cost of soybean oil solvent extraction plant in kenya

   
cost of soybean oil solvent extraction plant in kenya
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • cost of soybean oil solvent extraction plant in kenya
How profitable is soybean oil extraction process?

Data Inputs In the profitability analysis of the soybean oil extraction process, the total capital investments of extruding-expelling process, hexane extraction, and EAEP are 26.6, 41.0, and 7.6 million dollars (2015 price) based on 30.8, 22.4, and 0.1 million kg of annual soybean oil production respectively.

How is soybean oil extracted?

In the solvent extraction process, food-grade hexane is sprayed over the extruded soybean flakes, with counter-current flow leading to oil extraction and distillation allowing for the separation of solvent and oil. Again, the deoiled meal is also desolventized before it can be processed for other applications. How is soybean oil refined?

What is solvent extraction?

Solvent extraction consists in washing the prepared material in a countercurrent multistage process to enable a reasonable quantity of solvent to extract a maximal amount of oil. Major progresses in solvent extraction relate to plant production capacity increases which propelled technological improvements.

When is a solvent free oil extraction process profitable?

When the capacities of annual oil production are larger than 12 and 173 million kg respectively, these two processes are profitable. The solvent free approach, known as enzyme assisted aqueous extraction process (EAEP), is profitable when the capacity is larger than 17 million kg of annual oil production.