Ultrasonic cavitation as a noveland energy efficient technique for vegetable oil extraction from agro products

Abstract

Vegetable oils are important nutrient supplement in human health diet, which could generally be derived from oil bearing seeds. The most common type of oilseed which is presently available is categorized either based on the suitability of oil for human intake or as a source of some functional ingredients. The consumption of vegetable oils is growing by every year. This has led to inadequate supply and demand due to population growth.The oil crop production in the world has increased exponentially by 240% for the past three decades. India, an agricultural country, is one among the largest importer of edible oils due to the widening gap between supply and demand in domestic market. The country now imports about 5 to 5.5 Million Tonnes (MT) oil to supplement 13.5 MT of indigenous newlinesupply. Import growth with respect to vegetable oils during the last 10 years is about 174%.In 2022, the total vegetable oil demand in India is estimated to reach 33.20 MT, wherein the expected oil production is only 13.69 MT. Therefore, there is a compelling need to target non-traditional oils for their up-gradation and utilization and focus experimental, research and developmental activities on discovering newer areas of utilization especially newlinewith a view to use them as their scarcity does not necessitate imports or with imports restricted to a minimum. newline newline