that the laser-induced fluorescence imaging method are potential to be used to determine the ripeness levels of FFB. The fruit firmness is positively correlated with the gray value of the image of FFB. K-mean clustering shows three ripeness centroid of 0, 1 and 2 . Keyword: Fluorecence Imaging, Oil Palm, Fresh Fruit Bunches, Firmness, Laser Induced Fluorecence

scholarly journals STUDI PERBANDINGAN RANTAI PEMASARAN TANDAN BUAH SEGAR KELAPA SAWIT DI DESA JONGGON KABUPATEN KUTAI KARTANEGARA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 142-150
Author(s):  
Ahmad Reza Vahlevi ◽  
Ernita Obeth ◽  
Budi Winarni ◽  
Budi Winarni
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Cooperative Processing ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunches

This research is motivated by oil palm farmers, which is in contrast to the high demand for fresh fruit bunches, as the main raw material for producing crude palm oil. On the other hand, oil palm smallholders are also involved in several different supply chains. The purpose of this study was to determine the management of fresh fruit bunches  marketing and the amount of profit received by farmers through the marketing of oil palm fresh fruit bunches  in Jonggon Village, Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The analytical method used is descriptive quantitative and marketing margin analysis. The method of determining respondents used purposive sampling method and the respondents in this study were plasma and non-plasma farmers, collector traders and plasma cooperatives, and crude palm oil processing factories owned by PT. Niaga Mas Gemilang in Jonggon Village, Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The results of the respondents' research are in 2 running marketing channels, namely the first marketing channel, namely farmer-cooperative-processing factory, and the second one is farmer-trader-processing factory. Farmers involved in the first supply chain get a profit of Rp. 900 / kg and the farmers involved in the second supply chain get a profit of Rp. 1070 / kg.

scholarly journals Loose Fruit Collector Machine in Malaysia: A Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Mohd Zulfahmi Mohd Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Important Process ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Collection Process ◽  
Two Machines

Malaysia is the world’s second largest producer of palm oil after Indonesia. There are six main processes in most commercial palm oil production. In harvesting, the collection of loose fruit is an important process because the loose fruit contain the highest percentage of oil compared to fresh fruit bunch. Thus, the loose fruit collection process needs to be taken into consideration. In order to properly manage the collection of clean loose fruit, there is a need for a loose fruit-collecting machine that can collect the loose fruit efficiently. In this paper, a loose fruit collecting machine and roller type oil palm loose fruit picker in Malaysia are reviewed and the advantages and disadvantages of these two machines categories are discussed. These two machines could provide significant advantages to the industry by increasing productivity through the efficient collection of loose fruit.   Keywords: Oil palm, loose fruit, fresh fruit bunch

Industri Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit dalam Konteks Pembangunan Berkelanjutan

Agrotek ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josina Waromi
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Palm Kernel ◽  
Empty Fruit Bunch ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Kernel Oil ◽  
Oil Crops ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Domestic Products

<p><em>Palm Oil is versatile crops. In general, most of products coming from fresh fruit bunch (FFB) producing crude palm oil (CPO) and crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) are used for food, oleo chemical and biofuel. Besides that, its leaves and empty fruit bunch can be used for natural fertilizer, pulp and paper. Palm oil crops also give benefits for countries that produce palm oil crops. For example, in Indonesia, palm oil crops not only have numerous contributions to gross domestic products (GDP) but also it creates employment, increases income level of farmer� and provides basic amenities and infrastructure in rural area where the oil palm plantation there.�</em><em>However, palm oil crops have some negative impacts for environment. The expanse of oil palm plant

scholarly journals A MODEL SELECTION FOR PRICE FORCASTING OF CRUDE PALM OIL AND FRESH FRUIT BUNCH PRICE FORECASTING

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-490
Author(s):  
K. Sukiyono ◽  
N. N. Arianti ◽  
B. Sumantri ◽  
M. Mustopa Romdhon ◽  
M. Suryanty
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Monthly Data ◽  
Forecasting Method ◽  
Double Exponential Smoothing

This study was aimed to determining a fitted forecasting method for the forecasting of crude palm oil prices at international and domestic market as well as fresh fruit bunch prices at collecting merchant and farmer level in Bengkulu Province market by considering three models, namely, double exponential smoothing, autoregressive integrated moving average, and classical decomposition.  The data used were monthly data of crude palm oil prices at domestic and world markets from January 2012 – October 2016 and January 2012 – April 2017, while the fresh fruit bunch data at collecting merchant and farmers in Bengkulu Province were also monthly data from 2007 – 2014.  The result showedthat the most accurate method was ARIMA for all prices at all market levels.  This decision was based on all criteria used to determine the best model including MAPE, MAD, and MSD.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TINGKAT KERUSAKAN JALAN PERKEBUNAN DAN POSISI TANDAN BUAH SEGAR DI BAK TRUK TERHADAP KINERJA ANGKUTAN KELAPA SAWIT (Effect of Estate Road Damage and Fresh Fruit Bunch Position in Truck Bin on Oil Palm Transportation Performance)

