I am harvesting a field of rape seed, and wish to make it into rape seed oil, with a view to turn it into biodiesel. Ideas?
2007-02-26 04:09:58 · 9 answers · asked by Peter H 2 in Environment
It is not a simple thing to get the oils so that they are useable, but here is a document that talks about it.
http://www.appliedseparations.com/Applications/downloads/fastPSE/fp608.pdf
2007-02-26 04:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by mastersciprof 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What country are you in?
Here in the UK rape is currently out of season and will be sown next month.
Oil os obtained by crushing the seeds and the oil is extracted under high pressure.
2007-02-26 12:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by Mark S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a rape seed?
2007-02-26 12:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Goodkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never done this exactly, but I'd guess that you grind the seeds and distill their oil.
2007-02-26 12:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do this-it is called canola oil. Just look up biodiesel.
2007-02-26 12:24:43 · answer #5 · answered by RayM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good job Ray M.
2007-02-26 12:35:03 · answer #6 · answered by H.C.Will 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say crush the seeds and filter it to remove the husks
2007-02-26 12:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by scotgal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you should have looked that up before you harvest a field of it?
2007-02-26 12:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by Keira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure as hell hope you mean grape seed...
2007-02-26 12:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