Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6671051 | The Journal of Supercritical Fluids | 2016 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
- Moringa oleifera seeds contain up to 40% of edible oil with significant abundance of sterols.
- Analysis of the SFE of moringa seed oil and subsequent purification of its sterols fraction.
- Techno-economic study of the coproduction of oil and sterols using RSM-COM approach.
- The best costs of manufacturing of moringa seed oil and sterols are 2.76â¬kgoilâ1 and 5.60â¬kgsterolsâ1.
- For a SFE unit with two extractors of 1 m3, the best net income is 15.87 M â¬Â yearâ1.
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Authors
Pedro F. Martins, M.M.R. de Melo, C.M. Silva,