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wahyu Krisdiarto ◽  
Lilik Sutiarso
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Damage Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Analysis

Oil Palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) transportation is a vital step in post harvest process. Transportation condition mayaffects the quantity and quality of FFB as a palm oil factory raw material. Due to many estate roads are not at idealcondition, this research was addressed to explore the relationship between road damage level and position of FFBin truck bin to transportation performance. Transportation performance indicator were leftover fruit, level of releasedfruitlets, fruits bruise index, and free fatty acid (FFA) content. The research divided into two stage. The first wason transportation performance in collection road. The second was FFB transportation from fruit collection point tofactory, which was treated on good, moderate, and bad road. Observation was done to the FFB at bottom, middleand upper layer of truck bin. The transportation performace indicators were analized by Anova, and continued byTukey method analysis if there were differentces among treatments. Result showed that level of road damage wassignificantly affect transportation performace indicator i.e level of leftover fruits, but it was not significantly affectlevel of released fruitlets, fruits bruise index, and FFA content. Meanwhile, FFB position in truck bin influenced levelof fruitlets releasing, and significantly influenced fruits bruise index.Keywords: Palm oil transportation, leftover fruits, released fruitlets, bruise index, oil Pal FFB ABSTRAKPengangkutan tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit merupakan satu tahap penting dalam proses pascapanen. Kondisipengangkutan menentukan kuantitas dan kualitas TBS sebagai bahan baku pabrik kelapa sawit. Mengingat masihbanyak jalan perkebunan yang belum ideal, penelitian ini bertujuan mempelajari hubungan tingkat kerusakan jalan danpenempatan TBS di bak truk terhadap kinerja pengangkutan. Indikator kinerja pengangkutan yang digunakan adalahbuah restan (tertinggal di kebun), kadar asam lemak bebas (ALB), tingkat pelepasan buah (membrondol), dan tingkatmemar (indeks memar). Penelitian dibagi menjadi dua tahap, yaitu: 1) kinerja pengangkutan dari piringan pohon ketempat pengumpulan hasil (TPH). 2) kinerja pengangkutan dari TPH ke pabrik. Perlakuan dalam penelitian tahap duaadalah kualitas jalan pengumpulan, yaitu jalan baik, sedang, dan buruk, dan posisi TBS di bak truk, yaitu di lapisandasar, tengah, dan atas. Hubungan panjang jalan rusak dengan tingkat restan buah dianalisis dengan analisis regresi,sedang indikator kinerja pengangkutan dianalisis dengan analisis varians (Anova), dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengananalisis satu arah pembedaan antar perlakuan dengan metode Tukey. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kondisi atautingkat kerusakan jalan memberikan pengaruh terhadap indikator kinerja pengangkutan tingkat buah restan, namuntidak secara nyata berpengaruh terhadap tingkat pelepasan buah sawit dari tandan (pembrondolan), tingkat kerusakanbuah (indeks memar) dan kadar ALB pada saat pengangkutan menggunakan truk bak kayu. Sedang posisi TBS didalam bak truk berpengaruh cukup nyata terhadap tingkat pelepasan buah dari tandan, dan berpengaruh nyata terhadapindeks memar buah selama pengangkutan.Kata kunci: Pengangkutan, restan, pembrondolan, indeks memar, TBS kelapa sawit

scholarly journals Effects of Sterilization Times of Palm Bunches on Fruit-Bunch Separation, Crude Palm Oil Yield and Quality Using Direct Steaming

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Siravit Pakdeechot ◽  
Makatar Wae- hayee ◽  
Sherly Hanifarianty
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Oil Yield ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Palm Fruit ◽  
Yield And Quality

In palm oil milling factory, Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) must undergo by sterilizing before processing oil extraction. In commercial industry, conventional sterilization units, a boiler and a sterilizer in steaming process, are separated. To minimize srerilization unit, a boiler and a sterilizer can be combined in one unit. Therefore, the aim of this work is to study ability to combine the boiler and the sterilizer in one unit. Palm fruit bunches were sterilized in a mini sterilizer by direct steaming at 2.5 bar for 30, 45, 60 and 70 minutes. The results show that a percentage of fruit-bunch separation and crude palm oil yield increased when sterilization time was longer. The trend of increasing crude palm oil yield was similar to the trend of increasing fruit-bunch separation. The suggested condition was at 60 minutes giving acceptable fruit-bunch separation, FFA and DOBI.

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