WHAT IS MATERIAL BALANCE?

MACHINE

X=Y+Z

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BENEFITS OF MATERIAL BALANCE

Maximum efficiency of machine Optimum capacity of machine Control of product losses High conformance in process consistency Good quality of products Low maintenance cost Minimum breakdown Good housekeeping, safe & conducive working environment. No pollution
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MATERIAL BALANCE DATA

ITEMS Empty Bunch Bunch Ash Sterilizer Condensate Sterilized Fruitlet % TO FFB 20 - 23 0.5 16 67

Crude Oil
Sludge Decanter Solid Oil Cyclone Fibre Nut Shell Kernel Effluent

65 - 75
40 - 45 3 23 13 - 15 10 - 14 6-7 5-6 80

CONSUMPTION

Electricity

15 20 kW/FFB

Water

1.3 1.5 m3/FFB

Steam Turbine

25 35 kg/kW

BULK DENSITY OF PALM MATERIAL

MATERIAL Fresh Fruit Bunch Fresh Loose Fruit Empty Bunch Sterilized Fruitlets Presscake ex-Press Nut ex-Depericarper Wet Shell Dried Kernel Wet Kernel Cyclone Fibre Cyclone Dust Waste Water Crude Oil ex-Press Sludge before Centrifuge Kg/m3 430 655 357 640 303 640 670 622 660 140 529 1014 978 1010

EXAMPLE NUT ELEVATOR

a
NOTATION a b c h DIMENSION (mm) 250 200 100 150 Wt. of nut per bucket

c CAPACITY OF NUT BUCKET

Volume of bucket (b + c) x h/2 x a 0.00563 m3

0.00675 x 640

3.60 kg

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NOTATION
E F

DESCRIPTION
Mill Capacity Bucket to Bucket

VALUE
60 tph 400 mm

G
H I J K

Gearbox Output
Driven Sprocket Drive Sprocket Chain Sprocket Chain Size

45 rpm
28 T 16 T 12 T 100 mm

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DESCRIPTION
Chain Sprocket Speed

FORMULA
GxI/H

VALUE
25.71 rpm

Chain Speed No. of Buckets

25.71 x J x K 30,582 x 60 / F

30,852 mm/min. 4,628 Bph

Nut Conveyed

4,628 x 4.32 / 1000 / 2

10 tph

% to FFB

10 x 100 / E

17 %

NUT ELEVATOR - CONCLUSION

Capacity of elevator is more than sufficient because it can handle maximum of 17% Nut/FFB ratio against standard requirement of 14%. This also implies that nut spillage at the elevator is unlikely to occur when there is recycling. In other words, the elevator can do 70 tph milling capacity.
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