Phase equilibrium thermodynamics for the improvement of physical properties of food bioproducts and their prediction in industrial and digestive processes

• Grant number: 16/08566-1
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: September 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Guilherme José Maximo
• Grantee: Guilherme José Maximo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: João Manuel da Costa e Araújo Pereira Coutinho ; Jorge Pereira ; Larissa Castello Branco Almeida Bessa ; Mariana Conceição da Costa ; Pedro de Alcântara Pessôa Filho

Abstract

Simulating food processes by using commercial softwares is still a great challenge. This is due to the low comprehension, presented in literature, on the thermodynamic behavior of the solid phase of food mixtures, as well as on the complexity, and the high number of their intra- and intermolecular interactions, responsible for the increase in the deviation of an ideal behavior. This fact is marked by the lack of experimental data of physical properties in the international databanks. Despite such a demand, there are few research groups in the world working at modeling and prediction of the thermodynamic behavior of physical properties of food systems, which is important for processes and simulation. Thus, focusing on systems of interest for fat and oil industry (lipids, biopharmaceuticals and biodiesel) due to its relevance, this project is aimed at: i) experimental determination of physical properties of food biocompounds and the solid-liquid equilibrium of their mixtures; ii) development of predictive models for modeling the solid-liquid equilibrium of lipidic systems and biopharmaceuticals; iii) and for modeling of pure biocompounds physical properties; iv) simulation of crystallization processes of systems of interest for fat and oils and pharmaceutical industries; v) simulation of the thermodynamic behavior of lipidic mixtures during digestive processes. The results will be applied on the: i) prediction of solid fraction curves of food fat and oils; ii) formulation of blends of biodiesel from vegetable oils, with better cold properties; iii) comprehension of the physicochemical behavior, during digestion, of biopharmaceutical mixtures used for reduction of cholesterol from human body; Also, the project is aimed at the consolidation of a research line on "Physical properties and food processes simulation" in the Home-Institution, with a close collaboration with the other research lines on food science, technology and engineering. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PAULO, BRUNA BARBON; SCHMIELE, MARCIO; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE; PRATA, ANA SILVIA. Carnauba Wax Particles: Investigation of Dripping and Cold-Extrusion Processes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY, v. 96, n. 7, p. 847-859, JUL 2019. (15/11629-2, 11/04230-5, 16/08566-1)

PEREIRA, ERICSEM; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.. Predictive models for physical properties of fats, oils, and biodiesel fuels. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 508, MAR 15 2020. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1, 17/16979-7)

PEREIRA, ERICSEM; FERREIRA, MARCELA CRAVO; SAMPAIO, KLICIA ARAUJO; GRIMALDI, RENATO; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE. Physical properties of Amazonian fats and oils and their blends. Food Chemistry, v. 278, p. 208-215, APR 25 2019. (16/08566-1, 17/16979-7)

PEREIRA, ERICSEM; JUNQUEIRA, FERNANDO TORRES; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE. Prediction of the melting behavior of edible fats using UNIFAC and UNIQUAC models. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 493, p. 58-66, AUG 1 2019. (17/16979-7, 16/08566-1, 14/21252-0)

ESPERANCA, EDUARDO DE SOUZA; BONATTO, MARIANE SOARES; SHIMAMOTO, GUSTAVO GIRALDI; TUBINO, MATTHIEU; COSTA, MARIANA CONCEICAO; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE. Phase behavior of cholesterol in mixtures with hypo- and hypercholesterolemic lipids. FOOD & FUNCTION, v. 9, n. 6, p. 3447-3455, JUN 1 2018. (16/08566-1, 14/21252-0, 16/25778-2, 12/05027-1)

BRANCO ALMEIDA BESSA, LARISSA CASTELLO; ROBUSTILLO, MARIA DOLORES; MARQUES, BIANCA CRISTINE; TADINI, CARMEN CECILIA; PESSOA FILHO, PEDRO DE ALCANTARA. Experimental determination and thermodynamic modeling of solid-liquid equilibrium of binary systems containing representative compounds of biodiesel and fossil fuels: Ethyl esters and n-dodecane. FUEL, v. 237, p. 1132-1140, FEB 1 2019. (16/08566-1, 18/06956-2, 10/18355-1, 14/21252-0, 13/07914-8)

