FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF SCREW-PRESS FOR OIL EXTRACTION

BY

KALU, MARVELLOUS NNADIKE (20181091633)

AZEKWO, EMMANUEL OLUCHUKWU(20181121793

IGBOCHE, MOSES USIGBE (20181091973)

EGBO, GOODNESS AMARACHI(20192182323)
EZEH, JUDITH ODINAKA(20181121973)

A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY
OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY,

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE,

NIGERIA.
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.SC)
DEGREE IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MAY, 2024
 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

1. Introduction
An epeller press is a scre+#tpe mac$ine t$at presses oil seeds t$roug$ a caged (arrel#like cavit. 5a+
materials enter one side of t$e press and +aste products e it on t$e ot$er side after e tracting t$e oil.
T$e mac$ine uses friction andcontinuous pressure from t$e scre+ drives to move and compress t$e seed
material. %ressure involved in e peller pressing creates $eat in t$e range of 1637213 89 :  37;; 8<=.
Epellers use a $ori0ontal rotating metal scre+, +$ic$ feedsoil#(earing seeds into a (arrel s$aped outer
casing +it$ perforated +alls. T$e seeds are continuouslfed to t$e e peller,+$ic$ grinds, crus$ed and
presses t$e oil out as it passes t$roug$ t$e mac$ine. T$e pressure ruptures t$e oil cells in t$e product
and oil flo+s t$roug$ t$e perforations in t$e casing and is collected in a troug$ underneat$. T$e residue
of t$ematerial from +$ic$ oil $as (een e pressed e its from t$e unit, and is kno+n as t$e cake. E  pellers
are po+er#driven,and are a(le to process > to ?33 kg per $our of product or even more depending upon
t$e tpe of epeller used. Bigger units processing greater /uantities of oil are availa(le for use in larger
mills. T$e percentage of oil epressed ( epellersis nearl ;3@ depending upon t$e t pe and kind
of products as +ell as t$e epeller (eing emploed :laanu, 233?=.