Castor Oil Extraction Plant Castor Oil Press Plant in Nigeria
- Use: Castor Oil
- Type:Castor Oil Extraction Machine
- Production Capacity: 8t/24h
- Power(W): 97kw
- Dimension(L*W*H): 1880mmx680mmx1520mm
- Specification: 6YY
- Duration time: 30days
- Market: Nigeria
Why Nigeria must develop castor value chain, Daily Trust
It has been able to attract investment in castor oil production in Nigeria. Today, there are two other castor processing plants operating locally. The council is further studying the value chain of castor seed to promote its optimal development. To ease the drudgery associated with castor shelling, the council imported two castor shellers in 2017.
Nigeria imports over N30 billion worth of castor oil every year despite having arable and fertile land, and climatic conditions suitable for its farming. This report examines the financial viability of establishing a castor oil processing plant in Nigeria. The production capacity of the proposed plant is four (4) tons per day and would operate
Castor Oil: Properties, Uses, and Optimization of Processing
Introduction. Castor oil has long been used commercially as a highly renewable resource for the chemical industry.1,2 It is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.) that is mainly cultivated in Africa, South America, and India.3,4 Major castor oil-producing countries include Brazil, China, and India.
A study was carried o ut on the traditional method of processing castor oil. Nine major operations are. paste, mixing t he paste with water/boili ng to extrac t oil, sc ooping of oil and drying
EXTRACTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF CASTOR SEED
The extraction of Castor oil was accomplished by mechanical cold pressing of the seeds of wild castor plant (Ricinus communis) found in Ini Local Government, Area Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Oil yield was 38.69%. The virgin oil (obtained as clear, viscous, pale-yellow liquid) was further purified by filtration through sintered glass (fine mesh
Step 4: Castor Seed Pressing. A screw oil press machine is used to crush the castor oil-seeds to facilitate removal of the oil. The first phase of this extraction is called pre-pressing. After pressing oil is collected and filtered and the filtered material is combined back with new, fresh seeds for repeat extraction.
Characterization of castor seed oil extracted from the seed
Besides, castor oil, like all other vegetable oils, has been found to have different physical and chemical properties that vary with the method of extraction. Cold pressed castor oil has low acid value than its solvent extracted counterpart. An acid value of 2.7 for cold pressed oil was reported by [17] and 1.148 by [2].
The oil from castor seed obtained from Edo State, Nigeria was extracted using a mechanically cold pressed method. The yield of the oil from the Castor seed is 40%. The physical parameters of the seeds such as moisture content, ash content and linear dimensions like length, width and thickness were studied and found to be 0.32%, 6.44%, 12.02 mm
In Support of Massive Cultivation of Castor Oil Bean
Keywords: Castor bean, castor oil, castor seed, castor history, castor growth and yield. International Journal of Agriculture & Agribusiness ISSN: 2391-3991, Volume 4 Issue 1, page 19 – 29
Cold-pressed 1. Introduction Castor oil plant is a species of flowering plant in the Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. ... a by-product that derived from castor oil extraction. ... Western Nigeria
