Simulation of ethanol recovery and economic analysis of pectin production on an industrial scale.
Bioprocess Biosyst Eng
; 44(8): 1639-1647, 2021 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Taking into account that the industrial processing of passion fruit generates significant amounts of waste (only the peels represent 51% of the total mass of the fruit), in the present study an economic analysis was conducted to evaluate industrial line viability for pectin extraction from passion fruit peels. Knowing that absolute ethanol (99.50% purity), used in the precipitation and washing steps, has a higher cost, a simulation of extractive distillation was performed using solvents ethylene glycol and glycerol, in the software Aspen Plus v.11, being possible to recover 99.63% of ethanol for both solvents. The results of the economic evaluation showed that the process using ethylene glycol has an advantage, mainly due to its higher profitability (1.13 times higher), lower production cost (94.86% of the price using glycerol), and a lower breakeven point (around 3% smaller). The financial indicators showed profitability and attractiveness for the implementation of this processing line.
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Assunto principal:
Biotecnologia
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Pectinas
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Etanol
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
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Bioprocess Biosyst Eng
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil