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In the experimental countercurrent extraction of flaked cottonseed meats by trichloroethylene the residual oil content of the extracted flakes decreased with: first, a decrease in the final oil content of the final miscella; second, decrease in the flake moisture down to 8.64%; third, decrease in flake thickness; fourth, increase in temperature; and fifth, increase in extraction time. For the batch of cottonseed meats used the following equation was developed:
whereR is percent residual extractables,b is flake thickness in feet,D is meat diameter in feet,ϑ is extraction time in hours,μ in viscosity, lb. per ft. hr.,ρ is density, lb. per cu. ft., andt is extraction temperature in degrees F.
Not enough data were secured by extraction with hexane to check the equation developed for trichloroethylene extraction. Hexane is a poorer solvent for cottonseed oil than trichloroethylene. The amount of oil remaining in the meal is affected to a greater extent by the miscella concentration in hexane extraction than in trichloroethylene extraction.
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Arnold, L.K., Juhl, W.G. Solvent extraction of cottonseed meats. J Am Oil Chem Soc 31, 613–618 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02545591
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