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Oilseed handling and preparation prior to solvent extraction
Author(s) -
Moore N. Hunt
Publication year - 1983
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/bf02543479
Subject(s) - pulp and paper industry , process engineering , extraction (chemistry) , environmental science , solvent extraction , agricultural engineering , waste management , engineering , chemistry , chromatography
This paper describes cleaning of soybeans, present methods of drying soybeans to facilitate easy hull removal for the production of high protein meal, latest methods of air recirculation for energy efficiency in process drying, latest methods of handling soybeans to facilitate dust control in storage and conveying, conventional methods of dehulling with an emphasis on potential energy savings, cracking of soybeans with high capacity mills with special corrugations to give ideal particle size distribution for efficient dehulling, flaking of soybeans with high capacity mills; and latest innovations in the drying, dehulling, and conditioning of soybeans by use of the fluidbed drier and the microwave vacuum process.