The environment Data System (EDS) developed by PORIM is used for making initial fertilizer recommendations and to predict oil palm yield response curve from site data from which the optimum yields can be deduced. The optimum yield is defined as the yield level above which response to fertilizer is not profitable. With the aid of […]

Oil palm wastes such as palm shells and empty bunches, the by-products of milling process, can be turned into value added product such as activated charcoals. The conversion of these materials will directly solve some of the disposal problems. In addition, it will increase the output of palm oil industry by turning a by-product into […]

Cleanliness is next to godliness’ is a well known quotation. Cleanliness can be achieved through washing and this is where soap plays an important role. Soap has been in existence since the year 200 BC and its role as a cleansing agent has been well established, so much so that soap processing has developed tremendously […]

Over the last two decades, treatment and disposal methods have been successfully developed and employed by the palm oil mills to treat their palm oil mill effuents (POME). Conventional ological system consisting anaerobic or facultative processes are used. If well operated and maintained, these processes are able to treat POME to the discharge standards stipulated […]

Microencapsulation is one of the techniques used downstream processing of palm oil and processed palm oil products. It is a technique by which droplets of liquid oil or solid fat particles of palm oil based products (core material) are coated with a thin film of coating/encapsulating agent (i.e a polymer). The structure formed by the […]