Coconut
Oil * - Project
Profile
* Courtesy:
Small Industries Service Institute, Thrissur.
Note: The
cash estimates and returns are variable.
| Introduction | Process | Product Specification |
| Project Cost | Machinery | Yield |
| Salient Features | Sources of Availability of Plant/ Machinery |
Introduction
Coconut palms are
grown widely in the coastal tracts of the
country. Copra, the dried kernel is the chief
commercial product from coconut, which is mainly
used for oil extraction. Copra normally has an
oil content varying from 65 to 72 per cent.
Coconut oil is an important cooking medium in
Southern parts of the country especially in
Kerala State. Besides, the oil has varied
industrial applications. It is used in the
manufacture of toilet soaps, laundry soaps,
surface active agents and detergents, hair
tonics, cosmetics, etc. It is used throughout
the country as a hair oil as it helps growth of
the hair. As a massage oil it has a cooling
effect on the body. Owing to these qualities
coconut oil has a potential market in the
country. Since the price of coconut oil in the
international market is very much lower than the
domestic price, the quality and attractiveness
of consumer packs are important factors to
compete in the world market. While the demand
for coconut oil for cooking purpose is elastic,
its demand as hair oil is inelastic.
For the extraction of oil from copra the common
method still prevailing in our country is by
using rotary chucks. But the efficient system of
extraction of oil is by the use of expellers.
Process
Well dried copra
with a moisture content not exceeding 6 per cent
is cleaned well from any foreign matter. It is
then cut into small chips in a copra cutter. The
chips are fed into steam jacketed kettles and
cooked mildly at a temperature of 70oC
for 30 minutes. After proper cooking, the cooked
material is fed into the expeller continuously
and pressed twice. The combined oil from the
first and the second pressing is collected in a
tank provided separately. This oil is filtered
by means of a filter press and stored in MS
tanks. Bulk packaging is done in tin containers.
HDPE containers and polymeric nylon barrier
pouches are used for small consumer packings.
The quality of copra is related to the quality
of coconut oil.
The oil cake obtained as a by-product will find
a ready market as a cattle feed and in the
manufacture of mixed cattle feeds or as a raw
material for the extraction of remaining oil by
solvent extraction method.
Product
Specification
| (IS-542-1968) | |
| Moisture % wt., Max. | 0.25 |
| Colour in 1/4 cell Lovibond Y+5R, not Deeper than | 4 |
| Acid value, Max. | 2.0 |
| Unsap. matter % by wt., Max. | 0.8 |
| Polenske Value, Min. | 0.8 |
Project
Cost
| (3 tonnes / day capacity) | |
| Land (cost variable) | 50 cents |
| Building 3500 sq. ft. | Rs.9.00 lakhs |
| Plant and Machinery | Rs.10.5 lakhs |
| Preliminary and preparative expenses | Rs.2.00 lakhs |
| Contingencies | Rs. 0.85 lakhs |
| Overhead | Rs.0.50 lakhs |
| Working capital (Margin Money) | Rs.12.00 lakhs |
Machinery
- Copra Cutter
- Bucket elevator
- Steam jacketed kettle
- Oil expeller
- Screw conveyor
- Crude coconut oil storage tanks
- Filter press
- Micro filter
- Filtered oil storage tanks
- Volumetric filling machine
- Baby boiler
- Wooden storage drums
Yield
| Raw material | 5 tonnes of copra |
| Coconut oil | 3 tonnes |
Salient
Features
| Sales turnover | Rs. 315 lakhs |
| Net profit | Rs. 12 lakhs |
| Return on investment | 28 per cent |
Sources
of availability of Plant / Machinery
- S. P. Engg. Corporation, Easalganj, Kanpur, U. P.
- Ganesh Expeller Works, 32-37D Naroji Road, Fort, Bombay-1.
- Perfect Machine Traders, Kuruppam Road, Trichur-680 001
- Equipment Agencies, Kallai Road, Calicut.
- Kumar Metal Industries,101, Kakkad Bhavan, 30th Road, Bandra (West), Bombay-50
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