What is the filtration steps of small scale palm oil processing machine?

Palm oil filtration steps are also very important in the palm oil processing process. It refers to remove the unwanted impurities from the crude palm oil, such as fibers, sands, water and so on by using vibrating screen, clarification tank, plate filter and vacuum dryer.

This picture show the main equipment used in palm oil filtration process

Similar to the filtration steps of Indonesia Malaysia large palm oil mills, small scale palm oil processing machine filtration steps is also relatively complicated. Next i will introduce you to the filtration steps of small scale palm oil processing machine:

The first step is vibrating screen.

The crude palm oil will be pumped into this machine, when the vibrating screen is working, the fibers will leave on the screen, and the palm oil will pass screen and flow to the buffer tank.

Viberating screen used in the process of small scale palm oil processing

The second step is clarification tank.

The clarification tank has the special inner structure. Which makes the clean palm oil come out from the top, and dirty palm oil drop in the bottom. Even this part can remove some impurities, but there are still some tiny impurities in the crude palm oil.

Clarification tank used in the process of small scale palm oil processing

The third step is plate filter.

Plate and frame filter press is composed by the host (rack and the filter chamber), hydraulic parts and electrical parts. It used to filter the most of impurities in crude palm oil, it can ensure good filtering effect.

Plate filter used in the process of small scale palm oil processing

The final step is vacuum dryer.

The above filtration steps only can remove the solid impurities in crude palm oil, can't remove the water in palm oil. So we need to use vacuum dryer to remove the water in the palm oil. Because if the crude palm oil contains water, the water will make the CPO go rancidity, this will result in palm oil be stored a short time. To protect the palm oil no oxidation, we need to use the vacuum dryer to dry palm oil.

Vacuum dryer used in the process of small scale palm oil processing

The above is the filtration steps of small scale palm oil processing machine, but it is only the brief introduction. If you have troubles in filtering palm oil, you can consult us.