Industry Overview
Soybean is an important oilseed and food crop containing approximately 18% to 20% oil and significant protein content. In large-scale commercial operations, soybean seeds are generally prepared and processed through solvent extraction rather than mechanical pressing to achieve more complete oil recovery. Seed preparation typically involves cleaning, destoning, cracking, husk separation where required, cooking, flaking, expanding, and drying.
Soybean oil is used in food applications, nutritional products, animal feed, and several industrial applications. Soybean meal or cake, generated as a by-product of oil extraction, is an important high-protein animal feed. Soybean cultivation also contributes to soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation. The report highlights the importance of soybean production in Nigeria, where the crop is cultivated across different regions and supports both food and agricultural industries. The growth of poultry production has also contributed to demand for soybean meal.
The project covers a soybean solvent extraction plant together with preparation, extraction, desolventizing, distillation, hexane recovery, refining, utilities, effluent treatment, quality control, manpower, plant location considerations, equipment requirements, and project economics. It also addresses soybean oil applications, market considerations, raw materials, process requirements, waste management, and supporting infrastructure.
Cost Estimation
| Particulars | Value |
|---|---|
| Plant Capacity | 210 Ton/Day |
| Land & Building (24,420 sq.mt.) | US$ 4.99 Lac |
| Plant & Machinery | US$ 20.18 Lac |
| Working Capital for 1 Month | US$ 63.97 Lac |
| Total Capital Investment | US$ 99.61 Cr |
| Rate of Return | 68% |
| Break Even Point | 57% |
Content Index
- INTRODUCTION
- EFFECTIVE FOR...
- LIKELY EFFECTIVE FOR...
- POSSIBLY EFFECTIVE FOR...
- PRIMARY RAW MATERIAL
- PRODUCTION
- PRODUCTION
- HARVESTING
- CONSUMPTION
- PRESENT MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS
- SOY OILS
- PALM OIL
- USES AND APPLICATIONS
- FOOD FOR HUMANS
- FEED FOR ANIMALS
- OTHER USES
- BENEFITS
- 1. HIGH SMOKE POINT
- 2. RICH IN HEART-HEALTHY FATS
- 3. MAY SUPPORT BONE HEALTH
- 4. CONTAINS OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS
- 5. PROMOTES SKIN HEALTH
- 6. VERSATILE AND EASY TO USE
- MARKET POSITION
- GLOBAL SOYBEAN OIL MARKET DRIVERS:
- BREAKUP BY END-USE:
- REGIONAL INSIGHTS:
- COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE:
- SOYBEAN OIL FUTURES – QUOTES
- SOYBEAN OIL MAR '21 (ZLH21)
- PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS
- ON THE BASIS OF END USE, THE INDUSTRY IS DIVIDED INTO:
- RAW MATERIALS - SEGMENT ANALYSIS
- APPLICATIONS - SEGMENT ANALYSIS
- GEOGRAPHY - SEGMENT ANALYSIS
- DRIVERS – SOYBEAN OIL MARKET
- CHALLENGES – SOYBEAN OIL MARKET
- SOYBEAN OIL INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
- ACQUISITIONS/PRODUCT LAUNCHES
- LIST OF KEY VEGITABLE OIL COMPANIES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
- TOTAL DEMAND OF EDIBLE OIL IN THE NATION
- AVERAGE LOCAL PRODUCTION:
- GAP AND IMPORT FIGURES
- PROSPECT OF LOCAL PRODUCTION
- CURRENT POLICY ON THE SECTOR
- SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS
- PROCESS DESCRIPTION
- PREPARATION OF SOYA BEAN SEED
- NOTE ON EXTRACTION PLANT EXTRACTOR
- DESOLVENTIZER
- DISTILLATION
- HEXANE RECOVERY
- SOYA PREPARATORY SECTION
- EXTRACTION SECTION
- CONSISTING OF:-
- MEAL DESOLVENTISING SECTION
- MEAL DESOLVENTISING AND TOASTING SECTION
- MEAL CONDITIONING SECTION
- DISTILLATION SECTION
- DISTILLATION SECTION
- ABSORBER SECTION
- ABSORBER SYSTEM
- PUMPS
- PIPING AND INSTRUMENTATION
- ONE LOT ALL WATER VALVES.
- THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLY INCLUDES:
- WATER COOLING TOWER
- PROCESS STORAGE
- PERFORMANCE AND CONSUMPTION DATA
- DESCRIPTION OF INPUT MATERIAL:
- DESCRIPTION OF OUTPUT MATERIAL
- A. SOLID MATERIAL PHASE
- B. IN THE LIQUID PHASE
- CONSUMPTION OF UTILITIES
- FEATURES OF THE PRODUCTS FROM THE EXTRACTION PLANT
- FEATURES OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL FROM THE PLANT
- WASTE WATER (PROCESS WATER FROM THE WATER STRIPPER)
- EXHAUST AIR FROM THE ABSORPTION PLANT
- SPECIFICATION OF EXTRACTION MATERIAL TO SEP.
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF AUXILIARY & OPERATING MEDIA FOR THE PROCESS
- C. COOLING WATER
- D. STEAM
- REFINING PROCESS
- CONTINUOUS SPECIAL ACID DEGUMMING SECTION
- CONTINUOUS BLEACHING PLANT
- PROCESS
- CONTINUOUS DEODORIZATION / DEACIDIFIER
- CONTINUOUS DEGUMMING, NEUTRALIZATION AND WASHING SECTION
- ONTINUOUS BLEACHING
- CONTINUOUS DEODORIZATION
- WATER COOLING AND DISTRIBUTION
- HEAT INSULATION
- PERFORMANCE AND CONSUMPTION DATA
- BLEACHER PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
- FEED
- CONSUMPTION OF UTILITIES
- DEODORIZATION / DEACIDIFICATION
- CONSUMPTION OF UTILITIES
- FILLING LINE
- PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
- UTILITIES
- WATER
- WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS FOR PROCESSED WATER:
- STEAM
- POWER
- EFFLUENT TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
- STANDARDS
- TOLERANCE LIMITS FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
- WASTE TREATMENT
- PRIMARY TREATMENT
- ANAEROBIC TREATMENT
- SECONDARY TREATMENT
- TERTIARY TREATMENT
- SOLIDS CONCENTRATION
- TYPICAL WASTE SOLIDS CHARACTERISTICS
- EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT
- EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
- QUALITY CONTROL
- 1.0 DETERMINATION OF SAPONIFICATION VALUE
- 2.0 PREPARATION OF TEST SAMPLE
- 3.0 DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT
- 4.0 DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY
- 5.0 DETERMINATION OF THE REFRACTIVE INDEX
- 6.0 DETERMINATION OF FLASH POINT.
