1. Production of Sesame Oil
Group 20
Golden Oil

3. Team Members Preston Ji Emma Huynh Charlotte Ntim Kyle Redenbach
Maame Sarpong

4. Problem Statement Produce sesame oil from sesame seed
Produce via a chemical engineering system
solvent extraction and recovery
large scale
continuous process

5. Inspiration South Sudan case
Major seed producers tend to be developing countries
Oil produced on a farm to farm basis

6. Project Scale
Economy of scale can potentially yield more efficient and cost effective production
Produce 1% of worldwide output
62,000 t/yr
2.15 kg/s

7. Why Sesame? First cultivated oil plant (3500 BC) “oil, liquid fat”
Highest oil content (50 wt%)
Survivor crop - grows in drought, heat, excessive rain

8. Why Sesame Oil? Health benefits: Vitamins K, E
Unsaturated fat (linoleic + oleic acid, ~ 80%)
Chemically stable
Does not oxidize even at elevated temperature

9. Why Chemical Engineering?
Mechanical process:
“Squeezing” the oil out
Remove 50 ~ 90% of the oil
(depending on particle size)

10. Automatic industrial sesame oil press machine (Alibaba)

11. Why Chemical Engineering?
Chemical process:
Extract (leach) with solvent (n-hexane)
“Like dissolves like”
Remove 98 ~ 99% of the oil
Minimal adverse health effect

12. Main Processes of A Typical Oil Mill (Agico Group)

13. Market Size Prices: Seed: $300 per ton ($200 ~ $800)
Oil: $500 per ton ($300 ~ $1000)
(Order of magnitude accuracy - prices vary significantly)
Worldwide production in 2014: 6.2 million tons

14. Oil Customers Main markets: Middle East and Asian countries
Strong cultural and historical influence:
Oil producing regions are also oil consuming regions

16. Byproduct Customers Byproduct: solid waste (organic cake)
Rich in protein, excellent animal feed

17. Our Vision We aspire to be moral examples for others and posterity
We seek to:
Approach our project with humility
Guard against arrogance and idolatry

18. Our Vision Next May we hope to be able to say:
We have not indulged ourselves in what is vain;
We have not acted as if mankind is his own salvation;
We have not forgotten the covenantal promise of life incorruptible.
God help us.

19. Conclusion/Questions
Chemical process is one of the effective processes in extracting the oil
Our team is in the research stage

20. References
Sesame oil. Digital image. alibaba.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2017
Oil Extraction Plant. Oil Extraction Plant Extracts the Maximum Amount of Oil Perfectly. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2017
Chelangat, Salome. "World's Leading Producers of Sesame Oil." WorldAtlas. N.p., 25 Aug Web. 21 Oct. 2017
Automatic industrial sesame oil press machine. Digital image. alibaba.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2017