Groundnuts Solvent Extraction Plant

Groundnuts / Peanuts Solvent Extraction Plant Process

•     Decortication
•     Conditioning
•     Expelling
•     Solvent Extraction for the expelled cake

Groundnut / Peanut oil is appreciated for its high smoke point relative to many other cooking oils. Its major component fatty acids are oleic acid (46.8% as olein), linoleic acid (33.4% as linolein), and palmitic acid (10.0% as palmitin). The peanut kernels make up about 55% of the nut.The oil also contains some stearic acid, arachidic acid, arachidonic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid and other fatty acids. Peanut Oil is low in saturated fatty acids and rich in mono saturated fatty acids, thus making it a healthier option.

KMEC offers state of the art complete processing of peanut oil. The dedailed process is as follows.
Firstly, the prepared material enters the solvent extractor through the rotary air seal. The extractor consists mainly of a very slow moving articulated band conveyor inside a totally enclosed chamber. The band is lined with perforated sheets and porous stainless steel cloth. The mass of the material moving on this band forms a slow moving bed. During the movement of the bed through the extractor it is washed continuously at various points with miscella of decreasing concentrations and finally with a fresh solvent in a counter current manner by means of sprayers kept in a line over the meal bed. The miscella percolates through the perforated bottom and collects in various hoppers kept below the bed. The miscella from the last hopper, which is concentrated, is taken off for distillation.