palm kernel oil expeller seed oil expeller in uganda

   
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  • palm kernel oil expeller seed oil expeller in uganda
What is a palm kernel expeller?

Palm kernel expeller botanical name is Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Other people sometimes call it palm kernel cake or palm kernel meal. It is a crucial component of animal feed and an oil palm by-product. The palm oil comes from the fruit flesh, while the palm kernel expeller (PKE) is the extraction of the fruit kernel.

Is a palm kernel oil expeller suitable in Nigeria?

Palm kernel oil (PKO) is under-exploited and the rural-based oil extraction equipment has a low efficiency in Nigeria. Therefore, development of a palm kernel oil expeller and investigation of the suitability of the oil extracted are presented.

How to extract oil from palm kernel seed?

Proper utilization of the oil can be ensured by blending it with diesel fuel or subjecting it to transesterification process. The adapted oil expeller is feasible for the extraction of oil from palm kernel seed. Content may be subject to copyright. ... Physicochemical properties of PKSO (Samuel & Emovon, 2018). ...

How efficient is a PKO oil expeller?

The expeller is robust and easy to operate. The efficiency of the expeller and production capacity were detected to be 60.3% and 35 kg/h, respectively.The basic properties of the PKO concur with those of vegetable oils and Jatropha oil extracted from expeller machine in literatures but are not within the ranges of ASTM and EU standards.