extracting coconut oil from dried copra in Togo
Then the residue is processed through solvent extraction plant using food-grade hexane as a solvent to extract the residual coconut oil (8 to 12%). Dry copra may be extracted directly in solvent extraction plants. The
A copra oil extraction plant typically consists of several machineries designed to extract oil from copra (dried coconut meat). The copra separation machine is used to separate the dried copra from its shell. It helps to separate the copra