The Production Treatment Of Vegetable Oils

Author : Thomas Wightman Chalmers
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ISBN 13 : 9781331957522
Total Pages : 188 pages
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Download or read book The Production and Treatment of Vegetable Oils written by Thomas Wightman Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Production and Treatment of Vegetable Oils: Including Chapters on the Refining of Oils, the Hydrogenation of Oils, the Generation of Hydrogen, Soap Making, the Recovery and Refining of Glycerine, and the Splitting of Oils In this volume an attempt is made to deal with the production and treatment of vegetable oils primarily from the engineer's point of view, an aspect of the industry which hitherto has received in print scanty consideration as compared with the attention paid to the chemist's side of the matter. Everything connected with the recovery and treatment of vegetable oils has received a great stimulus from the conditions brought about by the war. The industry is spreading or showing signs of spreading in many directions, and great as its importance in this country has been in the past, it is safe to prophesy that in the immediate future it will be greater still. It is hoped that this volume will do something towards assisting those interested or likely to become interested in the industry to understand the construction and working of the principal machines and plant which it depends upon. Sufficient information, it is believed, is given regarding the chemical and commercial aspects of the matter to make the book, although written from the engineer's standpoint, a more or less general treatise on the vegetable oil industry. The chapters which follow originally appeared as a series of articles in The Engineer. In planning this series it was at one time hoped to include in it sections devoted to certain aspects of the industrial employment of vegetable oils, notably on the employment of such oils in the manufacture of linoleum and margarine. While there is much of engineering interest in both these branches of industry it as found that a considerable degree of secrecy was preserved regarding the machinery employed in the former, while the machinery for the latter came almost, if not quite, exclusively from abroad, notably from Holland. These reasons and the exigencies of space, compelled a considerable restriction in the account of the industrial employment of vegetable oils. On the other hand, much valuable information was obtained regarding certain aspects of the production and treatment of vegetable oils, much of which information, it is believed, has not hitherto been published, or has been published in an inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete form. In this connection special attention may perhaps be directed towards the sections dealing with the extraction of oils by means of chemical solvents, oil refining, oil hardening and the generation of hydrogen, the recovery and refining of glycerine, and the splitting of oils. Sincere thanks are due to all those who so courteously afforded their assistance in the preparation of the original series of articles, particularly to Messrs. Manlove, Alliott & Co.; to Mr. H. J. Pooley, of Messrs. George Scott & Son; and to Mr. Howard Lane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.