• What is rapeseed oil refining process?
  • Towards this, the crude rapeseed oil needs refining treatments to remove undesirable ingredients and produce higher quality oils [ 5 ¨C 7 ]. Traditional rapeseed oil refining processes generally involve four successive operations: neutralization, degumming, bleaching and deodorization.
  • How is rapeseed oil obtained?
  • Rapeseed oil was obtained by cold pressing in a laboratory hydraulic press (Sirio, Mikodental, 10-ton strength, 40 MPa maximum pressure) at room temperature. The procedure was done in triplicate. Upon pressing, oil samples were immediately analyzed.
  • Does rapeseed oil differ after refining?
  • Differences were considered statistically significant at P< 0.05. The AV, PV, p -AV of the rapeseed oil in varieties after each refining process are shown in Fig 1. The AV of five different kinds of crude rapeseed oils were from 2.15 to 3.59 mg KOH/g and decreased significantly after neutralization, ranging from 0.29 to 0.45 mg KOH/g.
  • How much rapeseed oil can be extracted by cold pressing?
  • A nozzle diameter of 10 mm, a screw frequency of 50 Hz, and a press head temperature of 80 ¡ãC ensured the maximum pressed rapeseed oil yield of 26.65% within the applied experimental domain. The crude oil extraction degree achieved by cold pressing was 60.8% of the rapeseed oil yield obtained by the Soxhlet method.
  • How are rapeseed seeds extracted?
  • The rapeseeds were milled using a laboratory mill (A11 basic, IKA, Germany) and sieved into 1 mm fractions. The obtained fraction of seed material (about 20 g) was treated with petroleum ether (b.p. 60¨C90 ¡ãC) within 7 h. The extraction of the seed oil was done in triplicate. The oil content of the seeds was 40.9?¡À?0.1%.
  • What is the mass flow rate of pressed rapeseed oil?
  • The temperature of the pressed oil at the exit from the press was 40 ¡ãC. The mass flow rate of the press cake and pressed rapeseed oil under these pressing conditions were 174?¡À?22 g/min and 52.7?¡À?0.1 g/min, respectively. Optimization of screw-pressing process factors can involve the oil recovery yield or quality properties.