EXTRACTOR
BY
IBRAHIM SADIQ ABUBAKAR
2003/15579 EM
NOVEMBER, 2008.
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this project presented in partial fulfillment for the requirement
of the award of Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) degree has not been presented before
either wholly or partially for any degree elsewhere. Information hereby obtained from
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DEDICATION
This project is dedicated to Almigbty Allah for his love, guidance and most of all
inspiration through out my stay in this school, and to the entire member of my family.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I wish to express to my sincere gratitude to God almighty for his mercies and
useful suggestion and advice which lead to the successful accomplishment of this work.
My profound gratitude goes to my parent Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Sule for their
immeasurable positive contribution and Ulconvenience they had to bear because I have to
acquire University education. I will not fail to appreciate my siblings; Aisha, Hadiza,
Muktar, Habiba, Zainab, Habib, Rashida, Abdulkadir, Abdulhamid, Bashir and Rahma,
Friends in need they say are friends in deed,my gratitude goes to Nura[Abacha],
Albanna, Iboro (catalyst), Henry, Kekere, Maimuna, Gloria, Osamu, Kelly, Igbax (third
term), TKG, Yemi (Emily), Kunle, Stretch, Ehis, Nas(mech), Sule and Nas (india),
Idris(chem.), Hassan(elect), Ibro, Aminu , Muri and others that can not be mentioned due
to lack of space for their various contribution, I look forward to see you all at the top!
The concern and contribution of the following persons are also acknowled, the
families of Mr & Mrs Muhammed Hassan,Mr & Mrs Isiaka Yunusa, Mr &Mrs Shehu
Adama, Mr & Mrs Obarafor,causins, Aunties and uncles for their unflinching support.
Finally to the entire staff of Mechanical Engineering department for the knowledge and
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ABSTRACT
This project covers the work carried out during the design and construction of a
traditional method of groundnut oil extraction which has a low efficiency in terms of oil
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A PProval ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV
Acknowledgement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI
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Refining Groundnut Oil --------------------------------------------------------- 5
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4.2.2 Shafts, Adjuster and Pulleys ---------------------------------------------------- 34
4.2.3 Be It ------------------------------~---------------------------------------------- 35
4.5 Observation 40
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Determination of Shear Force and Bending Moment occurring on the
Horizontal Shaft
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