Republic of the Philippines

Batangas State University

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts
Petroleum Engineering Department
Name: Ali, Kevin Lester Ramirez
Hernandez, Jerome Nichole Espino
Malaluan, Aira Claire Ebete
Navarro, Sarina Fragada
TOPIC PRESENTATION
Topic No. 5
I

General Subject Area

II

Physics
General Chemistry
Machine Design

Specific Topic
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRACTOR FOR PALM KERNEL FOR
PRODUCING BIODIESEL OIL

III

Specifics of Research
A Introduction
The use of Biodiesel all over the world is enlarging in number. Countries
from America, Europe, and Asia use Biodiesel not to replace petroleum oil
but to help create a balanced energy policy with the most benefit to the
United States. Biodiesel is one of several alternative fuels designed to
extend the usefulness of petroleum, and the longevity and cleanliness of
diesel engines. This type of oil is commonly use to blend with petroleum
with any percentage.
Biodiesel is a renewable and biodegradable diesel fuel extracted from
plant oil. A natural hydrocarbon with negligible sulfur content, it will
substantially help in reducing emissions from diesel-fed engines.

Palm Kernel plant which is commonly found in the Philippines and in

province like Batangas is one of our bases to use Palm kernel fruit to be our
raw material for this project. Plant oil like palm kernel fruit produces oil that
has the same properties like in coconut that is now commonly used as
biodiesel in a country like Philippines.
A design of an apparatus that will extract palm kernel to produce oil is
one of the best solution have another option aside from coconut. It will be
very essential to all manufacturers and also to students in able to perform
experiment like this.

B Research Description

Objectives (General and Specific)

The main objective of this study is to design and develop an

extractor for Palm Kernel Fruit for producing Biodiesel oil.
Specially, the study aims to:
1 Fabricate the apparatus using the vicinity materials taking into
considerations:
1 system components
1.2 material specifications
2 Develop experimental procedures to produce biodiesel from fermented
palm fruit to establish the following parameters:
2.1 Biodiesel properties
2.2 water content
2.3 viscosity
3 Determination of the Biodiesel properties and the properties of the
produced Biodiesel
4 Provide an operational manual of the designed extractor for Palm
Kernel Fruit for producing Biodiesel considering safety measures.

C Schedule of Activities

Activities
1

st

2nd

Month
3rd

4th

5th

6th

Gathering
Past
Information
Background of
Research
Experiment
and Data
Gathering
Final Output
Resource Requirements
The laboratory apparatus will be fabricated in PCUM Trading Robotics Phils. And
the procedure for conducting the experiment will be based on the review of related
literature. The performance of the apparatus in terms of produced biodiesel property,
water content and viscosity will be evaluated.
The study will not cover the actual size of the apparatus, since the development
is a miniature only, but the design will be based on the standard design.
Design

Proposed

Budget:
50,000-60,000