Fe3+/H2O2 oxidative systems as a sustainable clarification process of sugarcane juice to sulfur-free process option

• Grant number: 13/04047-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Claudio Lima
• Grantee: Nathália Torres Corrêa Magri
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Use to conventional fenton reaction as a alternative procedure to sulfitation with the purpose to use hydroxide peroxide as oxidative agent and Fe3+ as catalytic effect, analyzing their effects in sugarcane juice clarification and sucrose degradation and colour reduction. (AU)