PRELIMINARY STUDY

Purpose : to determine the best particle size and best extraction time at the highest yield of L.

Leucocephala pods sample.

Operation condition : Temperature = 40oC

Pressure = 3000 psi

Mass of empty bottle sample = 8.2655 g

Mass of empty cotton bag = 0.7120 g

Mass of sample = 6 g

Mass of solid oil particle (g)

Time taken (min)
150 µm 300 µm 500 µm

10 0.0484 0.0390 0.0195

20 0.1005 0.0863 0.0470

30 0.1499 0.1384 0.0872

40 0.1997 0.1861 0.1315

50 0.2532 0.2417 0.1809

60 0.3145 0.3041 0.2274

70 0.3769 0.3684 0.2703

Graph yield of solid oil particle vs time taken

0.4

0.35

0.3

0.25
500 um
0.2
300 um

0.15 150 um

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Excel :

X-Values 500 um 300 um 150 um

10 0.0195 0.039 0.0484
20 0.047 0.0863 0.1005
30 0.0872 0.1384 0.1499
40 0.1315 0.1861 0.1997
50 0.1809 0.2417 0.2532
60 0.2274 0.3041 0.3145
70 0.2703 0.3684 0.3769
 Mass of solid oil particle (g)
Time taken (min)
150 µm 300 µm 500 µm

10 0.0484 0.039 0.0195

20 0.0521 0.0473 0.0275

30 0.0394 0.0521 0.0402

40 0.0535 0.0477 0.0443

50 0.0398 0.0556 0.0494

60 0.0524 0.0624 0.0465

70 0.0513 0.0643 0.0429

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0.3

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150 µm
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300 µm

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