> Does anyone know of anywhere I can find information >on making vegetable oil itself? The process, etc > > Clarence
Hi Clarence Two ways, pressure extraction and solvent extraction, usually using hexan - this is the commercial method, not for us. On pressure extraction, do a couple of archive searches, for "approtec" and for "bielenberg" - these are manual presses: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Lots more information here: Oilseed presses http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_supply.html#Oilpress There's more to it than just pressing though. Check these out: The Fats and Oils: a General View, by Carl L. Alsberg and Alonzo E. Taylor, 1928, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, California First in a series of five Fats and Oils Studies published in the 1920s by the Food Research Institute. Good overview of the subject written in layman's terms, covers nature and sources of fats and oils, properties, technology, production, international trade and more. Not very much has changed since then, it's just grown more complex. A clear and informative guide -- useful information for anyone making biodiesel or working with SVO. Full text online at the Biofuels Library. http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/fatsoils/fatsoilsToC.html Oils -- King's American Dispensatory, by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D., 1898 http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/olea.html Chemical Reactions of Oil, Fat and Fat Based Products http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~fidel/creac/reac.html Food Fats and Oils (1994) -- online book (Acrobat file, 1.3Mb): http://www.iseo.org/foodfatsoils.pdf Minor Oil Crops, B.L. Axtell from research by R.M. Fairman, Intermediate Technology Development Group, Rugby, UK, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 94, Rome, 1992, ISBN 92-5-103128-2: Part I - Edible oils, Part II - Non-edible oils, Part III - Essential oils -- Full text online: http://www.fao.org/inpho/vlibrary/x0043e/x0043e00.htm Hope this helps. Best Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
