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The Relationship Between Palm Oil Index Development and Mechanical Properties in the Ripening Process of Tenera Variety Fresh Fruit Bunches
Afshin Keshvadi, Johari Bin Endan, Haniff Harun, Desa Ahmad and Farah Saleena
Corresponding Author: Afshin Keshvadi
Submitted: 2011 January, 31
Accepted: 2011 February, 23
Published: 2011 March, 30 |
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This research has done to determine of the relationship between palm oil development in mesocarp
and kernel and Mechanical properties of fresh fruit bunches during the ripening process. For this purpose,
Tenera oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) variety (A cross between Dura and Pisifera) on 8 year- old palms planted
in 2003 at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) research station were selected. Fresh fruit bunches were
harvested and were divided into three regions (Top, Middle and Bottom) where the fruits from outer and inner
layers of them were removed randomly during the ripening process between 8, 12, 16 and 20 weeks after
anthesis. Fruit firmness test was done by using a Instron Universal Testing Machine to determine the
mechanical responses of oil palm fruit under compressive loading of a cylindrical probe with a soft tip at
25ºC (Cylindrical probe diameter = 6 mm, tip thickness = 3.2 mm, and tip elasticity = 3.27 MPa). The soxhlet
extraction tubes were used to the palm oil extraction.Calculation of earned data related to ripening time, oil
content and mechanical properties has done by MSTAT-C and Microsoft Excel computer programs.
Key words: Mechanical properties, oil extraction, oil palm FFB, , , ,
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Afshin Keshvadi, Johari Bin Endan, Haniff Harun, Desa Ahmad and Farah Saleena, . The Relationship Between Palm Oil Index Development and Mechanical Properties in the Ripening Process of Tenera Variety Fresh Fruit Bunches. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (03): 218-226.
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