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Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, OSU
The
2,074 sq. ft. BioProcessing Laboratory has three controlled temperature
- humidity environment chambers, four controlled temperature
chambers of various sizes, drying ovens, and support equipment
for research on unit operations such as drying, mixing, grinding,
and extraction. Recent studies have involved drying and separation
of petals from marigold flowers, storage of ground marigold petals,
SFE extraction of oil from pecans, orienting fruit for non-destructive
on-line quality detection, and stone milling of mustard seed.
This
photo shows an OSU built rotary dryer being tested for drying
and separating the petals from marigold flowers. Marigold petals
are a source of xanthophyll, currently used as an ingredient
in poultry feed to insure yellow egg yolks and to add color to
the meat.