• How does seed processing affect oil extraction?
  • Good seed processing results in high extraction yields (low residual oil content after extraction) and high-quality products (crude oil and meal) while keeping production costs low. In fact, the efficiency of oil extraction is strongly influenced by seed processing.
  • What solvent is used to make soybean protein concentrate?
  • It should be noted that other solvents may be required to produce different and specific products; for example, an alcohol-water mixture is used in an additional extraction step (after hexane extraction) to produce soy protein concentrate (or ¡°SPC¡±) by removing the sugars from standard soybean meal (Wang et al., 2004).
  • Why should you use Alfa Laval foodec decanter centrifuges?
  • Alfa Laval Foodec decanter centrifuges are ideal for industries where delicate food and beverage products are processed ¨C and where easy cleaning is crucial. Seed oil processing – no matter what type of seed oil you process, Alfa Laval has refinery solutions to help you boost product quality and profitability.
  • How do you remove soy oil from soybean oil?
  • The most promising are (a) extraction by an amidine switchable solvent that can then be removed from the soy oil by carbonated water and (b) extraction by a moderately hydrophilic solvent that can then be removed from the oil by water.
  • What is solvent extraction process?
  • The solvent extraction process consists of five closely related subprocesses: solvent extraction, meal desolventisation, drying and cooling of the meal, distillation of the miscella and solvent recovery. Extraction is always used when a residual oil content of <2% is desired. Most vegetable oils are obtained by solvent extraction.
  • How do you extract hexane from soybean flakes?
  • The existing approach, introduced in the United States in 1930,1 involves a counter-current flow of hexane and soybean flakes, giving a saturated solution of oil in hexane. The best continuous soybean extraction has a solvent :bean mass ratio of 1, which is equivalent to a solvent :oil mass ratio of 5.