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Supercritical
Fluid Extraction of Oil

By
Andrea Recek and Kristen Frey
Mentor:
Dr. Keith Levien
The Problem Statement is to extract oil from
peanuts using supercritical fluids (CO2) and determine which type of peanut has yields the most
oil.
The experimental method was to have a mass of 3
grams of peanuts, run supercritical CO2 through peanuts at
constant temperature and presure, and to calculate the loss of
oil.
RESULTS:
Bar graph of peanut type vs. amount of oil extracted.
Samples of peanuts before and after extraction
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