Evaluation of processing alternatives to saw delintering of cottonseed

Results are presented on economic evaluations of several alternative processes to saw delintering. Comparisons were made in terms of yields and quality of products, and processing costs. Comparisons of net monetary returns per ton of seed, and discounted cash flow rates of return showed no alternative processes to be attractive with linters selling at $0.04/lb or above. However, at a break-even linters price of $0.03/lb, hulling of undelintered seed and dilute sulfuric acid delintering were quite attractive alternatives. Hulling of undelintered seed was likewise attractive because of low processing energy requirements and low atmospheric emissions and workroom dust and noise. Presented at the AOCS meeting in New Orleans, April 24, 1976.