Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Mills use Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) to generate Crude Palm Oil (CPO) for sale. Dynamic economic growth and increasing affluence in developing countries, interrelated global factors associated with increasing price for oil and gas and the resulting focus on alternative bio-fuels is fueling significant growth to the price of CPO. As the palm oil industry focuses on meeting increasing demand, existing facilities, some which are older, are faced with increased challenges related to environmental compliance issues, including stricter regulations and enhanced enforcement A solution to effective management of waste water, air emissions and solid biomass wastes such as Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) is essential.The "GREEN MILL" is an integration of various state of the art proven technologies to provide palm oil millers a zero waste solution with the highest return of investment in the shortest period.
The "GREEN MILL' programme utilizes ALL WASTES from the CPO Mill to generate value, including thermal and electric power for the plant usage (offsetting the use of fossil fuels such as diesel) with surplus energy optionally exported to the grid and converts solid biomass into valuable commercial products ... A TRUE WASTE-TO-MONEY and WASTE-TO ENERGY SOLUTION.The "GREEN MILL" converts all the wastes into commercial products providing the mill with tangible additional income.
The Fibre Plant will shred, dry and separate the EFB into Dry Long Fibres (DLF) and Dry Short Fibres (DSF). The DLFs are baled and exported to be used as raw materials for products such as mattresses, erosion control mats, car interiors and other geo-materials. The DSFs can be processed into biomass pellets using a pellet plant.
POME, typically processed in anaerobic and aerobic ponds (resulting in high releases of Greenhouse Gases) will be processed in a controlled anaerobic digestion process that will convert the pollutants in the waste water into a methane rich biogas; which will be used for providing thermal and electric power to the Fibre and Pellet Plants with surplus energy exported to the grid (if grid connections are available and feasible, alternatively, surplus biogas is used as supplementary fuel in the main boiler, freeing up Palm Kernel Shells, which can be sold ex-mill, thus further increasing revenue production.
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