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Processing peanuts and cottonseed
Author(s) -
Garcia M. E. J.
Publication year - 1976
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/bf02605696
Subject(s) - cottonseed oil , cottonseed , forcing (mathematics) , edible oil , mill , stock (firearms) , agricultural engineering , business , quality (philosophy) , agricultural science , agricultural economics , environmental science , engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics , economics , biology , food science , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , epistemology
Two cases are presented to show how the elimination of bad operational habits and the use of controlling equipment can improve the efficiency of an oil mill. The cleaning of peanuts (farmer's stock) is presented as an example of the need to use proper equipment for a given operation. A supply of good quality seed, together with the use of modern equipment, has improved the yields of oil and protein to the present values of 91% and 96% recovery, respectively. A growing fats and oils market in the Central American area and a limited supply of cottonseed are forcing the mills of Nicaragua to look for new oilseeds.