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Innovative, Sustainable Processing Solutions for the Palm Oil Industry Stay Ahead Alfa Laval in brief Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineered solutions. Our equipment, systems and services are dedicated to helping customers to optimize the performance of their processes. Time and time again. We help our customers to heat, cool, separate and transport products such as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, From fruit to food - and beyond starch and pharmaceuticals. Solutions Our worldwide organization works closely with customers in almost 100 countries to help them Innovative, sustainable processing solutions for the palm oil industry stay ahead. that add value In response to challenges facing players in the competitive palm oil milling, refining and fats modification industry, Alfa Laval has developed a range of innovative solutions that offer sustainable alternatives to traditional technology. The solutions have one thing in common – they add value. PFT00521EN 1208 D3 PRO, Aldec, MBR, PAPX, PANX, VHE ECO, CompaBloc, SoftColumn, SoftColumn Dual-Strip, SoftFlex, TocoBoost, Iso-Mix, Iso-Mix, VHE ECO, CompaBloc, SoftColumn, SoftColumn Dual-Strip, SoftFlex, TocoBoost, PANX, D3 PRO, Aldec, MBR, PAPX, trademarks owned by Alfa Laval Corporate AB, Sweden. (AGT) are Treatment Ageratec and Advanced Glycerol and owned by Alfa Laval Corporate AB, Sweden. © 2012 Laval. Alfa Laval is a trademark registered Palm oil processing 2 A versatile partner who Maximum uptime Global services thinks outside the box for your operation - close to you Palm oil supply chain: The innovative Alfa Laval way to sustainable, high yield palm oil extraction, refining, fats modification and biodiesel production t Wherever you are, Alfa Laval’s palm oil competence centres, sales offices and service centres are never far away Micronutrients eatmen tion Enrichment processes Tocotrienols tr ca erol erifi t yc st gl v. anse coBoos Ad Tr To Biodiesel Fatty acid distillation Oleochemicals uble scrubber D3 PRO all-in-one system Do tor Kuusankoski g tion r para SoftColumn Oil recovery Tumba Edmonton ry to Moscow ca ve th se Dual-Strip Heat recovery PFAD Kolding Lund Scarborough urifi co para l wi Copenhagen g /p er re ying l Camberley Glinde th se va tion of Continuous deodorizing PFAD modifi cation Biofuel Lodz Carter Lake tion & strippin tion cant Oil g, dr g Lyon & Fontanil Breda & Waalwijk Dalian Indianapolis za ion & pressing ca in fi ltra Greenwood st wi at t Monza Wuhan Shenyang Bangkok Richmond uit handlin erili ge th de He tion Madrid Istanbul Chesapeake Fr St Di Clarifi Gum remo (Pre)- ca Poseung & coolin ifi New Delhi Houston Pressed wi degummed oi BPO Vacuum effl uent reduction with RBDPO treatmen er Qatar Shanghai Osaka CPO Degumming Bleaching st Lahore Hat Yai Fruit preparation palm oil Clarifi cation BPKO RBDPKO erol Jubail Hongkong cooling, chilling or ice condensing yc anse Yanbu Pune Kolkata Medan Kuala Lumpur Sandakan Mexico City gl Tr Dubai v. 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Our individually tailored service PFAD: Palm fatty acid distillate Downtime is a costly business. packages can include everything from To keep your operation up and We take care of your service needs basic maintenance to complete process running, a professional partner at our workshops or at your mill. Call optimization. Alfa Laval keeps track of Your challenges are our inspiration takes care of your processing needs Our well-proven, energy efficient Your versatile solutions provider or optimizing processes in an existing If it’s a complete plant we take with the know-how to service your us 24/7 for technical assistance or the condition of your equipment, and Demand for palm oil and palm kernel – from milling and refining to fats solutions with capacities from pilot At Alfa Laval, we are both process one, we offer customized solutions that responsibility for the overall solution. equipment and systems plus a reliable a visit by a field service engineer. all services are planned in advance. oil is constantly increasing due to modification, from by-products and scale to 3,000 t/d and beyond enable engineers and equipment designers. benefit both your bottom line and the supply of spare parts are essential. Our services include system trouble their excellent nutritional and other related processes through to end- sustainable production of first-quality Our complete process lines are environment. shooting, retrofits, balancing of A Performance Agreement