Part 1 Mechanical Expression
1 Introduction
2 Technology of Preparation of Oil-Bearing Materials prior to Mechanical Expression
3 Preparation Equipment: Operation Principles and Design Aspects
4 Screw Pressing
5 Cake Cooling, Storage and Utilisation
6 Oil Filtration, Cooling and Storage
7 Process Control and Automation
8 Utility Requirement for Oil Mills
9 Quality Issues
10 Safety and Environment Aspects
Part 2 Solvent Extraction
11 Introduction
12 Preparation Prior to Solvent Extraction
13 Preparation Equipment: Construction Features and Design Aspects
14 Solvent Extraction: Technology and Plant Operation
15 SEP Equipment: Operation, Construction and Design Aspects
16 Meal Pelleting and Edible Products of Soybean
17 Bagging and Storage of De-oiled Meal
18 Effect of Processing on Quality of Oil and Meal
19 Utility Requirement of Oil Extraction Plants
20 Environmental and Safety Issues
Biography
Vivekanand Sadashiv Vadke is a leading process consultant in the vegetable oil industry. He completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, M.A.Sc. (chem. Eng.) at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and Ph.D. in Food Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He served for seven years with DeSmet India, where he was in charge of process design and marketing. Dr. Vadke specialises in process design of vegetable oil extraction plants and has helped upgrade many plants across continents to achieve higher process efficiencies and superior product quality, apart from designing new plants based on various oilseeds. He has several research and review papers to his credit and has been a speaker at many conferences. Dr. Vadke is currently engaged in developing novel technologies to find solutions to problems faced by the vegetable oil industry.
