Simulation process unit bleaching in cooking oil plant using super pro designer version 10.0

Abstract

The bleaching process is one of the processes in the manufacture of cooking oil that serves to absorb the gum, moisture content and color in crude palm oil. Role of color in the marketing of cooking oil is very important, because, in general consumers tend to use the color parameters as the quality of cooking oil. The use of programs to facilitate the design of a process such as Super Pro Designer, Aspen, and Hysys is a way to increase the profitability of an industry. This study aims to provide information that Super Pro Designer applications can simulate the bleaching process contained in the cooking oil plant. Method used was simulated data obtained from the plant using Super Pro Designer Version 10.0. The result showed that at feed flow rate of 86,000 kg/hour the temperature of 100 °C was obtained as output of plate heat exchanger.