FULL TITLE: One Day Course On
“ADAPTING THE CHALLENGES AND GO FOR SUSTAINABILITY ON OPTIMUM Process Control. Palm Oil Manufacturing Industry: The Optimization of Crude Palm Oil Extraction through the Fundamental Stage of Proper Sterilization Process by Having Proper Steam Supply. The Consistency And Persistency Of Steam Pressure & Steam Volume Concern From The Steam Receiver Which Receives Exhaust Steam From The Back Pressure Turbine Or Different Approach By Using Condensing Turbine”


Organised By:
Agricultural and Food Engineering Technical Division, IEM


SYNOPSIS

The issue of achieving optimum and maximum oil extraction rate (OER) is always the hot topic being discussed and concerned most in the Crude Palm Oil (CPO) process in this Agricultural based manufacturing industry.  The degree of sterilizer condensate losses as well as un-strippable bunches (USB) are marked as the indicator and bench mark for sterilization efficiency. Beside others upstream factors like weather pattern (El Nino & La Nina) and crops quality (in terms of ripeness and freshness), the most fundamental stage of palm oil recovery and extraction process in the processing stage is of course sterilization stage (cooking stage).

The main function of the sterilization stage is to obtain and achieve the optimum steam penetration on the oil bearing breaking process on the oil palm fruitlets, the consistency of steam supply in terms of working pressure, working temperature and of course the amount of steam (volume) plays vital roles in the proper sterilization.

The steam and heating source for sterilization, of course generated and supplied from the solid fuel steam boiler, conventionally is the back pressure steam (exhaust steam) from the back pressure turbine exhaust after the medium high pressure steam applied for power generation.  
Simultaneously in order to suit the design features of the application of condensing turbine (fully condensing or condensing with extraction) in the power generation section,  the steam source and steam flows control system becomes variance but the steam characteristic and quality still need to be remained unchanged.  This is to suit the fundamental of the sterilization process that may cause over sterilization concern (affect production oil quality) in order to achieve all the desired working factors and characteristic, the optimum design on steam flow control and distribution with practical approach with layman concern has become increasing important.

Due to the concern of the challenge on the shortage of skillful and semi-skillful technician or operator automation of the steam flow control system is vital.  This is to reduce dependent on human control, make it more operation friendly with well-regulated approach.  Besides that, it can save up the unnecessary cost of fuel burning (steam-fuel-power concern).  On the environment aspect, the carbon stock (CO2   through solid fuel burning in the boiler) can be reduced gradually & ultimately.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Hor Kok Luen (P.Eng, PEPC, MIEM, First Grade Competent Steam Engineer, ASEAN Engineer, APEC Engineer, and International Professional Engineer) graduated from University of Science Malaysia (USM) in 2001. He is holding the Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering.  He has more than 18 years of working experience in the palm oil mill & related downstream industries, inclusive of biogas power plant and biomass plant. He has vast experience in palm oil mill design, mill upgrading and mill troubleshooting as well as palm oil waste handling & management. As holding the qualification as Competent First Grade Steam Engineer (JKKP, Malaysia), currently he is performing his professional service by taking the responsibility and challenges (overall mill operation)  for a well-established palm oil group of company which owns  100 tons per hour capacity palm oil mills, plantations and subsidiary plants, which aggressively embark involving in palm oil mill processing, long fiber plant, short fiber plant, organic waste water treatment plant design & management ,biomass power plant, biogas capturing plant, CHP plant and of course green energy generation for grid connection (Feed in tariff) besides islanded unit for in-house consumption.

Ir. Wendy Ooi Mong Lee (P.Eng, MIEM) graduated from University of Malaya (UM) in 2005. She is holding Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering. She has 13 years of working experience in related to steam process in palm oil industries, including biomass boiler design, project implementation, and steam process automation control. She also actively involved in calculation for different type of pump sizing and selection for palm oil mill process application.