Overview

As per latest EFSA guidelines, 3 MCPDE & GE levels in refined palm oil should meet limits of 2.5 PPM & 1 PPM Max. 3 MCDPE levels will be lowered to 1.25 PPM for refined palm oil in line with other refined vegetable oils in the coming years.

A number of solutions for addressing this technological challenge has been made by various research organizations and companies over the years. CPO washing followed by centrifugal separation has been a popular method adopted for removing chlorine in CPO. While this method is effective it results in higher oil loss in washed water due to emulsification, effluent treatment issues due to high COD in wash water and high maintenance costs. SUMWIN’s patented extraction technology overcomes all these problems by offering low CAPEX and Low OPEX by avoiding emulsification and thereby virtually eliminating oil loss in water.

In addition, SUMWIN has developed a proprietary adsorbent under the trademark REDGEM that helps reduce precursors to 3MCPDE and GE in the bleaching process with no modification required in refineries and with no additional OPEX. Further engineering modifications to the deodorizer system that is tailor made depending on individual refinery designs helps to further reduce both 3 MCDPE and GE formation during deodorization and meets both 3MCPDE < 1.25 PPM & GE < 1 PPM.

SUMWIN’s patented technology has been proven at lab, pilot and large-scale commercial plants. The result is an innovative low Capex solution without any significant increase in OPEX of the modified refining system and most importantly without compromising on the plant throughput.

Speaker

U R Unnithan

Education background

• A Master’s degree holder in Chemical Engineering and Distinguished Alumnus from ICT (India’s Premier Chemical Technology Institute)
• Gold Medal Winner at the APEX MBA program from NUS
• Advanced Management Program Graduate from the Harvard Business School.

Professional background

• Founder and CEO of SUMWIN Group; a technology company specialised in value added food, feed, oleo-chemicals, neutraceuticals and renewable energy
• Co-founder and CEO of DIBIZ PTE LTD; a blockchain powered digital platform
• 36 years of corporate and professional experience in the field of oils and fats, oleo-chemicals and biofuels
• 22 years as executive director of CAROTINO Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, responsible for all palm oil downstream businesses of the group
• Worked with the Unilever Group in India at a senior management level
• President of the Malaysian Biodiesel Association; actively involved in the implementation of the biodiesel program in Malaysia since 2001
• Fellow of IChemE (FIChemE)
• Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management (FMIM)
• Member of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) of MPOB 2011-2016
• five patents in the field of oils and fats
• Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)

Agenda

• 18:30 — Presentation begins, followed by question-and-answer session
• 19:30 — Online presentation ends

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