Where can I test rapeseed from industrial oil mills?
The EthaNa ® pilot plant at Fraunhofer CBP is now available for test runs with the rapeseed from industrial oil mills, to provide product samples on a larger scale. New systems can also be integrated into the existing infrastructure at oil mills as alternative processing lines.
How rapeseed is de-hulled?
In the de-hulling plant, the rapeseed (left) is first crushed and the lighter hulls (right) are separated from the heavier kernels (center). Alongside soybean, rapeseed is the most important oil globally, and rapeseed oil is also the most popular cooking oil in Germany.
What is rapeseed oil based on?
Based on a biorefinery, the plant not only delivers high-grade, pre-raffinate-quality rapeseed oil, but also a high-grade, protein-rich rapeseed kernel concentrate, secondary plant substances dissolved in ethanol and rapeseed hulls, which represent further products.
What is rape seed used for?
A small but growing quantity of European rape seed goes into oil-mills that use cold pressing as a simple and cheap method of plant oil production. Their main product, rapeseed oil, sells as a food, a feeding stuff or as fuel.