Development and Performance Evaluation of a Mix-Kneader for
Drying Soap
Kigozi, J.,
Kisuule, N.,
Tumutegyereize, P.
Abstract:Soap is a salt of fatty acids obtained worldwide from mainly agricultural products and by-products such as plant (vegetable) oils (Yahaya et al., 2012). Drying neat soap is one of the key steps in the process of manufacturing bar soap. Currently, small and medium-scale local processors in Uganda rely entirely on tarpaulins and buckets to dry neat soap. These methods are labor intensive and take a lot of time (about 24 hours) to dry soap from 29-35% (w.b.) to the required moisture content of 15% – 21% (w.b.). T… Show more
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