• brief introduction of corn germ extraction and corn germ oil expelling
  • brief introduction of corn germ extraction and corn germ oil expelling
  • brief introduction of corn germ extraction and corn germ oil expelling
  • brief introduction of corn germ extraction and corn germ oil expelling
  • What is corn germ?
  • Corn germ is a substantial byproduct of the wet milling and alcohol industry of corn. Corn germ (dry) contains 35–56 % oil, with linoleic acid (C18:2) being the predominant fatty acid (49–61.9 %) and the highest level of tocopherol and phytosterol amongst all vegetable oils, which is a cost-effective resource for healthy nutritious oil.
  • What is corn oil extraction plant?
  • Corn oil extraction plant extracts corn germ from corn and produces corn germ oil by solvent extraction method. The corn oil production line includes corn germ extraction process, corn germ pretreatment and prepressing process, corn germ cake solvent extraction process and crude corn germ oil refining process.
  • How is corn germ extracted from starch?
  • During the wet milling process, the germ is isolated from the starch using cyclone separators, washed, and dried. The dried germ contains about 50% oil, in which the oil constitutes about 85% of the total amount of oil present in the corn. The oil is produced by first expelling the germ and then extracting the expeller cake with n -hexane.
  • How is oil extracted from corn germs?
  • An improved aqueous extraction method has been established for extraction of oil from corn germs. This method primarily included steam explosion pretreatment and aqueous ethanol extraction. Process variables such as steam pressure, resident time, particle size and ethanol concentration were investigated.
  • Is corn germ hard to process?
  • But because corn germ can be notoriously tough to process, it requires the right extraction equipment to press oil efficiently to get optimal returns. Here’s what you need to know about processing corn germ to capitalize on the commercial value of its oil. Whole corn kernels only contain a small amount of fat, around 5% by weight.
  • Does corn germ oil contain sterol?
  • The contents of sterol, tocopherol and carotene from the oils of corn germ and bran. As a kind of high-quality vegetable oil, corn germ oil has been studied for many years by using lots of extraction methods including pressing extraction, Soxhlet extraction, organic solvent extraction, supercritical CO 2 and aqueous enzymatic [124, 125, 132–134].