Case Study siemens.com/engines The Opportunity The Sei Pelakar palm oil mill in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia, is owned by PT. Kresna Duta Agroindo (PT KDA). PT KDA wanted to adapt and improve its effluent anaerobic treatment system into a new covered biodigester system in order to capture the biogas produced during the anaerobic digestion process. The biogas collected could then be used to generate enough power to run the 7.5 t/h kernel crushing plant at the mill, and meet the estate’s electricity demands. The Solution Siemens provided two SGE-36SL, 600 kW-rated containerized biogas gen-sets. The mill’s capacity is 60 t/h and processes an average of 285,000 tons of fresh fruit bunch per year. In addition to the crude palm oil extraction, Pelakar mill also processes kernel nuts. Biogas units generate electricity for Indonesian palm oil mill Siemens engines and gen-sets SGE-36SL containerized generator set. The kernel crushing plant runs off palm shells and uses Diesel generators for back-up during peak demand. Generators are used to provide electricity for the estate and mill.
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Case Study
siemens.com/engines
The OpportunityThe Sei Pelakar palm oil mill in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia, is owned by PT. Kresna Duta Agroindo (PT KDA). PT KDA wanted to adapt and improve its effluent anaerobic treatment system into a new covered biodigester system in order to capture the biogas produced during the anaerobic digestion process.
The biogas collected could then be used to generate enough power to run the 7.5 t/h kernel crushing plant at the mill, and meet the estate’s electricity demands.
The SolutionSiemens provided two SGE-36SL, 600 kW-rated containerized biogas gen-sets.
The mill’s capacity is 60 t/h and processes an average of 285,000 tons of fresh fruit bunch per year. In addition to the crude palm oil extraction, Pelakar mill also processes kernel nuts.
Biogas units generate electricity for Indonesian palm oil millSiemens engines and gen-sets
SGE-36SL containerized generator set.
The kernel crushing plant runs off palm shells and uses Diesel generators for back-up during peak demand. Generators are used to provide electricity for the estate and mill.
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BenefitsEnvironmental Sustainability
• Use of anaerobic digester reduces methane-rich greenhouse gas emissions
• Reduces unpleasant odour
• Improves waste water treatment
• Reduces diesel consumption for power generation
Economic Sustainability
• Biogas is a renewable energy source in Indonesia
• Reduces dependency on diesel to generate electricity
• Offsets the need for palm shells to generate power
Social Sustainability
• Construction of the anaerobic digester system creates new jobs
• Improves technical skills of employees operating and maintaining the new anaerobic digester system
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Our solutions include combined heat and power (CHP) systems, biogas-fueled gen-sets, hybrid systems (solar photovoltaic and engine-based gen-sets), biomass and waste-to-energy steam turbine generators, compressed air energy storage (CAES), and more. We are also developing new technologies that use fossil fuels and renewable energy resources more efficiently, such as our wave energy-based HydroAir® turbine.
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