What is a prepress solvent extraction method in a sunflower crushing plant?
In a typical sunflower crushing plant using the prepress solvent extraction method, the initial steps of seed pre-cleaning and seed drying are located in the seed receiving section of the facility, prior to seed storage.
What is prepress solvent extraction?
Prepress solvent extraction relies on exerting medium pressure on the prepared seed to separate the majority of the oil, followed by solvent extraction to separate additional oil from the solids fraction, recovering over 40% oil from the seed in modern crushing plants.
What are the kinetics and mechanism of sunflower seed oil extraction?
The kinetics and mechanism of the extraction process investigated. It is shown that the process of extracting sunflower seed oil is complicated and include as intra-diffusion and outer-diffusion oil transfer is similar to extraction of target components from other seeds of plant material (amaranth, rapeseed, etc.).
Does Ukraine export sunflower oil?
It should be emphasized that Ukraine exports sunflower oil to over than 100 countries of the world, which requires more efficient technologies for its production for the purpose of providing with world demand. For today, there are two methods of extracting oil plant raw materials: press and extraction.
