What are the Wastes Generated during Palm Oil Processing? How to Solve Them?
Palm oil provides the main ingredients for many everyday products. From food to cosmetics, palm oil is used everywhere, so the palm oil processing industry is enduring. However, the palm oil processing process produces various types of waste, such as: empty palm fruit bunches, palm fruit fiber, palm oil mill wastewater, sludge and solid waste. How to solve these problems and minimize the impact on the environment. Next, Henan Huatai Oil Machinery will introduce the waste generated by palm oil processing plant and its solutions one by one.
1) Empty palm fruit bunches
Empty palm fruit bunches are left after the palm fruit bunches pass through the palm thresher, and are one of the wastes of palm oil processing. Usually, empty palm fruit bunches are transported to farms as fertilizer, or can be used as boiler fuel to provide energy for palm oil processing plants.
2) Palm fruit fiber
The fiber mixture produced after the palm fruit is pressed by the palm oil press machine can also be reused as boiler fuel or farm fertilizer on the one hand. In addition, it can also be processed into animal feed for animals to eat.
3) Palm oil mill effluent (POME)
Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is produced during the sterilization and crushing stages of palm oil processing plant. POME is an aqueous wastewater with high levels of pollutants, including biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). It contains suspended solids, oil and grease, and can seriously pollute waterways if not properly treated. Good biological treatment systems, such as anaerobic digestion, can convert the organic components of POME into biogas as a renewable energy source.
4) Sludge
The clarification process to remove impurities from crude palm oil produces sludge. This semi-solid material contains sediment and particulate matter. Due to its oily nature, proper treatment of the sludge can recover the residual oil, which can be used as organic fertilizer or sent to landfill after proper treatment.
5) Solid waste
This includes empty bags used to transport palm fruit, plant debris and other materials discarded during palm oil processing plant. These need to be separated for recycling or safely disposed of.
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