Palm fruit reception station
Palm fruit bunches
Palm fruit reception station is the first step in palm oil processing process.Palm fruit reception station is the basic conditions to set up a palm oil mill plant .Next i will introduce some knowledge of palm fruit reception station for some one who wants to start a palm oil extraction business.
Oil palm belongs to palmaceous plant; It is mainly distributed in tropic area and some sub-tropic areas; It is one of the most important tropic oil seed plants in the world . The oil rate in oil palm is very high: generally 46～50％ in the fresh pulp , and 50～55％ in palm kernel.The oil content of the palm fruit is very low in the early phases of formation and it increases as the fruit grow. When the fruits is maturity, the oil content is about 50% of mesocarp weigh.
Palm oil mill plant
136 trees/ha=20-23tonsFFB/ha/year
CPO=4-5T/Hectare/year
CPKO = 1t/hectare/year
15-20bunches/tree/year
FFB = 1000-3000 individual palm fruit
FFB = 10-25kg
FFB = 20%CPO；2%CPKO
Weight of each palm fruit= 8-13g
Palm fruit reception station
Note:
The fresh palm fruits apt to be bruised in many cases before extraction of palm oil, especially during the processes of harvesting, loading and unloading. However, during palm fruit reception starion, the FFA (free fatty acids) in the bruised part of palm fruit can increase to 60% rapidly in just an hour, which greatly affects the composition and quality of final palm oil. The answer to reduce the damage to palm oil extraction quality is to send the fresh fruit bunches to process and extracting the fruits as early as possible once harvested, at the latest within 48 hours.
