Oilseed Operation Articles & Analysis
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Prior to being processed into various oils, seeds and nuts are delivered to a production plant and stored in large silos to ensure adequate material is available for production. A single seed and oil operation can house and process a variety of seeds and nuts: sunflower, canola, palm, safflower, sesame, and grape seed, or peanuts, soybeans, almonds, and ...
Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) is a proven technology for locating Hexane and other Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) leaks in oilseed operations. OGI inspections can improve plant safety during routine operations, and reduce revenue lost to downtime during major overhauls. ROI payback in less than one year has been reported by major ...
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A new Hexane and VOC leak detection technique using OGI is gaining favor among oilseed producers worldwide. This technique uses passive infrared imaging to make normally invisible gas plumes visible to the camera operator. ...
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Even if methods could be developed to identify all of these components, the ones actually present and their concentration would change for each different oil, different source of the oilseeds, growing conditions of the seeds, and operating variations in caustic refining, bleaching, hydrogenation, or other processing steps which precede the oil deodorization. ...