View of <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Crude palm oil is one of export comodities of Indonesia. Theme, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;">it </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">is of crucial importance to improve the quality of crude palm oil </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">(CPO) </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">through the process of </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">CPO </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">production. This paper discusses the design and implementation of an automatic process control for crude palm oil clarification. The automatic control system proposed herein is suppoded by a computer which performs intensive computation to determine the correct volume of water required for a </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">CPO </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">clarification process. The computer is also used to monitor and maintain a desired temperature during the process. The implementation results indicate promising performance of the system control.</span></p>

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Return to Article Details <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Crude palm oil is one of export comodities of Indonesia. Theme, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;">it </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">is of crucial importance to improve the quality of crude palm oil </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">(CPO) </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">through the process of </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">CPO </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">production. This paper discusses the design and implementation of an automatic process control for crude palm oil clarification. The automatic control system proposed herein is suppoded by a computer which performs intensive computation to determine the correct volume of water required for a </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;">CPO </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">clarification process. The computer is also used to monitor and maintain a desired temperature during the process. The implementation results indicate promising performance of the system control.</span></p> Download Download PDF