Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil

Other than the edible oils extracted from the Acrocomia aculeata fruit, there is a growing interest in the palm to generate other high value-added products. Relatively high amounts of carotenoids (up to 378 mg kg-1) have been found in the esculent oils mechanically obtained from the fruit mesocarp....

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Main Authors: Pedro Prates Valério, Isabella Fonseca Araujo, Juan Canellas Bosch Neto, Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta, Erika Cristina Cren
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Published: ISEKI_Food Association (IFA) 2021-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/234
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author Pedro Prates Valério
Isabella Fonseca Araujo
Juan Canellas Bosch Neto
Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta
Erika Cristina Cren
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description Other than the edible oils extracted from the Acrocomia aculeata fruit, there is a growing interest in the palm to generate other high value-added products. Relatively high amounts of carotenoids (up to 378 mg kg-1) have been found in the esculent oils mechanically obtained from the fruit mesocarp. From industrial application perspectives, several processes have been proposed to modify native vegetable oils to yield high functional properties of structured lipids. For interesterified products, the thermal effects of industrial reactors are crucial in reaction mechanisms. The present study has taken into account previously estimated kinetic parameters for the overall disappearances of all-trans β-carotene in the Acrocomia aculeata oil (ko= 2.6 x 10-4 min-1; Ea = 105.0003 kJ mol-1; ΔH = 9.8 x 104 J kg-1) to develop a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) kinetic treatment that obeys first-order kinetics. A system of ordinary dierential equations - mass and energy balances - was solved by the 4th order Runge-Kutta method (GNU Octave software). Under research conditions related to interesterification processing (2 h; 393.15 K), the initial concentration of carotenoids (around 11%) showed no significant decrease. Overall, realistic processing effects and conditions have been assessed, integrating results and knowledge, improving prospects of Acrocomia aculeata as a promising source of high-quality raw material, for producing functional ingredients and food with nutraceutical properties.
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spelling doaj-art-61cd537f5e6f4efbb99c691c657e4d132024-12-09T23:16:18ZengISEKI_Food Association (IFA)International Journal of Food Studies2182-10542021-04-0110110.7455/ijfs/10.1.2021.a4Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oilPedro Prates Valério0Isabella Fonseca Araujo1Juan Canellas Bosch Neto2Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta3Erika Cristina Cren4Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMGChemical Engineering Department, Federal University of São João del-Rei - UFSJChemical Engineering Department, Federal University of São João del-Rei - UFSJEnvironmental Sustainability and Health Institute - Dublin Institute of Technology - DITChemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMGOther than the edible oils extracted from the Acrocomia aculeata fruit, there is a growing interest in the palm to generate other high value-added products. Relatively high amounts of carotenoids (up to 378 mg kg-1) have been found in the esculent oils mechanically obtained from the fruit mesocarp. From industrial application perspectives, several processes have been proposed to modify native vegetable oils to yield high functional properties of structured lipids. For interesterified products, the thermal effects of industrial reactors are crucial in reaction mechanisms. The present study has taken into account previously estimated kinetic parameters for the overall disappearances of all-trans β-carotene in the Acrocomia aculeata oil (ko= 2.6 x 10-4 min-1; Ea = 105.0003 kJ mol-1; ΔH = 9.8 x 104 J kg-1) to develop a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) kinetic treatment that obeys first-order kinetics. A system of ordinary dierential equations - mass and energy balances - was solved by the 4th order Runge-Kutta method (GNU Octave software). Under research conditions related to interesterification processing (2 h; 393.15 K), the initial concentration of carotenoids (around 11%) showed no significant decrease. Overall, realistic processing effects and conditions have been assessed, integrating results and knowledge, improving prospects of Acrocomia aculeata as a promising source of high-quality raw material, for producing functional ingredients and food with nutraceutical properties.https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/234Mathematical ModellingCSTRRunge-KuttaKineticsCarotenoidsInteresterification
spellingShingle Pedro Prates Valério
Isabella Fonseca Araujo
Juan Canellas Bosch Neto
Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta
Erika Cristina Cren
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
International Journal of Food Studies
Mathematical Modelling
CSTR
Runge-Kutta
Kinetics
Carotenoids
Interesterification
title Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
title_full Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
title_fullStr Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
title_full_unstemmed Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
title_short Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: A Process Design for Interesterification of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) palm oil
title_sort continuous stirred tank reactor a process design for interesterification of macauba acrocomia aculeata palm oil
topic Mathematical Modelling
CSTR
Runge-Kutta
Kinetics
Carotenoids
Interesterification
url https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/234
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