Background: The poisoning, one of the nowadays most serious problem of public health in Democratic Republic of Congo since two decades, has made many victims because of the lack of information and because of the population impoverishment unable to accede to health care. The Democratic Republic of Congo has a very rich and diversified vegetable patrimony with known therapeutic properties needing only appropriate technology to deal with the extraction process of oils or active principles. Aim and Objective: The overall purpose pursued is to endue the country with appropriate (home) technology to solve somewhat the public health problem in DRC. The kinetic study of oil transfer from liquid- solid extraction has been undertaken in view of the phenomenon uptake in order to make possible home technology of reactors sizing, nowadays absent in underdeveloped countries. This is a technical work related to the extraction, modeling and quantification of moringa seeds oil. Methodology: KUNYIMA method has been successfully extended to the moringa seeds oil extraction in petroleum ether using Soxhlet device to assess its validity. The figures have been plotted by means of Origin 8 program. Results: When log〖1/(m_(o_e )-m_e )〗 is plotted as a function of time, linear behavior has been obtained at constant temperature (56°C) in dilute medium. The global kinetic constant of this time dependent phenomenon has been calculated [(k=1.2607±0.0591) h^(-1)] to make possible the reactor building for the oil production. The comparison of some parameters of extraction ( me , k ,....)between gourd seeds oil and moringa seeds oil measured and calculated in the same experimental conditions shows in petroleum ether a greater kinetic activity of solvent for gourd seeds oil than for moringa seeds oil followed by significant extraction of gourd seeds oil as fast as the time advanced (kGSO > kMSO). This observation suggests the existing difference of structures between the two species as it is hereby discussed. Moreover it has been pointed out previously that if the difference in absolute value is not of the same errors magnitude order it would interpret the solvent effect. It should be noted however it has been observed the ratio [m_s/m_e >1] where the kinetic constant is high (gourd seeds oil) and m_s/m_e <1 where the kinetic constant is low (moringa seeds oil) and this ratio might likewise better give information on solvent effect. Prediction is done of getting possibility of sigmoid curve in the case of the presence of different solvation equilibria. Also the sigmoid obtaining depends likely on both the structure of extractant solvent and the structure of extracted material. In that case the kinetic constant will be calculated in the upright region of sigmoid curve. Conclusion: Kunyima method has been successfully used in the case of moringa seeds oil extraction. Kunyima method consists in best uptake of the phenomenon, in expressing it in suitable mathematical model in order to determine its velocity through its kinetic constant before sizing the experimentation reactor. The reactor volume depends on both the sizing factor and the desired volumic debit.
Background: The very rich vegetable patrimony of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demands a local abundant production of its fruits, roots and seeds by means of appropriate technology to relieve somewhat the problem of population health because indeed those fruits, seeds, roots and leaves are reputed to have very excellent virtues in various fields such as medicine, pharmacology, cosmetic products, food and so forth. Prior to this work papers have been published on Gourd seeds oil and Moringa seeds oil extractions in order to size a continuous stirrer pilot tank of extraction. KUNYIMA method has been successfully used and is still successfully used in this present article concerning sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) seeds oil extraction in dilute medium. Aim and Objective: In this paper it can be seen the reasoning leading to KUNYIMA method is relevant and can be used to size commercial tank giving thus home rational technology. Methodology: The Soxhlet extraction of oil from sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) seeds has been performed in dilute medium using petroleum ether as solvent. Results: The obtained results are satisfactory and are perfectly in agreement with the proposed model. Commercial tank construction on rational calculation is now possible. Conclusion: KUNYIMA method once more is valid and allows to calculate the sizing factor needful to determine the reactor optimal volume.
Background: Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the extraction of oils from pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and Moringa seeds have been carried out at temperatures of 56 and 54°C. The extraction process was found to be exothermic and the kinetic constants in the three cases determined. It was also observed that the rate of extraction was dependent on extraction time and structural organization of the seeds. The kinetic constants are expected to provide information on the structural organization (crystalline, smectic, nematic or amorphous) of the seeds generating these oils. The enthalpies and entropies of extraction were calculated and a comparison of the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters obtained in the 3 cases was made. Aim and Objective: This work was designed to extract oils from pumpkin, sesame and Moringa seeds and to determine the kinetics and thermodynnamics of the extraction process at the given temperatures using petroleum ether as solvent. Methodology: Ten grammes of seeds powder have been introduced in cellulose porous cartridge of 33 X 205 mm and all has been put in soxhlet extractor. In a 1000 mL thrice necked bahloon- flash fitted of a thermometer, 450 mL of petroleum ether (40°-60°c, ϱ=0,65 kg/L) have been introduced as solvent. The fitting out of soxhlet has been done on heating skull cap (mark thermo scientific) in fixing temperature at 56°C(or 54°C for sesame) in balloon flask during a given extraction time. To maintain the temperature constant during the experiment, the heating skull cap has been covered of aluminium paper as heat insulating. The ambient temperature has been kept at 22-23°C. After a given extraction time, the cartridge has been taken up to be dried in the drying oven at 50°C during 24 hours in order to get rid of traces of solvent. The oil-solvent mixture collected in the 1000 mL thrice necked balloon-flask is submitted to rotary evaporator to remove the solvent and the balloon flask with extracted oil is introduced in the drying oven at 105°C during 3 hours to eliminate totally all the traces of humidity. After this step the balloon flask with oil is cooled in a dessicator and weighed. The difference between the balloon flask containing oil and the empty balloon flask determines the extracted oil mass at a t time in gramme. Results: The kinetic constants, enthalpies and entropies of the extraction process of the oils from the three different seeds were calculated and compared. In all cases, the rate of oil extraction was found to be directly proportional to time of extraction and structure of the seeds. Conclusion: The kinetic and thermodynamic study of the extraction of oils from pumpkin, sesame and Moringa seeds show that the extraction was an exothermic balanced phenomenon. The energy thus released by this operation can be used to perform mechanical or electrical work. As for the kinetic constants, they are greater in an amorphous body where the entropy is greater. In such a case, the oil extracted was much more under the same temperature and pressure conditions for a given solvent. Under these conditions, the extraction was dependent not only on time, but also on the structural organization of the material generating the oil.
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