Technical and Economic Viability Study of Pectin Production Simulation From Orange Industrial Processing Waste
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: "This study evaluates the technical and economic viability of a pectinproduction process from orange juice industry waste, using SuperPro Designer®software to simulate the production flowsheet. The model was fed with waste quantitydata generated from Greenpeople®. The simulation results indicate that the process istechnically viable, with a pectin yield of 12.05% using acid extraction with HNO3.However, the economic analysis revealed that the operating cost per kg of pectinexceeds the analyzed selling prices, indicating that economic viability depends on thesale of by-products, such as essential oil and animal feed."
Authors: Filipe Matos Diniz, Ana Júlia Jesus Sousa, Aurora Britto de Andrade, José Eduardo Leles Almeida de Souza, Ingrid Lessa Leal, Bárbara Maia de Viveiros, Antonio Augusto Fidalgo Neto, Mônica Fernandes, Fernando Luiz Pellegrini Pessoa, Ana Lúcia Barbosa de Souza
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4406752960