Decanter Questionnaire

Customer/plant information

Project name POME Treatment

Country of installation Indonesia, Medan
Customer name PT. Kaltimex Energy Jakarta
Customer type (end user, contractor) End user
Expansion or new installation New Installation

Section 1 – very important

Drawing/sketch

Please provide us with a sketch or drawing of the upstream process as this will be extremely
helpful in the project evaluation. If you do not have a real drawing (in most cases, you will
not) then please make a sketch by hand (as you see the set-up) – then scan it and forward it
together with this document.

Fresh POME from Mill

Special Stainless-steel Tank –

Pumps –

To process Plant (POME Treatment)

So here we want to install Decanter 3 Phase to remove Solids and oil.

Section 2

Process information

Feed Type (primary, WAS, digested or) Primary Fresh hot POME
Feed Ratio, % (if mixture of different streams) Fresh POME
Total feed rate, m3/hr (not per decanter but total) Max 3 m3/hr.
Feed Solids, % TSS (total suspended solids) 30,000 mg/lit
Solids rate, kg/hr (solids loading) 90 kgs/hr.
Feed Volatiles, % TVS (total volatile solids) No Data
Feed SVI ( Sludge Volume Index - how well does it No Data
settle)
Feed Temp, °C 70 -80
Is the feed corrosive? (specify pH-level, Cl-) Yes, corrosive and acidic pH3.5 to
4.5
Is the feed erosive? (does it contain sand or similar?) Yes, (sand/Solids)
Does the feed contain fat, oil or grease? Yes ,3000 -4000 ppm
Specify industrial application (if more than 15% of Palm oil mill
total)
Plant Chemical Addition (ferric, lime, alum, etc.) No
Most critical item? (what is the bottle neck) Solids

Section 3

Sizing proposal – (per unit)

Running hours per day, hr 3 to 5 hours per day

Number of dewatering units Fill in here
Name of unit Fill in here
Feed rate, m3/hr (per unit) 3
Cake dryness, % Fill in here
Recovery, % SS (suspended solids) How Much % possible?
Polymer dose active polymer, kg/dT How if no dosing of polyelectrolyte?
Expected power consumption, kWhr Decide by Us
SUMMARY
General Data
Sludge Origin POME
Sludge Type Highly solid concentrated
Duty 100%

Sizing Data
Operating Times

Days/Week 5 days a week

Hours/Day 3-5 hours per day

Total Flow

Volumetric (m3/h) 3
Solids (Kg/h) 90
Capacity

Number of Unit

Operating 1
Standby 0

Feed Solids (TSS Content in the Feed)

Range (%)
Design (%)

Centrifuge Performance (depends on polyelectrolite performances)

Cake Solids (%)

Solid Recoveries (%)