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Pilot‐plant fractionation of cottonseed. I. Disintegration of cottonseed meats
Author(s) -
Spadaro J. J.,
Persell R. M.,
Murphey C. H.,
Vix H. L. E.,
McCourtney E. J.,
Hecker J. L.,
Pollard E. F.,
Gastrock E. A.
Publication year - 1948
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/bf02593275
Subject(s) - cottonseed , fractionation , slurry , viscosity , cottonseed oil , materials science , pulp and paper industry , emulsion , composite material , moisture , chemistry , water content , rheology , chromatography , food science , engineering , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering
Disintegration of cottonseed meats is an important unit operation in the cottonseed fractionation process. The results of tests utilizing a high‐speed, “dissolver‐type” impeller for disintegration by liquid shear are presented including curves to show the effect of moisture, hulls, solvents, peripheral speed, etc. Over 90% of through‐80‐mesh material can be obtained. Moisture content over 5% appreciably reduced the efficiency and increased power consumption and the viscosity of the slurry. Whole flakes resulted in a finer end product than flakes pre‐pulverized in the dry state. It was found that the presence of hulls slightly increased disintegration, power consumption, and viscosity; that higher speeds (up to 6,000 FPM peripheral speed) were more efficient; and that the effect of solvents was small.
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