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The processing of new oilseed crops—An economic evaluation
Author(s) -
Cuperus F. Petrus,
Boswinkel Gerard,
Derksen Johannes T. P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02517964
Subject(s) - rapeseed , crambe , downstream processing , pulp and paper industry , edible oil , environmental science , agronomy , chemistry , food science , biology , engineering , chromatography
The economics of pilot‐ to large‐scale processing of the new oilssed crops Crambe abyssinica, Euphorbia lagascae , and Dimorphotheca pluvialis into oil, fatty acids, or esters were estimated. It was found that the processing costs for Crambe seed to oil is in the same range as that for rapeseed (≈0.5 U.S. $/kg). Production of fatty acid esters from vernolic and dimorphecolic acids requires some special downstream processing operations that result in processing costs of about 1 U.S. $/kg ester. Good‐quality Dimorphotheca oil is much more difficult to obtain and requires supercritical carbon dioxide extraction. Processing costs can be as high as 4 U.S. $/kg oil.