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Design of a plant for extraction and purification of pectin

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dc.contributor Gutiérrez González, José María, 1953-
dc.creator Martínez Pizarro, Saray
dc.date 2016-09-08T15:56:07Z
dc.date 2016-09-08T15:56:07Z
dc.date 2016-06
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:22:59Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:22:59Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/101671
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15215
dc.description Treballs Finals de Grau d'Enginyeria Química, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2015-2016, Tutor: José María Gutiérrez González
dc.description Pectin is a natural substance found in the tissue of fruits and vegetables. Because of its great water absorbing capabilities, it presents gelling, stabilizing and thickening properties. Pectin is widely used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The purpose of this project is to design a plant for the production of pectin, operating in batch. Generally, the raw materials used are vegetable residues of juice factories, and, for this work waste of apple, peach, orange and lemon have been selected as raw materials. The plant to be designed should have a production capability of 6 t/year of pectin. The production process of pectin consists basically in a prior selection and washing of raw material; solid-liquid extraction (at 70°C and in acid medium) to solubilize pectin; and filtering of solid waste; precipitation of pectin by addition of ethanol; solid-liquid separation of the precipitated pectin; and, finally, drying and milling and proceeds to final conditioning. The units that are designed for the process are: opened stirred and jacketed tank for extraction, filter press to separate solid waste, closed stirred and jacketed tank for precipitation of pectin, basket centrifuge for solid pectin separation, and tray dryer to remove the humidity (alcohol and water).
dc.format 71 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.rights cc-by-nc-nd (c) Martínez Pizarro, 2016
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Treballs Finals de Grau (TFG) - Enginyeria Química
dc.subject Pectina
dc.subject Control de processos químics
dc.subject Residus
dc.subject Treballs de fi de grau
dc.subject Pectin
dc.subject Chemical process control
dc.subject Waste products
dc.subject Bachelor's theses
dc.title Design of a plant for extraction and purification of pectin
dc.title Diseño de una planta para la extracción y purificación de pectina
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis


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