- 7.0 DETERMINATION OF COLOUR
- 8.0 DETERMINATION OF MELTING POINT OF FAT
- MANPOWER
- GENERAL
- BASIS OF ESTIMATION
- PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM OF SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANT
- PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
- PRIMARY FACTORS
- 1. RAW-MATERIAL SUPPLY:
- 2. MARKETS:
- 3. POWER AND FUEL SUPPLY:
- 4. WATER SUPPLY:
- 5. CLIMATE:
- 6. TRANSPORTATION:
- 7. WASTE DISPOSAL:
- 8. LABOR:
- 9. REGULATORY LAWS:
- 10. TAXES:
- 11. SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
- 12. COMMUNITY FACTORS:
- 13. VULNERABILITY TO WARTIME ATTACK:
- 14. FLOOD AND FIRE CONTROL:
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
- 1. DEPRECIATION:
- 2. FIXED ASSETS:
- 3. WORKING CAPITAL:
- 4. BREAK-EVEN POINT:
- 5. OTHER FIXED EXPENSES:
- 6. MARGIN MONEY:
- 7. TERM LOANS:
- 8. TOTAL LOAD:
- 9. LAND AREA/MAN POWER RATIO:
- COMPLETE PLANT AND MACHINERY SUPPLIERS FOR SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANT
- MACHINERY SUPPLIER
- FOOD AND AGRO PROCESSING CONSULTANTS
- SEED OIL MANUFACTURER
- MACHINERY LIST
- LIST OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS
- RAW MATERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
- PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHS
- SOYA CRUDE OIL
- SOYA DE OILED MEAL
- REFINED SOYA OIL
- SOYA GUM
- SOYA SOAP STOCK
Appendix
- 01. PLANT ECONOMICS
- 02. LAND & BUILDING
- 03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
- 04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
- 05. FIXED CAPITAL
- 06. RAW MATERIAL
- 07. SALARY AND WAGES
- 08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
- 09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
- 10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
- 11. COST OF PRODUCTION
- 12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
- 13. BREAK EVEN POINT
- 14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
- 15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
- 16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
- 17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
- 18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
Frequently Asked Questions
A soybean solvent extraction plant is an industrial facility designed to recover oil from prepared soybean seeds using a volatile solvent extraction process. Soybeans are first subjected to preparation steps such as cleaning, destoning, cracking, husk separation where required, cooking, flaking, expanding, and drying. The prepared material then enters the extraction section, where oil is separated from the solids. Subsequent operations can include desolventizing, distillation, solvent recovery, and refining to obtain processed soybean oil and soybean meal.
Soybean seeds are prepared before extraction to improve the efficiency of oil recovery and provide suitable feed material for the extraction system. Preparation can include cleaning, destoning, cracking, husk separation, cooking, flaking, expanding, and drying. These operations help condition the seed structure and create suitable physical characteristics for subsequent extraction. Proper preparation is therefore an important part of maintaining effective contact between the prepared soybean material and the extraction solvent while supporting downstream separation and processing.
The main products identified in the report include soybean oil and soybean meal, together with several products and by-products associated with extraction and refining. The report specifically lists soya crude oil, soya de-oiled meal, refined soya oil, soya gum, and soya soap stock. Soybean meal is particularly important as a high-protein animal feed ingredient. The extracted oil can undergo further refining operations such as degumming, bleaching, neutralization, washing, deodorization, and deacidification depending on the intended product requirements.
Hexane recovery separates and recovers the solvent used during soybean extraction so that it can be handled within the process system rather than remaining in the extracted products. The report includes extraction, desolventizing, distillation, absorber systems, and hexane recovery as integral parts of the process. Effective solvent recovery supports process efficiency, product separation, solvent management, and controlled plant operation. Because volatile solvents require careful handling, extraction facilities also require suitable equipment, instrumentation, utilities, ventilation, and safety-oriented operating practices.
Soybean oil refining can include degumming, neutralization and washing, bleaching, deodorization, and deacidification. The report describes continuous special acid degumming, continuous bleaching, continuous deodorization/deacidification, and continuous degumming, neutralization, and washing sections. These operations are used to remove or reduce undesirable components and improve the quality and characteristics of the oil. The exact sequence and operating conditions depend on the crude oil characteristics, desired finished-product specifications, equipment configuration, and process design.
A soybean extraction and refining plant requires utilities appropriate to its process equipment and operating sections. The report identifies water, steam, and power among the principal utilities and also includes cooling water and a water cooling tower. Utility systems support heating, cooling, material processing, equipment operation, and distribution requirements. The project report also addresses water quality parameters for processed water, water cooling and distribution, heat insulation, process storage, and consumption data, demonstrating that utility planning is an important part of plant design.
The report includes several laboratory quality control tests for evaluating oil and fat characteristics. These include determination of saponification value, moisture content, specific gravity, refractive index, flash point, colour, and melting point of fat, along with preparation of the test sample. Such analytical testing helps assess important physical and chemical properties of processed oil and supports quality monitoring. Actual test procedures, sampling methods, specifications, and acceptance criteria should be established according to the applicable product requirements and laboratory standards used by the plant.
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