Industrial and commercial development of high performance automated essential oils distillers

• Grant number: 19/11314-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: April 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Agreement: FINEP - PIPE/PAPPE Grant
• Principal Investigator: José Roberto Tibúrcio Gonçalves
• Grantee: José Roberto Tibúrcio Gonçalves
• CNAE: Atividades de pós-colheita ; Fabricação de produtos químicos orgânicos não especificados anteriormente ; Fabricação de máquinas e equipamentos para uso industrial específico não especificados anteriormente
• Associated research grant: 02/13051-8 - Production of linalool based on essential oil of basil: a sustainable ecological alternative to replace linalool from the bendy tree, an amazonian threatened species, AP.PIPE

Abstract

The project aims to incorporate technology to the essential oil distillers developed by Linax to produce a newgeneration of automated equipments of better performance and operation. In the commercial area will be developeda marketing strategy to increase marketing in the Brazilian market and expansion into the international market. Theautomated control system should be capable of being installed in distilleries of large essential oils already inoperation.and abroad. Three models of distillers currently sold by Linax will be improved and automated, with theincorporation of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and a real-time interface (HMI). The system will be able tocontrol and monitor the entire process of extracting essential oils by steam-distillation, in laboratories as well as inindustries and agro-industries, extensive for tracking operation in computers, tablets and smartphones. An engineerand trained technicians will be hired for the development and improvement of the equipment currently in productionand development of new models with friendly Man-Machine interface, with high performance, that meet thenormative requirements of Brazil and abroad. All phases of the production process of the equipment and respectivedescriptions and specifications will be systematized in order to enable the equipment to be produced in scalereduction of cost. A specialized marketing team will be formed to develop the commercialization of automateddistillers of high performance both in Brazil and abroad. (AU)