The scope of providing new technologies in palm oil mills has broadened in recent years because of the demand to minimize the milling cost while reducing crude oil quality deterioration. Furthermore the water pollution abatement regulations now demand a more effective control strategy to treat waste water discharged from palm oil mills to meet the legal standards. Thus a new process is called CONCEPT-P filter system which is based on membrane filter press technology is now available to meet these demands. The process was jointly developed by PORIM and CONCEPT Engineering Sdn Bhd and a pilot unit evaluation was successfully conducted in a palm oil mill with encouraging results.

Main Researcher: Mohamad, S