|
Type of seed
|
% Total oil to
seed |
% Oil extraction
|
% Extraction
efficiency |
Grams oil per
hour |
Litres oil per
hour |
Kg seed per
hour |
Remarks
|
|
Sunflower
( black oil seed )
Helianthus annuus |
45
|
34 - 38
|
76 – 84
|
1200
|
1.33
|
3.4-3.6
|
|
|
Sunflower
( striped, non oil seed
) |
|
21.6 |
|
415 |
0.471 |
|
use black oil seed |
|
Rapeseed
/ canola
Brassica napus |
44
|
33
|
75
|
1524
|
1.69
|
4.5
|
50 rpm
|
|
Sesame
Sesamum indicum
|
60.4
|
46
|
77
|
1738
|
1.93
|
3.8
|
50 rpm
|
|
Beechnuts
Fagus sylvatica
|
37.7
|
29
|
77
|
501
|
0.56
|
1.7
|
crushed
|
|
Oil palm kernel
Elaeis guineensis
|
68
|
46
|
68
|
1280
|
1.42
|
2.8
|
not
crushed |
|
Shelled
groundnut
Arachis hypogaea |
57 |
40 |
70 |
1468 |
1.65
|
3,61 |
|
|
Niger seed
/ noog
Guizotia
abyssinica
|
43
|
36
|
84
|
1490
|
1.66
|
4.1
|
|
|
Pumpkinseed
Cucurbita sp. |
45.5
|
39
|
86
|
570
|
0.63
|
1.5
|
low input
|
|
Linseed
/ flaxseed
Linum usitatissimum |
40
|
34
|
85
|
1855
|
2.06
|
5.4
|
|
|
Babassu
Orbignya phalerata |
72.7
|
62
|
85
|
1227
|
1.36
|
2.0
|
crushed
|
|
Hemp
seed
Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa |
34
|
23
|
68
|
1095
|
1.21
|
4.8
|
|
|
Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius |
26.6
|
22
|
78
|
1100
|
1.22
|
5.0
|
55 rpm
|
|
Hazelnut
Corylus avellana |
68 |
55 |
81 |
1328 |
1.47 |
2.4 |
50 rpm, grated |
|
Walnut kernel
+partition
Juglans sp. |
71 |
63 |
89 |
894 |
1.00 |
1.4 |
grated |
|
Jatropha
(decorticated)
Jatropha curcas |
70 |
54 |
77 |
1408 |
1.56 |
2.0 |
|
|
Jatropha
(undecorticated)
Jatropha curcas |
41,7 |
32 |
77 |
533 |
0.581 |
1.6 |
|
|
Almond
Prunus dulcis |
65 |
58 |
89 |
1249 |
1.40 |
2.2 |
grated |
|
Cocoa beans
(undecorticated)
Theobroma cacao |
56.8 |
37 |
65 |
1158 |
1286 |
2.5 |
grated |
|
Coprah
(oil)
Cocos nucifera |
68
|
59 |
87
|
1839 |
2.04
|
3.11
|
grated
|
|
Coprah
(coconut cream)
Cocos nucifera |
1367 GRAM / HOUR ( EXTRACTION 45%
IMPORTANT: the press cake
can be dried and the oil can be pressed! |