Castor Oil Refinery Processes in Zimbabwe
- Use: Castor Oil
- Type:Castor Oil Refinery Machine
- Production Capacity: 50T~120TPD
- Motor power: 3000W
- Dimension(L*W*H): 600*400*900mm
- Voltage: 380V/50HZ/3PHRASE
- Oil Residuce Rate: 7%
- Market: Zimbabwe
The Science Behind Castor Oil Refining: A Closer Look
The science behind it all. Castor oil properties. Castor oil is the only commercial source of hydroxylated fatty acids. So although it forms only about 0.15% of the vegetable oils produced around the world, it is extremely important and demand for it is only growing with the years, especially from the specialty chemical industry.
Goal and outline. The goal of this paper is conceptual design, simulation and economic analysis of a castor oil biorefinery for producing simultaneously biodiesel and bio-chemicals. Four distinct processes are studied, from which two regard castor oil transesterification, followed by fatty ester pyrolysis and undecylenic acid amination.
Castor Oil: Properties, Uses, and Optimization of Processing
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.
The methoxide formed is stirred magnetically at 60 • C with refined palm kernel oil for 2 h, then introduced into a separating funnel for 12 h to separate the glycerol from the methyl ester, as
Optimizing the Castor Oil Production Process, Anderson
As with most oilseeds, the castor oil production process begins with dehulling and cleaning the beans to remove shells, stems, and other foreign materials. Oil processors then heat batches of dehulled castor beans in steam-jacketed cookers or forced hot air vessels to remove moisture and harden the seeds for more effective mechanical pressing.
LEADING oil processing giant company, Castor Oil, has embarked on a programme to support small-scale and commercial farmers in growing the essential castor beans crop, which the firm believes has
Zimbabwean Farmer Strikes Gold with Castor Bean, Agri4Africa
Commercialisation of castor has the potential to create over 500 000 jobs across the value chain, in the process reducing Zimbabwe’s import bill for fuel, pharmaceuticals, lubricants and paint. The production of castor bean can earn the country up to US$7 billion in foreign exchange annually.
Castor oil was the oldest known source for the monomeric raw materials obtained from its chemical transformation processes, a fact that it was considered as castor refinery due to the great value
Zimbabwe: Firm Pays Castor Bean Farmers Us$550 000
The Herald (Harare) Bio — TECHNOLOGY firm, Oil Castor, says it has spent US$550 000 out of the US$1,2 million it set aside to pay local castor bean farmers for their deliveries. The firm runs a
Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among others. Global castor oil production is concentrated primarily in a small geographic region of Gujarat in Western India.
