The objective of our project was to develop a faster and more efficient method for separating argan oil. Our sponsor expressed the need to accelerate the current gravitational process, which takes up to three weeks. Through experimentation, we found that a centrifuge was an effective approach and reduced the separation time to one hour. These findings have significant implications for our sponsor, offering a more efficient method for production and the potential to change how argan oil is processed

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Creator

• McNicholas, Alison
• Shirzadi, Ariel
• Abraham, Cory
• Santos, Jonathan

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Industry
• Food
• Environment
• Health
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 89731
• E-project-022723-090809

Keyword

• Argan Oil
• Centrifugation
• Separation

Advisor

• Bar-On, Isa
• Solovey, Erin

Year

• 2023

Center

• Israel Project Center (Eilat) - IQP

Sponsor

• Isa Bar-On, Erin Solovey

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-02-27

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-022723-090809

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-08