Compositional evaluation of hot-pressed rapeseed cake for the purpose of bioplastic production
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2021
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Autorid
Jõgi, Katrin
Malenica, Dunja
Jõudu, Ivi
Bhat, Rajeev
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Kirjastaja
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Abstrakt
Rapeseed is widely cultivated for biodiesel or food-grade oil production. As the oil
production process generates huge amounts of wastes and by-products (e.g. oil press cake and
meal) that have relatively high crude protein content, valorisation as input material for proteinbased bioplastics has a lot of potential. There is a limited number of studies undertaken on using
rapeseed cake directly (without prior protein extraction) for biomaterial production, but the initial
results have been very promising. As rape and turnip rapeseeds are also some of the most
harvested crops in Estonia, the rapeseed oil press cake as a by-product is also available from local
food-grade rapeseed oil production. In this regard, we investigated locally available rapeseed oil
press cake for chemical composition and explored suitability for bioplastic production. The
results indicate suitability for direct biomaterial production, meaning properties for biomaterial
formation could be further explored.
Kirjeldus
Received: January 29th, 2021 ; Accepted: April 10th, 2021 ; Published: April 13th, 2021 ; Correspondence: katrin.jogi@student.emu.ee
Märksõnad
biomaterial, bioplastic, by-product, rapeseed cake, valorisation, articles