Preprint Article Version 1 This version is not peer-reviewed

Effect of Hot-Air Oven and Vacuum Pretreatment Methods on Oil Recovery Efficiency and Energy Usage on Flax and Hemp Oilseeds under Linear Pressing Process

Version 1 : Received: 4 November 2024 / Approved: 4 November 2024 / Online: 5 November 2024 (08:50:16 CET)

How to cite: Kabutey, A.; Kibret, S. H.; Kiros, A. W.; Afework, M. A.; Onwuka, M.; Raj, A. Effect of Hot-Air Oven and Vacuum Pretreatment Methods on Oil Recovery Efficiency and Energy Usage on Flax and Hemp Oilseeds under Linear Pressing Process. Preprints 2024, 2024110240. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0240.v1 Kabutey, A.; Kibret, S. H.; Kiros, A. W.; Afework, M. A.; Onwuka, M.; Raj, A. Effect of Hot-Air Oven and Vacuum Pretreatment Methods on Oil Recovery Efficiency and Energy Usage on Flax and Hemp Oilseeds under Linear Pressing Process. Preprints 2024, 2024110240. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0240.v1

Abstract

Bulk flax and hemp oilseeds were evaluated under oven and vacuum heating temperatures con-cerning the percentage oil yield and energy demand under linear compression approach. The heating temperatures ranged from 40 oC to 90 oC at a constant drying time of 60 min. The oven pretreatment increased the oil yield of bulk flax oilseeds by 1.02% compared to the vacuum method. This increment resulted in a higher energy requirement of 23.06 J. The oil yield of bulk hemp oilseeds increased by 0.49 % resulting in a higher energy usage of 65.03 J. It was found that bulk hemp oilseeds produced a higher percentage oil yield of 23.86 ± 0.11% with a higher energy demand of 1641.66 ± 35.66 J than bulk flax oilseeds producing an oil yield of 17.52 ± 0.29 % and energy need of 1014.84 ± 52.26 J under both drying conditions. The established regression models for predicting the percentage oil yield and energy demand of the examined oilseeds dependent on heating temperature under both drying conditions were significant based on the P-value of the lack of fit which was greater than 0.05 indicating the reliability of the established regression models.

Keywords

Heating methods; selected bulk oilseeds; extraction method; oil yield; regression models

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

Comments (0)

We encourage comments and feedback from a broad range of readers. See criteria for comments and our Diversity statement.

Leave a public comment
Send a private comment to the author(s)
* All users must log in before leaving a comment
Views 0
Downloads 0
Comments 0


×
Alerts
Notify me about updates to this article or when a peer-reviewed version is published.
We use cookies on our website to ensure you get the best experience.
Read more about our cookies here.