Performance of Manually Operated Mustard Oil Mill Used in Nepal

Authors

  • D. S. Shrestha Graduate Student, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • J. Tiwari Graduate Student, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. D. Hussain Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. A. Zaman Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. Ahiduzzaman Graduate Student, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v3i12.76

Keywords:

Oil mill, Mustard, Performance

Abstract

Manually operated mustard oil mill used in Nepal has been described in this paper. Operating procedure and force analysis have been done. The result obtained from force analysis is used to estimate the pressure exerted to crush the mustard seed. The oil extraction pattern under different operating conditions at different batch sizes is determined. 20 kg batch is found optimum and 69.16% of the total oil content is extracted. The pressure developed is only 1.36 MPa which is much less than the recommended value of 7.85 MPa. The efficiency of oil extraction can be increased mainly by increasing the pressure applied on the mustard seeds; increasing the arm length of the crossed beam and/or Increasing the compression beam distance would give increased applied pressure. Some physical properties of mustard seed have been described.

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Published

1996-12-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1&2 (1996)

Section

Original Research

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