MARTINS, MONIA A. R.; CRESPO, EMANUEL A.; PONTES, PAULA V. A.; SILVA, LILIANA P.; BUELOW, MARK; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; HELD, CHRISTOPH; PINHO, SIMAO P.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.. Tunable Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvents Based on Terpenes and Monocarboxylic Acids. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, v. 6, n. 7, p. 8836-8846, JUL 2018. (16/08566-1, 14/21252-0)

HIJO, ARIEL A. C. TOLEDO; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; CUNHA, ROSIANE L.; FONSECA, FELIPE H. S.; CARDOSO, LISANDRO P.; PEREIRA, JORGE F. B.; COSTA, MARIANA C.; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. Phase equilibrium and physical properties of biobased ionic liquid mixtures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 20, n. 9, p. 6469-6479, MAR 7 2018. (16/08566-1, 16/24461-5, 14/16424-7, 12/05027-1, 14/03992-7, 14/21252-0)

BARROS, HELENA D. F. Q.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; CAZARIN, CINTHIA B. B.; PEREIRA, JORGE F. B.; MAROSTICA JUNIOR, MARIO R.. Subacute toxicity assessment of biobased ionic liquids in rats. Food Research International, v. 134, AUG 2020. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1, 16/24461-5, 17/04231-8, 14/16424-7)

MARTINS, MONIA A. R.; SILVA, LILIANA P.; SCHAEFFER, NICOLAS; ABRANCHES, DINIS O.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; PINHO, SIMAO P.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.. Greener Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures as Hydrophobic Solvents. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, v. 7, n. 20, p. 17414-17423, OCT 21 2019. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1)

PEREIRA, ERICSEM; PEREIRA, DEBORA TAMIRES VITOR; FERREIRA, MARCELA C.; MARTINEZ, JULIAN; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.. Deacidification of Amazonian Pracaxi (Pentaclethra macroloba) and Patawa (Oenocarpus bataua) oils: experimental and modeling of liquid-liquid extraction using alcoholic solvents. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 37, n. 4, JUL 2020. (14/21252-0, 17/16979-7, 18/15737-2, 16/08566-1, 17/23670-2)

BRANCO ALMEIDA BESSA, LARISSA CASTELLO; ROBUSTILLO, MARIA DOLORES; DA SILVA, ERICA GONNA; TADINI, CARMEN CECILIA; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; PESSOA FILHO, PEDRO DE ALCANTARA. Influence of Additives (Isoamyl Laurate or Isoamyl Nonanoate) in the Solid-Liquid Equilibrium of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 5, p. 13-pg., 2019-05-01. (16/08566-1, 18/06956-2, 14/21252-0, 13/07914-8, 10/18355-1)

BRANCO ALMEIDA BESSA, LARISSA CASTELLO; ROBUSTILLO, MARIA DOLORES; DA SILVA, ERICA GONNA; TADINI, CARMEN CECILIA; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; PESSOA FILHO, PEDRO DE ALCANTARA. Influence of Additives (Isoamyl Laurate or Isoamyl Nonanoate) in the Solid-Liquid Equilibrium of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 5, SI, p. 2062-2074, MAY 2019. (10/18355-1, 18/06956-2, 14/21252-0, 13/07914-8, 16/08566-1)

PONTES, PAULA V. A.; CRESPO, EMANUEL A.; MARTINS, MONIA A. R.; SILVA, LILIANA P.; NEVES, CATARINA M. S. S.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; HUBINGER, MIRIAM DUPAS; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; PINHO, SIMAO P.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.; et al. Measurement and PC-SAFT modeling of solid-liquid equilibrium of deep eutectic solvents of quaternary ammonium chlorides and carboxylic acids. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 448, n. SI, p. 69-80, SEP 25 2017. (16/08566-1, 14/21252-0)

FERREIRA, MARCELA C.; TOLEDO HIJO, ARIEL A. C.; FARIAS, FABIANE O.; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. In search of sustainable alternatives for vegetable oils deacidification using oligomeric ionic liquid approach. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 555, p. 8-pg., 2022-04-01. (21/04178-5, 16/08566-1, 14/21252-0, 17/21607-1, 19/18608-1)

