EFFECT OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON SOLVENT OIL EXPRESSION FROM LOOFAH SEEDS (LUFFA CYLINDRICA L.) USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY

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dc.contributor.authorAkpenpuun, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T09:54:57Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T09:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-04
dc.description.abstractLuffah cylindrica plant grows in the wild, around uncompleted buildings and fenced walls. The percentage oil composition of its seeds is about 30% oil. The research focused was the extraction oil from loofah seed using a solvent extraction methodology. Optimum conditions for oil extraction were determined using Response Surface Methodology of Central Composite Rotatable Design. A total of 20 experimental runs were used to investigate the optimum condition considering three independent variables at five levels each: extraction temperature (55, 60, 65, 60, 75ºC), seed/solvent ratio (0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.07, 0.08 g/ml) and extraction time (4, 5, 6, 7, 8 hr.). An empirical model equation that could be used to forecast oil yield as a function of the independent variables was developed. The optimum oil yield obtained was 27.43% at the extraction temperature (74.05ºC), seed/solvent ratio (0.05 g/ml) and extraction time (5.35hr). The analysis of variance showed that extraction temperature and time had significant effect on oil yield (p = 0.05). The interaction of the independent variables with oil yield gave R2 and R2 adj. values of 0.98 and 0.93, respectively. The result showed that the selected independent variables had a significanten_US
dc.identifier.uriwww.azojete.com.ng
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6245
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherARID ZONE JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries15;2
dc.subjectYielden_US
dc.subjectRatioen_US
dc.subjectOptimizationen_US
dc.subjectModelen_US
dc.subjectextractionen_US
dc.titleEFFECT OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON SOLVENT OIL EXPRESSION FROM LOOFAH SEEDS (LUFFA CYLINDRICA L.) USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGYen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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