03291nam a2200421 4500 20260817162406.0 170398 th eng .b10081550 AIT Thesis no. 1123 Sommart Supanichvit Analysis of mint oil production alternatives for small industry in Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 77 p. Thesis ; no. 1123 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 The purpose of this study is to analyze the mint oil industry which is a relatively new agro-industry in Thailand. An attempt was first made to determine the potential of this industry by studying the major mint producing countries in the world and t he demand in Thailand. Then Nan Province which is the largest mint and mint .oil producing area in Thailand is analyzed in details. Because mint industry is an agroindustry which depends largely on raw material, the economic pre- feasibility of farming mint is examined. The distillation process in then studied. Four alternatives, namely (1) water and steam distillation with bare still (existing production method), (2) water and steam distillation with insulated still, (3) steam distillation with bare still and (4) steam distillation with insulated still. These alternatives are analyzed and compared using the 1976 data obtained from a factory in Nan Province. The results show that alternative 4 appears to be the best one when the annual production is greater than 3238 kg. oil, otherwise alternative 3 is better. And alternative 2 is better than alternative 1. A sensitivity analysis on important parameters is carried out. It appears that mint oil price, yield of oil and mint herb price are the three most sensitive parameters. The effect of these three parameter are also graphically illustrated. Oil industries Thailand Mint oil Pakorn Adulbhan, Chairperson Sharif, M. N., Examination Committee Techapun Raengkum, Examination Committee The Government of the United Kingdom., Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. 1123 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23193 .b10081550 mnait x 251209 1 951012 m a x 0 mnstr mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003022083 CREATED : 1995-10-13 RECORD # : i10083509 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050003022075 CREATED : 1995-05-01 RECORD # : i11772037 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160087671 CREATED : 2016-04-05 RECORD # : i12970761 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 4880 4880 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnstr 2026-08-17 10.00 0 AIT Thesis no. 1123 30050003022083 2026-08-17 16:24:06 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. 1123 30050003022075 2026-08-17 16:24:06 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. 1123 30050160087671 2026-08-17 16:24:06 2026-08-17 40