Thanks Keith, I'll check those out. --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > >
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