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Design of pilot plant for the production of essential oil from Eucalyptus leaves
Okonkwo, E. M., Odigure, J., Ugwu, J., Mu'azu, K., Williams, I. S., Nwobi, B. E., Okorie, F. K., & Oriah, V. N. (2006). Design of pilot plant for the production of essential oil from Eucalyptus leaves. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 65(11), 912-915.
Study presents design, construction and test run of a pilot plant for the production of essential oils (0.864 l/h) from Eucalyptus leaves. Analysis shows that the rate at which steam passes through the leaf bed may deviate from linear relationship to curve depending on the loading capacity. An oil/leave production rate of 3.0x10(-2)Ml/g was obtained. In designing pilot plant, tank still has a dimension of 0.45 m diam and length of 1.65 m. Packed bed height was 0.565 m with an expected pressure head loss of 0.013 m. Overall heat transfer coefficient was calculated as 176.12W/m(2) degrees C. The condenser has a heat load of 4970 kJ/s requiring a cooling water flow rate of 0.047 kg/sec.