Pengaruh Kehilangan Inti Sawit terhadap Mutu Minyak Inti Sawit di Ptpn Iii Pks Kebun Rambutan – Tebing Tinggi

Abstract

PTPN III PKS Kebun Rambutan-Tebing Tinggi is factory which manufactures CPO starting from fresh fruit bunch to be crude oil. And the second product produced by PTPN III is palm kernel. Palm kernel is apart of fresh fruit bunch which has been isolated from its mesocarp of Eluesis Guideensis Jacq and which has been cleaned and dried out. The process of manufacturing palm oil is initiated sterilizing process and purification is the last step of whole process. Meanwhile the process of palm kernel oil is conducted within several steps. Such as the process separation, cracking, drying, and storing. In other to be distributed palm kernel must meet the following quality specification free fatty acid 0,5 %, water content 6,7 %, pollutant content 6,0 %, cracked kernel 16 %, colour-changed kernel 38 %, and these are the standard for obtaining high quality palm kernel