Diminishing fossil fuel resources, unstable/increasing prices of oil, environmental issues,
global warming/climatic shifts, and allied problems have led the world to focus on alternate …

Oil is extracted from fish and fish by-products by solvent extraction, wet rendering, dry
(steam) rendering and wet pressing methods. The method of rendering commonly used in …

The research work was carried to develop and evaluate the performance of a groundnut oil
expeller. Design analysis and calculations were performed so as to determine and select …

The screw press oil expellers are reported to be more efficient than all other methods of oil
extraction. The oil seeds fed through the hopper are crushed and transported by a rotating …

Groundnut oil extraction by a mechanical device is gaining more recognition in Nigeria but
has been limited to industrial use only and becoming inaccessible to local farmers due to the …

The extraction process of peanut oil has been a major concern for local processors due to
the difficult task it constitutes during processing. The use of oil expellers has been found to …

Groundnut Oil production at the rural setting in Nigeria under goes a tremendous fatigue
processing. Besides this, the finished product is often contaminated with other harmful …

Groundnut oil, the product from this seed, is not classed as vegetable oils in Nigeria market.
From the roasting of the groundnut to the oil production there are case-hardening scenario …

An investigation was carried out on the effect of expeller press parameters such as choke
clearances (1, 2 and 3 mm), screw clearances (1, 2 and 3 mm) and screw (worm) shaft …

Nigeria's small-scale oil extraction remains a significant bottleneck. In this study, an
improved groundnut kneader was designed, fabricated, and evaluated based on groundnut …