Palm kernel oil is a byproduct of palm oil pressing plant. The oil content of palm kernel after drying is about 48%. Palm kernel oil is rich in lauric acid C12 and myristic acid C14. It is the main source of high-end detergents and surfactants. The market demand for palm kernel oil is increasing year by year, and the supply is in short supply. It is widely used as an organic raw material for health foods, medicines, cosmetics, detergents and other products, and has a relatively high market value.

Overview of palm kernel oil pressing process: Palm kernels collected from palm oil pressing plants are dried and pressed twice to obtain crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) and palm meal (PKM). Palm kernel meal is crushed, fermented and packaged as animal feed ingredients.

After the pressing, the oil residue of the palm kernel oil is filtered and recovered after sedimentation and re-pressed. The palm kernel oil is filtered and dried and stored. The main equipment includes: kernel drying bin (optional), palm kernel spiral & scraper conveyor, slag remover, disc filter, air compressor, palm kernel oil storage tank.

The secondary pressing process is widely used in the market, but the palm meal after the secondary pressing still contains about 8-10% oil. If it is not considered as animal feed, the single pressing + leaching process can be used, which can greatly increase the output, and the residual oil in the meal can be controlled to ≤1%. Customers can choose different processes according to their needs.