EFFECTS OF OPERATING VARIABLES, KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS Studies.

This research project work studied the kinetic description and the thermodynamic aspect of the extraction of oil from mango seeds using n-hexane as the extraction solvent. The individual effects of key operating variables such as temperature, extraction time, particle size and amount of solvent on the oil yield were also investigated. For this study, actual experimental data obtained from the oil extraction process by varying the key operating variables were carefully analysed to ascertain the relative oil yields. The mass transfer kinetics power model was applied to the experimental data to mathematically describe the kinetics of the process. The laws of thermodynamics were also used to evaluate the thermodynamic requirements of the process. From the results obtained, it was established that oil yield increased with increase in temperature, extraction time and amount of solvent but decreased with increase in particle size.

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