Enzyme-assisted

oil extraction process

Hong Wai Onn
Technical Service Manager, Oils & Fats
MPOB International Palm Oil Congress & Exhibition
15 November 2017
Session outline

1 What are enzymes?

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What is the enzyme-assisted oil
extraction process?
3 Who are we?

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Novozymes in everyday life – Chinese perspective 2

You have encountered

the world of enzymes
today…

…maybe without realizing

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Introducing nature's problem solvers

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 They are
They are present in
nature’s tools all living
– they cells. For
speed up example they They are
vital help digest highly
biological food specific.
They are
processes Specific
pure
proteins reactions and
specific
substrates

They are
catalysts. We use
And what are them to speed up
chemical reactions
– enabling milder
enzymes? They are
fully bio-
processes and
saving time,
degradable energy and water
and break
down to
harmless
amino acids

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Arable land per person is shrinking

Estimated world population at 9.1 billion by 2050 Arable land per capita
(world population growth according to economic classification – in billion people) (ha in use per person)

Developed Other Developing Least Developed World

Source(s): UN Population Division, from van der Mensbrugghe at al., 2009, FAO, Our World in Data

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Palm oil accounts for one-third of the world
vegetable oils
Overview of current vegetable oil production Palm is by far the most efficient oil crop
Global production of palm oil and palm kernel oil comprises of one- Palm outmatches all other oil crops when it comes to efficiency per
third of the global oil production in ’16/17 used land

61 Global production of oil (Mn T ’16/17) Average Oil Yield (ton/ha/year)

(30.1%) 4.1

47
(23.3%) 40
(20.0%)

27 >500%
(13.3%)

7 7 0.7
(3.3%) (3.3%) 3 2 0.5
0.4
(1.5%) (1.2%)

Palm So Rape Sun Palm Coconut Olive Other Palm Rape Sun So
y kernel y
Source(s): FOASTAT 2016, Global Palm Oil Production 2016, Oil World, 2013

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Three technologies shaping the future world of
palm

Genomics Robotics Enzymes

Key to higher Harvesting is a limitation for Drawing a better line to mill’s

field productivity oil palm output and profitability

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Enzymatic technology is starting to transform Novozymes
Solutions
1 Palm Oil Extraction
the palm supply chain 2 Palm Oil Refining (3-MCPD)
3 Specialty Oils & Fats
4 Oleochemicals
Oil palm 5 Palm Biodiesel
plantation
FF
B CPO
Palm Crusher
1 Palm oil kernel CPK
mill O
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Specialty fats 2
EIE, Fractionation
CBE, producer RBDPOL Refinery
OPO RBDPO complex
RBDPS
PFAD

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F&B 4
companies Biodiesel
Biodiesel
producer Oleochemical
(FAME) s
Pure glycerine Industrial
Fuel
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players
Enzymes soften the oil bearing cell walls in
the palm fruit for easier oil release
• Loosen oil bearing cell walls
• Increase cell wall rupture during digestion and screw-pressing
• Less oil in press fibre and unbroken cell in sludge waste

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Enzymes break down (hemi) cellulose and
reduce undiluted crude palm oil viscosity
• Enable early oil harvesting
• Considerable less need for hot dilution water
• Reduce palm oil mill effluent generation
• Speed of separation is increased in the clarifier tank
• Potential to downsize downstream equipment

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Enzyme-assisted oil extraction process

Palm Kernel
Palmora® Processing

Fresh Sterilization Strippin Macerator Digestion Clarification Crude Palm Oil

Fruit g &
Bunch Pressing

Hot Water Effluent

Dilution
Sludge
Recovery

• Water and Palmora® are added through a novel applicator system to the mass passing digester (MPD) at screw conveyor

• Recommended process conditions: 300 – 350ppm Palmora®, 2.5 – 3.0% water, up to 30 minutes enzyme reaction,
temperature 65 - 85oC
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Enzyme has an advantage over control in
OER
Enzyme vs control has an advantage of 0.71% OER at 95% confidence level,
though it’s still under suboptimal trial condition*

*30 minutes residence time of enzyme reaction is

recommended for optimal result but only about 18
minutes was recorded throughout the trial

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Enzyme has an advantage over control in
oil loss reduction of 0.25% (wet basis) at press fibre

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Enzyme has an advantage over control in
oil loss reduction of 0.20% (wet basis) at heavy phase

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A new era in palm oil milling

Increases Reduces Reduces Enables Less

OER viscosity hot dilution water better effluent
oil separation

Game-changing technology that benefits both old and new palm oil mills…
…and addresses the challenges you face

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Novozymes in numbers: Global market leader in
enzymes

6,500 30+
employees different industries

14% 9.3 bn
of turnover spent on R&D
MYR
700+ 130
sales in 2016

products countries

7,000 12 years
granted and pending top of Dow Jones
patens Sustainability index

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Our biological answers, near you

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For more information:
Hong Wai Onn, Novozymes
HWO@novozymes.com
+6012 909 8680
For more information:
Hong Wai Onn, Novozymes
HWO@novozymes.com
+6012 909 8680