Vegetable Oil Production: Difference between revisions

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* Cooking oil
* Cooking oil
* [[Hydraulic_Fluid |Hydraulic fuid]]
* [[Hydraulic_Fluid |Hydraulic fluid]]
* Lubricating oil
* Lubricating oil
* Paints/coatings
* Paints/coatings

Revision as of 23:21, 22 January 2012

Overview

OSE principles suggest minimal use of petroleum products, which often means the substitution of locally produced vegetable oils. Oil crops are also likely to be grown for edible cooking oils. In either case, appropriately-scaled oil processing technology is required.

Applications

Crops

  • Canola (modified rapeseed)
  • Soybean
  • Sunflower
  • Linseed

Process

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Small scale processing paper from ATTRA

Description of conventional Refined/Bleached/Deodorized(RBD) process in this patent application