PTPO Notes Unit 3-4: Oilseed Milling and Value Addition

To reduce the boiling point of solvent

To separate a liquid from a liquid-solid system (correct)

To extract oil from oil seeds

To improve the quality of oil cake

Methane

Ethane

Propane

N-Hexane (correct)

It gives a higher recovery of oil and a dryer cake (correct)

It reduces the quality of oil

It is a slower process

It increases the quantity of oil

<p>65.5°C</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To extract the oil from the solvent-oil mixture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>15.6 million tons of oil cake</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It has increased from 169 to 395</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To facilitate the diffusion process</p> Signup and view all the answers