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Mechanics of oil expression from canola
Author(s) -
Vadke Vivek S.,
Sosulski F. W.
Publication year - 1988
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/bf02660576
Subject(s) - canola , throughput , choke , residual oil , moisture , viscosity , water content , chemistry , materials science , pulp and paper industry , composite material , food science , engineering , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering , telecommunications , wireless
A laboratory‐scale oilseed screw press was used to investigate the effects of shaft speed and choke opening and of seed pretreatments, including moisture conditioning, flaking and preheating, on the canola pressing performance. Maximum pressure increased, and press throughput and residual oil (RO) in presscake both decreased, with a reduction in choke opening and with lowering of shaft speed. When either whole seed or flakes were preheated in the range 40–100C, the pressure and throughput increased, and RO decreased. Press throughput and oil output both achieved maxima at a 5.0% moisture content in seed, while the RO showed a continuous increase with increasing seed moisture contents. The observed effects of choke opening and shaft speed on pressure, throughput, RO and press temperature could be explained with the aid of a simple equation representing the axial flow within the press. The same equation also served to explain the changes in pressure and throughput corresponding to the various seed pretreatments, when changes in viscosity of the oilseed mass were postulated. It was inferred that any seed pretreatment which increased viscosity would also increase throughput of the press. A further examination of the individual components of viscosity might explain the changes in the residual oil content and facilitate the development of improved or novel pretreatments of oilseeds.