Performance

Performance of the PITEBA OIL EXPELLER with various oilseeds

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!