The products produced at the Primajasa Palm Oil Mill are Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and palm kernel (kernel). The palm oil processing process goes through several stations, including loading ramp station, sterilizing station, threshing stations, digesting and pressing station, clarification station, and kernel stations. In the palm oil processing industry, the main factors that can cause damage palm oil quality are high moisture content and free fatty acid (FFA) levels. This study aims to analyze the quality of CPO based on the performance of the vacuum dryer at the Primajasa Palm Oil Mill as seen from the free fatty acid (FFA) and moisture content. The average results obtained from the analysis of the moisture content of CPO before entering the vacuum dryer and after leaving the vacuum dryer were 0.57% and 0.27%. Meanwhile, the average results obtained from the analysis of FFA CPO levels before entering the vacuum dryer and after leaving the vacuum dryer were 3.63% and 3.57%. Based on these results, it is known that a vacuum dryer can reduce the value of moisture content and FFA levels contained in CPO. These results also indicate that the moisture content and free fatty acid (FFA) content in the sample are in accordance with the national quality standard of CPO.
The traditional coffee with the greatest taste is called arabica. One of the ingredients made from coffee beans and used for air freshener is coffee oil. The Soxhlet extraction method, a separation technique that is often used to separate one or more compounds from a solid or liquid by adding a solvent, is one of the processes for making coffee oil. This research has been done before, but a comparison of different types of solvents and inclusion of differences in extraction time has not been done. The purpose of this research is to understand how the difference in extraction time and the comparison of solvent types affect the yield, density, and acid number produced. Extraction of hexane and ethanol by distillation for 120 minutes is a research technique. Extraction times were 90, 120, 150 and 180 minutes. In this study, the largest extraction with ethanol solvent was produced within 120 minutes of 25.75%, while the highest percent yield of coffee oil with hexane solvent was obtained within 120 minutes of 17.3%. The maximum specific gravity for 180 minutes with ethanol solvent is 0.94 gr/ml, while for 180 minutes with hexane solvent is 0.91 g/mL. Coffee oil with hexane solvent produced an acid value between 3.2 and 7 mg KOH/g, while coffee oil with ethanol solvent produced an acid value between 4.6 and 11.2 mg KOH/g.
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