PEREIRA, ERICSEM; FERNANDES, JEAN-MICHEL; GONSALVES, RAQUEL; PINHEIRO, ANA C.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; VICENTE, ANTONIO A.. Evaluating the in vitro digestion of lipids rich in medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) using dynamic and static protocols. Food Chemistry, v. 406, p. 9-pg., 2023-04-16. (17/16979-7, 16/08566-1, 14/21252-0, 19/13008-6)

MAGALHAES, ANA M. S.; PEREIRA, ERICSEM; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; SAMPAIO, KLICIA A.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.. Proposing blends for improving the cold flow properties of ethylic biodiesel. FUEL, v. 253, p. 50-59, OCT 1 2019. (16/08566-1, 16/10636-8, 17/16979-7, 14/21252-0)

TOLEDO HIJO, ARIEL A. C.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; COSTA, MARIANA C.; CUNHA, ROSIANE L.; PEREIRA, JORGE F. B.; KURNIA, KIKI A.; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. Phase Behavior and Physical Properties of New Biobased Ionic Liquid Crystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v. 121, n. 14, p. 3177-3189, APR 13 2017. (14/16424-7, 14/21252-0, 12/05027-1, 16/08566-1, 14/03992-7)

DI PRINZIO, RENATA COSTA; DE ALMEIDA PONTES, PAULA VIRGINIA; DA COSTA, MARIANA CONCEICAO; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; CALDAS BATISTA, EDUARDO AUGUSTO; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE. Phase Equilibrium of Fats and Monoterpenes and How It Affects Chocolate Quality. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 8, p. 3231-3243, AUG 2019. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1)

HIJO, ARIEL A. C. TOLEDO; PEREIRA, ERICSEM; MAGALHAES, ANA M. S.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; COSTA, MARIANA C.; PEREIRA, JORGE F. B.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. Tunable naturally-derived oligomeric ionic liquids: phase behavior and liquid crystal profile. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 548, NOV 15 2021. (16/08566-1, 16/24461-5, 14/21252-0, 12/05027-1, 19/18608-1)

BORDON SOSA, FILIPE HOBI; CARARETO, NATALIA DANIELE DORIGHELLO; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE; DE ALMEIDA MEIRELLES, ANTONIO JOSE; COSTA, MARIANA CONCEICAO. Solid-Liquid Equilibrium of Binary Systems Containing Fatty Acids and Fatty Alcohols Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 12, p. 5017-5027, DEC 2019. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1)

DIAS, RAFAEL M.; DA COSTA LOPES, ANDRE M.; SILVESTRE, ARMANDO J. D.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.; DA COSTA, MARIANA C.. Uncovering the potentialities of protic ionic liquids based on alkanolammonium and carboxylate ions and their aqueous solutions as non-derivatizing solvents of Kraft lignin. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 143, JAN 2020. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1)

MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; MAGALHAES, ANA M. S.; GONCALVES, MARIANA M.; ESPERANCA, EDUARDO S.; COSTA, MARIANA C.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.. Improving the cold flow behavior of methyl biodiesel by blending it with ethyl esters. FUEL, v. 226, p. 87-92, AUG 15 2018. (16/08566-1, 12/05027-1, 14/21252-0)

PONTES, PAULA VIRGINIA DE ALMEIDA; CZAIKOSKI, ALINE; ALMEIDA, NAARA APARECIDA; FRAGA, SARA; ROCHA, LILIANA DE OLIVEIRA; CUNHA, ROSIANE LOPES; MAXIMO, GUILHERME JOSE; BATISTA, EDUARDO AUGUSTO CALDAS. Extraction optimization, biological activities, and application in O/W emulsion of deep eutectic solvents-based phenolic extracts from olive pomace. Food Research International, v. 161, p. 14-pg., 2022-08-11. (17/04811-4, 14/21252-0, 16/08566-1, 15/06134-4)

PONTES, PAULA V. A.; CRESPO, EMANUEL A.; MARTINS, MONIA A. R.; SILVA, LILIANA P.; NEVES, CATARINA M. S. S.; MAXIMO, GUILHERME J.; HUBINGER, MIRIAM DUPAS; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; PINHO, SIMAO P.; COUTINHO, JOAO A. P.; et al. Measurement and PC-SAFT modeling of solid-liquid equilibrium of deep eutectic solvents of quaternary ammonium chlorides and carboxylic acids. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 448, p. 12-pg., 2017-09-25. (14/21252-0, 16/08566-1)

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