LIST OF SYMBOLS

A annular : Area between inside wall of the vessel and root diameter of the
screw
Shaft
Ac : Projection of the annular area of the cake drainage cones
b : Face width
BM : Bending moments acting on shaft
d : Diameter of shaft
d1 : Smallest root diameter of the screw shaft
dc : Larger diameter on the conical surface at cake drainage
D : Hub diameter (m)
Dh : Diameter of the oil drainage hole
Ds : Outside diameter of the screw shaft
f : Kinetic friction coefficient between the seeds and the machine
Components
f : Displacement factor of screw
Fa : Axial unit force on the threads
Fts : Tangential force on the screw shaft
Fxs : Axial force pushing the seeds forward
G : Efficiency of the screw press
H : Taper angle of the cake discharge
H(𝜉) : Function of the thread depth along the thread length
H1 : Height of the thread at the starting point of the turns of the screw
Shaft
H2 : Height of the thread at the end point of the turns of the screw shaft
hg : Depth of the grooves
Kf : Stress concentration factor for threads
Kt : Stress concentration factor for holes on the vessel
l : Pitch of the screw
Lg : Length of the grooves
Lh : Distance between two oil drainage holes
Ls : Length of the threaded portion of the screw shaft
Lt : Thread length for one turn
Lv : Length of the vessel
Moil : Mass flow rate of oil
Ms : Moment at the most critical cross section arising from the weight of
The screw shaft
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m : Mass flow rate

n : Factor of safety
N : Shaft speed (rev/min)
N1 : Normal force on the thread of the screw shaft
Nh : Number of oil drainage holes
O : Rotational speed of the screw shaft
P : Power
P(𝜉) : Function of the pressure distribution along the thread length
P1 : Pressure at the inlet of the screw shaft
P2 : Pressure at the outlet of the screw shaft
Pmax : Maximum pressure
: Motor power
Pm
PS : Shaft power

Po : Outside Pressure
Q : Production capacity
Qcake : Volumetric flow rate of the cake in the screw press
Qcompressed_seed : Volumetric flow rate of the compressed seeds in the screw press
Qoil : Volumetric flow rate of the oil in the screw press
Quncompressed_seed : Volumetric flow rate of the newly fed seeds into the screw press
R1 : Inner radius (m)
R2 : Out radius (m)
Rs : Reaction forces acting on the screw shaft at two ends
RA : Reaction force acting on shaft at position A
RB : Reaction force acting on shaft at position B
rvi : Inside radius of the vessel
rvo : Outside radius of the vessel
S : Pitch (m)
s : Slip factor of motor
SC : Seed capacity rate of the screw press
Sy : Yield strength
t : Tooth thickness
T : Torque
Ts : Torque of the screw shaft
Te : Equivalent torque acting on the shaft
U : Fluid pressure
Vs : Theoretical screw volume

V d
: Volume displacement

VolumeR : Real swept volume of the seeds

VolumeT : Theoretical swept volume of the seeds
Vrms : Root means squared voltage
Ws : Weight of the screw shaft
Wv : Weight of the vessel

F v : Summation of vertical forces acting on shaft

M : Summation of turning moments acting on shaft

𝜌 : Density of sesame oil (kg/m3)

 : Efficiency

𝜍 : Feeding efficiency
 : Filling ratio of screw

 : Allowable bending stress of shaft

 : Allowable shear stress
𝜎𝑖 : Cake pressure
𝜎t : Total applied pressure onto the seeds
𝜎tangential
𝜎radial : Principle stresses occur inside the vessel
𝜎longitudinal