PERFORMANCE OF BRASSICA CARINATA AS AN OIL FEEDSTOCK FOR BIOFUEL

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA INHOUSE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0426854
• Project Start Date: Jun 1, 2014
• Project End Date: Sep 30, 2015
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
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QUINCY,FL 32351

Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component

60%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

40%

Applied

60%

Developmental

0%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
204	1830	2020	100%

Knowledge Area
204 - Plant Product Quality and Utility (Preharvest);

Subject Of Investigation
1830 - Peanut;

Field Of Science
2020 - Engineering;

Keywords

peanut

carinata

biofuel

Goals / Objectives
Determine the optimum operating parameters of a small-scale screw type oil expeller to expel oil from carinata for use in the production of biofuels.

Project Methods
Using carinata harvested during the 2014 harvest, crush the carinata seed using a 40 kg/h and a 150 kg/h screw press using various screw rpm, cake outlet size, and operating temperature. Measure the oil content of the raw carinata seed prior to crushing, record the weights of raw material entering the expeller, oil expelled, and the cake after expelling. Based on oil content of the raw material estimate the total oil available, and compare to the weight of oil extracted.