Kwara State University
Adeshina Fadeyibi
Designation: Senior Lecturer, Ag. Head of Department
Department: Food and Agricultural Engineering
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| 1 | PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF OIL EXPRESSION FROM WATERMELON (CITRULLUS LANATUS) SEEDS |
Watermelon fruit contains large quantities of seeds and theseseeds are under-utilized. It contains reasonable amount of oil (22%) which if expressedwill serve asvegetable oil for human consumption orbiodiesel for powering agricultural machines andboost the income of the farmers.The main objective of this research workistostudy the interaction effect of operating parameters on the mechanical oil expressionfrom the seed. The variables considered include applied pressure (85.00, 90.00, 95.00, 100.00and 105.00 kN/mm2), roasting temperature(70.00, 80.00, 90.00, 100and 110°C) and moisture content (6.00, 8.00, 10.00, 12.00and 14.00 %).A total sum of 20batch experiments were carried out and the maximum oil yield was 13.49% (at corresponding moisture content of 6.00%, roasting temperature of 85.00oC and applied pressure of 105.00 kN/mm2respectively) and minimum oil yield obtained was 9.41%.(at corresponding moisture content of 14.00%, roasting temperature 80 °C and applied pressure of 85.00 kN/mm2respectively). While theoptimum oil yield of 12.42% was obtained from the expressionat corresponding moisture contentof 6.00%, roastingtemperature of 80.00ºC, and applied pressureof 105.00 kN/mm2.The result showed that the three independent variables had significant effect on oilyieldand regression model equation was developed to predictthe oil yieldfrom watermelon seedsat knownvariables. | https://www.laujet.com/index.php/laujet/article/view/381 | |||||