Leaching of Peanut Oil

Abstract
Table of Contents
Nomenclature:
 I. Introduction

Objectives:

Determine the effect of contact time and solvent amount in the extraction process.
Describe the nature of the retention value (constant or variable)
Design a large scale leaching facility
II. Review of Related Literature
III. Methodology
A. Sample Preparation
1. Manually shell the peanuts.
2. Clean the kernels from dirt.
3. Oven-dry the kernels for 24 hours at 120 C to remove the moisture.
4. Cool the dried peanut for 4 hours.
5. After cooling, crush the kernels using mortar and pestle. You can also use a blender.
6. Screen the crushed kernel using standard sieve.
7. Store the sample in a cool dry place.

B. Leaching Experiment
1. Weigh three 25 grams of sample.
2. Weigh the filter papers.
3. Place each 25-gram sample in a beaker.
4. Pour X amount of solvent into the first (1st) beaker.
5. Seal the beaker to prevent the alcohol from evaporating. You can use a plastic wrapper.
6. Leave the set-up for Y minutes.
7. After Y minutes, filter the extract from the solid.
8. Remove the solids from the filter paper.
9. Weigh the filter paper.
10. Store the solids in a clean dry place.
11. Get one mL of the extract.
12. Weigh the 1 mL.
13. Determine and record the density.
14. Return the 1 mL extract to the filtrate.
15. Pour the filtrate into the 2nd beaker. Repeat set 5 to 10.
16. Repeat the process for the 3rd beaker.
17. Weigh the final filtrate.
Note: Values of X and Y is left to the discretion of the students. Use three values of X and Y.

C. Separation Process
1. Distill the final filtrate in a simple batch distilling apparatus. Note: Distillate will contain
richer amount of ethanol.
2. Allow the bottom product to cool to room temperature.
3. Pour 5 mL (depending on the capacity of the extractor) of the bottom product into a liquid-
liquid extractor set-up.
4. Add 5 mL distilled water into the extractor.
5. Turn the set-up upside-down.
6. Let the set-up stand for 1 minute.
7. Open the stopcock and drain the aqueous phase into an Erlenmeyer flask.
8. Measure the density of the aqueous solution.
9. Repeat step 4 and 8 until the density of the aqueous solution remains constant.
10. Repeat process 3 to 9 until the entire bottom product is exhausted.
11. Weigh the oil.
12. Store the oil in a clean, dry and closed container.
D. Analysis
1. Weigh the wet solids obtained from the filtration process.
2. Dry the solids at 100 C.
3. Leave the set-up for 24 hours.
4. Reweight the dry solids.
IV. Results and Discussion
V. Conclusions
VI. References
VII. Appendix