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Small-Scale Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra (ILO - WEP, 1983, 128 p.) (introduction...) Acknowledgements Preface CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION (introduction...) I.1 Scope of the memorandum I.2. Oilseeds considered in the memorandum I.3. Technologies covered by the memorandum and target audience I.4. Summary of remaining chapters CHAPTER II. PRE-PROCESSING OF COCONUTS AND GROUNDNUTS (introduction...) II.1. Raw materials (introduction...) II.1.1. Copra II.1.2. Groundnuts II.2 Pre-processing of coconuts (introduction...) II.2.1 Harvesting II.2.2 Husking II.2.3 Shelling II.2.4 Drying II.2.5 Bagging II.2.6 Storage II.3. Pre-processing of groundnuts (introduction...) II.3.1. Harvesting II.3.2. Field drying II.3.3. Shelling II.3.4. Bagging II.3.5. Storage CHAPTER III. OIL EXTRACTION FROM GROUNDNUTS AND COPRA (introduction...) III.1: Power ghani mill (introduction...) III.1.1. Pretreatment stages III.1.2. Oil extraction by pressing III.1.3. Post-treatment stages III.1.4. Ancillary stages III.1.5. Equipment III.1.6. Daily requirements III.1.7. Labour requirements III.1.8. Layout of operations III.1.9. Daily output III.2. Baby expeller mill (introduction...) III.2.1. Pretreatment stages III.2.2. Oil extraction by pressing III.2.3. Post-treatment stages III.2.4. Ancillary stages III.2.5. Equipment III.2.6. Daily requirements III.2.7. Labour requirements III.2.8. Layout of operations III.2.9. Daily output III.3. Small package expeller mill (introduction...) III.3.1. Pretreatment stages III.3.2. Oil extraction by pressing III.3.3. Post-treatment stages III.3.4. Ancillary stages III.3.5. Equipment III.3.6. Daily requirements III.3.7. Labour requirements III.3.8. Layout of operations III.4. Medium and large expeller mills, solvent extraction plants and wet-processing plants (introduction...) III.4.1. Medium expeller mills III.4.2. Large expeller mills III.4.3. Solvent extraction plants III.4.4. Wet-processing (for copra only) CHAPTER IV. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF OIL PROCESSING (introduction...) IV.1. Methodological framework for the estimation of production costs and revenues IV.2. Assumptions made in economic evaluation of alternative oil extraction technologies (introduction...) IV.2.1. Fixed investment cost factors IV.2.2. Interest rates and discount factors1 IV.2.3. Raw material prices IV.2.4. Annual cost of various inputs used in oil extraction and packaging IV.2.5. Wages IV.2.6. Product prices IV.3. Case study: two-ghani-power mill (introduction...) IV.3.1. Two-ghani (power) unit mill: oil extraction from copra IV.3.2. Two-ghani (power) unit mill: oil extraction from groundnuts IV.4. Economic comparison of alternative oil extraction technologies (introduction...) IV.4.1. Total investment costs IV.4.2. Annual costs and revenues IV.4.3. Annual gross profits IV.5. Break-even prices of raw materials and oil IV.5.1. Break-even prices of raw materials IV.5.2. Break-even prices of oil IV.5.3. Concluding remarks on raw materials and oil prices CHAPTER V. SOCIO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE OIL EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGIES (introduction...) V.1. Employment impact V.2. Skills requirements V.3. Investment and foreign exchange costs V.4. Multiplier effects V.5. Energy and water requirements V.6. Suggested policy measures for the promotion of suitable oil extraction technologies APPENDICES Appendix. I: Present worth of an annuity factor Appendix II: Equipment manufacturers Appendix III: List of institutions and agencies involved in oil extraction Appendix IV: List of directories which provide information on equipment manufacturers Appendix V: Selected list of journals on oil extraction Appendix VI: Selected bibliography Other ILO publications Back Cover