Obtaining bioactive compounds from clove and rosemary using supercritical technology: influence of the bed geometry, process intensification and cost of manufacturing of extracts

Giovani Leone Zabot

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Author(s):	Giovani Leone Zabot Total Authors: 1
Document type:	Doctoral Thesis
Press:	Campinas, SP.
Institution:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos
Defense date:	2015-02-24
Examining board members:	Maria Angela de Almeida Meireles Petenate; Alessandra Lopes de Oliveira; Diego Tresinari dos Santos; Marcio Antonio Mazutti; Rodrigo Nunes Cavalcanti
Advisor:	Maria Angela de Almeida Meireles Petenate
Abstract
Natural substances extracted from plants present functional properties which are preferable against the synthetic ones, being useful in formulating bioproducts and in the pharmaceutical area. Novel extraction techniques, as the use of supercritical fluids, are acquiring notoriety by providing the selective extraction of bioactive compounds with high quality. In the supercritical technology field, researches are performed to increase the extraction yield by changing process conditions (i.e., pressure, temperature). However, there is a need for further techno-economic discriminations about the influence of other variables, as the bed geometry. Thus, we performed the evaluation of the supercritical CO2 extraction of clove and rosemary bioactive compounds using a laboratory equipment containing two extractors of 1 L with different height (HB) to bed diameter (DB) ratios. Bed 1 (E-1) and 2 (E-2) present HB/DB ratios of 7.1 and 2.7, respectively. Two criteria used for geometry shift and scale up were applied: (1) maintaining the solvent interstitial velocity equal in both bed geometries; and (2) maintaining the solvent mass to feed mass (S/F) ratio equal in both bed geometries for a fixed processing time. According to the kinetic results of extraction yields and chemical composition, the criterion (1) is not indicated for supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of rosemary compounds. Criterion (2) is suitable for obtaining clove extract, because the extraction curves profiles were similar in E-1 and E-2. We evaluated the extraction curves in relationship to kinetic parameters as mass transfer rate, duration of constant extraction rate (CER) and falling extraction rate (FER) periods, extraction yield and mass ratio of solute in the fluid phase. However, criterion (2) is inappropriate for obtaining rosemary bioactive compounds. E-2 provided extraction yields up to 86% higher than E-1. The difference was more pronounced in the end of FER period. We observed differences on the cost of manufacturing (COM) of rosemary extracts simulated by SuperPro Designer 8.5®. COM¿s were 23% lower in E-2 than in E-1 for an industrial plant of 2 extractors of 100 L. With respect to rosemary, major terpenoids as 1,8-cineole and camphor were extracted with supercritical CO2, while some phenolic compounds were low (carnosic acid) or no extracted (rosmarinic acid) using SFE. Thus, process intensification concept was used for becoming possible the extraction of two fractions of bioactive compounds found in rosemary. The procedure comprised the initial extraction of the terpenoids-rich fraction with supercritical CO2 (SFE-CO2) and, thereafter, in the same equipment without unloading the bed, performing the extraction of the polyphenols-rich fraction with pressurized water (PWE). Approximately 2.5 wt.% (dry basis) of volatile oil containing terpenoids and 18.6 wt.% (dry basis) of non-volatile extract containing phenolic terpenes were obtained in separated fractions. We developed and validated an analytical method for quantifying phenolic terpenes by high performance liquid chromatography, presenting a total time of analysis of 10 min. Also, we simulated the annual operating cost of a plant installed in Brazil containing 2 vessels of 100 L applying SFE-CO2 + PWE processes for obtaining rosemary compounds. The higher use of the vegetal matrix for diversifying the extraction of bioactive compounds enabled 28% reduction in the annual production costs whether compared to SFE-CO2 process alone (AU)

FAPESP's process:	11/23665-2 - Obtaining bioactive compounds from clove and rosemary using supercritical technology: influence of the bed geometry, process intensification and cost of manufacturing of extracts
Grantee:	Giovani Leone Zabot
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)

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