Fresh fruit bunches were quartered (cut into approximately four pieces) and sterilised for 1 h in the steriliser. The sterilised quarters were passed into a stripper. About 480 kg of hot stripped fruits, being the full capacity of the two sterilizers used at the small-scale unit of NIFOR, were processed using the DSP. The digestion/pressing times were noted. The crude oil collected was then transferred into the clarifier and the time taken for complete clarification was also noted. Pure oil collected was weighed using a Mettler 750 scale with 0.02 kg accuracy.