Laboratory-scale and pilot-scale studies on a new process for continuous sterilization demonstrated its technical and economic viability and a commercial-scale system was subsequently built in the MPOB Palm Oil Mill Technology Centre LL(POMTEC) in Labu. The continuous sterilization process provides the impetus for new paradigms in the design and operation of palm oil mills. The use of technology that is simple and uncomplicated ensures that the system is competitively priced. It eliminates the use of sterilizer cages, rail tracks, overhead cranes, tippers, transfer carriages and tractors and thereby facilitates the design and construction of mills having significantly smaller footprints than conventional mills.

Main Research: Dr Sivasothy Kandiah