corn germ peanut soybean oil refining plant in ghana

   
corn germ peanut soybean oil refining plant in ghana
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • corn germ peanut soybean oil refining plant in ghana
Can aqueous ethanol extract corn germ oil?

This result proved the preponderance of aqueous ethanol method again. In this study, an efficient and eco-friendly extraction process was developed by the aqueous ethanol extraction with steam explosion pretreatment for obtaining corn germ oil.

How is oil extracted from corn germs?

An improved aqueous extraction method has been established for extraction of oil from corn germs. This method primarily included steam explosion pretreatment and aqueous ethanol extraction. Process variables such as steam pressure, resident time, particle size and ethanol concentration were investigated.

What is corn germ?

Corn germ is a substantial byproduct of the wet milling and alcohol industry of corn. Corn germ (dry) contains 35¨C56 % oil, with linoleic acid (C18:2) being the predominant fatty acid (49¨C61.9 %) and the highest level of tocopherol and phytosterol amongst all vegetable oils, which is a cost-effective resource for healthy nutritious oil.

Can ethanol extract free oil from corn germ slurry?

Ethanol is a non-toxic and efficient emulsion splitter which has been used in vegetable oil separate emulsion to recover free oil (Chi et al. 2014 ). In the present study, modest ethanol was added into water to be an extraction agent to obtain free oil from corn germ slurry.