Citrus essential oils fractionation using ethanol with different water contents as solvents: phase equilibrium, physical properties and continuous equipment extraction

• Grant number: 13/11150-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): June 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Christianne Elisabete da Costa Rodrigues
• Grantee: Daniel Gonçalves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Pirassununga , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/06162-8 - Prediction of flavor characteristics of the phases from citrus essential oils fractionation using ethanol and water mixtures as solvents, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Essential oils are featured products in global market due its many applications in food and chemical factory and different medicine areas. One of the phenomena accountable for the loss of essential oils quality might be associated with terpene hydrocarbons degradation by oxidation when exposed to air or light, causing disagreeable odors. The procedure of terpenes content reducing, known as deterpenation, can be performed by diverse techniques, among which the liquid-liquid extraction can be highlighted because of its advantages, once that this process can be operated without the use of heating and pressure changes, causing low impact on the essential oil sensory properties and low energy consumption. The development of essential oils deterpenation technology in continuous equipment, which permits the application on industrial scale, has a great value. Thus, this thesis project aims to conduct an experimental study of citrus essential oils deterpenation process in a perforated rotating disc contactor (PRDC) using solutions composed by ethanol with different contents of water as solvents. The column will be operated continuously and in countercurrent under local conditions of temperature and pressure. Once phase equilibrium study is crucial for processes based on the contact between phases, the experimental study of liquid-liquid equilibrium of systems composed of raw citrus essential oils (orange - Citrus sinensis and lime - Citrus aurantifolia) and alcoholic solvents at 25 °C will be also proposed, and this work stage will be based on the study of the process in continuous equipment. The composition of the equilibrium phases will be calculated by using binary interaction parameters relating to NRTL and UNIQUAC thermodynamic models. For the systems containing crude orange essential oil, the binary parameters will be obtained by fitting of the phase equilibrium database available in the Research Group (being part of these experimental data previously determined during the development of the dissertation project, FAPESP project No. 2010/13286-1, and part determined in the doctorate degree project). Concerning to the systems containing raw lime essential oil, the phase equilibrium calculations will be tested with parameter sets from the literature, as suggested by Koshima et al. (2012).Along with the phase equilibrium study and the deterpenation process in continuous equipment, studies relating to the physical properties of the phases will be conducted as well. Indeed, the objective is to monitor values of density, viscosity, surface tension and interfacial tension of the phases and arising streams from the extraction column. It is important to place that this research project is inserted in the Research Support funded by FAPESP (2011/02476-7), entitled "Essential Oils deterpenation by Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Experimental study and process simulation", coordinated by this proposal advisor. (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)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; COSTA, PATRICIA; BEJAR, CAROLINE L.; BOCQUET, AGATHE; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.; RODRIGUES, ALIRIO E.. Air Diffusion of Aroma-Active Components from Crude Citrus Essential Oils and Their Extract Phases Obtained by Solvent Extraction. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, v. 57, n. 16, p. 5670-5679, APR 25 2018. (13/11150-3, 15/06162-8)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; PALUDETTI, MAYARA F.; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.. Extraction of oxygenated compounds from crude citrus latifolia peel oil using ethanol/water mixtures as solvents: Phase equilibrium and continuous equipment operation. Separation and Purification Technology, v. 199, p. 271-281, JUN 30 2018. (13/11150-3, 11/02476-7, 14/22272-5)

KOSHIMA, CRISTINA C.; GONCALVES, DANIEL; NAKAMOTO, KARINA T.; UMEDA, THAYLA K.; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.. Physical Properties of Model and Real Systems Composed of Essential Oils and Hydroalcoholic Solvents at 298.2 K and Atmospheric Pressure. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 5, p. 12-pg., 2019-05-01. (12/15317-7, 12/15323-7, 11/02476-7, 13/11150-3, 10/20789-0)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; COSTA, PATRICIA; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.; RODRIGUES, ALIRIO E.. Effect of citrus sinensis essential oil deterpenation on the aroma profile of the phases obtained by solvent extraction. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, v. 116, p. 166-175, JAN 2018. (15/06162-8, 13/11150-3, 11/02476-7)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; PALUDETTI, MAYARA F.; FLORIDO, PRISCILA M.; TONETTI, CAMILA; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.. Physical Behavior of the Phases from the Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of Citrus Essential Oils Systems at 298.2 K. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 63, n. 8, p. 2718-2737, AUG 2018. (13/11150-3, 14/22272-5)

KOSHIMA, CRISTINA C.; GONCALVES, DANIEL; NAKAMOTO, KARINA T.; UMEDA, THAYLA K.; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.. Physical Properties of Model and Real Systems Composed of Essential Oils and Hydroalcoholic Solvents at 298.2 K and Atmospheric Pressure. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 64, n. 5, SI, p. 1873-1884, MAY 2019. (11/02476-7, 12/15317-7, 13/11150-3, 12/15323-7, 10/20789-0)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; KOSHIMA, CRISTINA CHIYODA; MIGUEL BATISTA, FABIO RODOLFO; DA COSTA RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE ELISABETE. Performance of continuous countercurrent extractor on the fractionation of Citrus bergamia essential oil using ethanol/water mixtures as solvents. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, v. 137, p. 566-576, SEP 2018. (11/02476-7, 12/15317-7, 10/20789-0, 13/11150-3)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; COSTA, PATRICIA; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.; RODRIGUES, ALIRIO E.. Fractionation of acid lime essential oil using ethanol/water mixtures: Effect of the process on the aroma profile. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, v. 108, p. 118-126, MAY 2017. (15/06162-8, 13/11150-3, 11/02476-7)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; ERISMANN TESCHKE, MARTIN EMIL; KOSHIMA, CRISTINA CHIYODA; DA COSTA RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE ELISABETE. Fractionation of citrus essential oil by liquid-liquid extraction using a perforated rotating disc contactor. Separation and Purification Technology, v. 163, p. 247-257, MAY 11 2016. (13/11150-3, 10/13286-1, 11/02476-7, 10/20789-0)

GONCALVES, DANIEL; TESCHKE, MARTIN E. E.; KOSHIMA, CRISTINA C.; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; OLIVEIRA, ALESSANDRA L.; RODRIGUES, CHRISTIANNE E. C.. Fractionation of orange essential oil using liquid-liquid extraction: Equilibrium data for model and real systems at 298.2 K. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 399, p. 87-97, AUG 15 2015. (13/11150-3, 10/13286-1, 11/02476-7, 10/20789-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GONÇALVES, Daniel. Citrus essential oil fractionation using ethanol with different water contents as solvents: phase equilibrium, physical properties and continuous equipment extraction. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT) Pirassununga.