gives properties. To achieve growth in products. As specialists in centrifugal palm oil with lowest operating costs. engineered around our own well-proven Solution: 24/7 service decanters and separator bowls, you true peace of mind and full production it is essential to find new, separation, heat transfer and fluid Since they ensure highest yield with equipment, giving you the best possible Alfa Laval is much more than an Alfa Laval’s Parts & Service staff helps repairs, hands-on staff training, control over your service budget. more efficient ways to increase yield handling, we lead the way with lowest effluent discharge, you get the performance. They are modularized equipment supplier. We handle optimize and keep your operations and site audits. Let us handle the practicalities while and minimize negative impact on innovative, sustainable process most from the raw material, which also and thus offer a high degree of flexibility engineering, design and turnkey on-line throughout the lifetime of you focus on your core business. the environment. solutions that set new standards in benefits the environment. compared to all-in-one plants. deliveries. During project execution the equipment. To minimize downtime in your factory the industry. On the following pages we offer supervision of mechanical we provide spare conveyors and Leading the way you will find examples of our latest We think outside the box, finding new and electrical installation work, Our service facilities for palm oil are rotating assemblies that you can use With palm oil know-how and experience innovations. solutions to your process challenges. commissioning, testing and training of situated close to the main palm oil while your decanters and separators gained since the 1960’s, Alfa Laval Whether it’s a new plant, or upgrading your operational and maintenance staff. growing regions of the world. are being serviced. 2.a Palm oil processing 2.b Palm oil processing Palm oil processing 3 Crude palm oil with maximum yield D3 PRO in action Alfa Laval’s D3 PRO combined clarification, purification and oil recovery process has been adopted by numerous crude palm oil mills across the world. Photo left: Since 2009 a D3 PRO process incorporating 3-phase decanters has been clarifying and purifying crude palm oil at a Malaysian oil mill with a total capacity of 80 tons FFB/h. Milling For decades Alfa Laval has provided D3 PRO process with 3-phase clarification/purification and oil recovery Larger scale production – with less Our self-cleaning separators can handle palm oil mills with efficient equipment water, energy and effluent up to 18 m3/h of feed in the mill. Light phase to convert sterilized and pressed palm Palm oil mills and refineries are fruit into crude oil, playing a key part increasing in size to meet the growing Separators for refining are available with in shaping the design of today’s Vacuum dryer demand in the world market. Hence, capacities of up to 85 m3/h. clarification room. Pure oil heater high capacity, high yield and energy Clarification/purification efficient equipment is needed. Our latest decanter technology for Challenge: To achieve maximum 3-phase decanter clarification and purification can handle yield in a sustainable process Alfa Laval has therefore extended its a mill throughput of up to 90 tons fresh A growing number of industry players Pressed oil Heavy phase portfolio with new, very large and fruit bunches (FFB) per hour, and are now calling for a process that can Discharged CPO to innovative separators and decanters. enables significantly reduced effluents Sand cyclones cake storage tanks recover more crude palm oil, minimize Vibrating screen and lower energy consumption. costs and optimize yield. It should also Oil recovery be simple to operate and sustainable. Oil tank Pure oil cooler Discharged effluent Nozzle separator Solution: D3 PRO, all-in-one Large capacity separators for the palm oil mill clarification/purification 18 PASX 710 The Alfa Laval D3 PRO process is a The “ready to go” light phase oil can other income sources. In the D3 PRO Energy efficient drying and cooling 16 combined 3-phase clarification/purifi- be sent directly to the vacuum dryer for process, oil from the heavy phase Centrifugal separation alone will PAPX 10 14 cation and oil recovery solution. It offers final moisture removal before refining can be further recovered using a not produce an oil sufficiently dry 12 /h a profitable alternative to traditional with no need for purification.
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