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Natural Product Industries-I
Edible & Essential Oils
Soaps & Detergents; Glycerin
Carbohydrates & Fermentation
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Edible & Essential Oil
Oils are organic molecule of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. It is composed of long chain fatty acids and esters
(glyceride ester) as well as derivative of glycerine, long
chain fatty alcohol.
Non-edible oils
caster oil, linseed oil.
Edible oils :
ground nut oil, coconut oil,soyabean oil .
Oil is used in producing vanaspati ghee, soaps anddetergents, cosmetics, medicines, polymers, paints andvarnishes and in many other applications.
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Edible & Essential Oil
COMPOSITION & STRUCTURE R1, R2 and R3 are not necessarily same.
Degree of saturation controls the melting point
and chemical reactivity
Name (R) Composition No. of =
bond
Melting
Point (0C)
Reactivity to
O2
Stearic C17
H35
0 69 Nil
Oleic C17H33 1 14 Fair
Linoleic C17H31 2 -5 Rapid
Lenolenic C17H29 3 -11 Highly Rapid
R1CO OCH2
R2CO OCH
R3CO OCH2
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Methods of Extracting Vegetable Oils(a) Cleaning and dehulling:
Mechanical cleaning is done to remove stones and other undesirable material.
Dehulling remove hulls, dry outer covering of seed.
(b) Cracking rolls:
Crushing rolls crush the oil seeds and gets flacked seeds.
(c) Digestion
100 parts of flaked seeds are thoroughly mixed with 5-10 parts of water byrotating blades.
Softening by means of heat and moisture is done here.
Steam is added for heating purpose.
Acid is formed by hydrolysis of ester.
The seeds get swollen up.(d) Expeller:
The swollen seeds are crushed under high pressure and cells of seeds getruptured and oil is released.
The tapering shape ensures more application of pressure on the seeds
The oil depleted cake is either sent for solvent extraction or used as animal feed
Oil is sent for purification.
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(e) Mix tank: The extracted oil is treated with alkali like NaOH or Na2CO3 to
remove fatty acids.
(f) Centrifuge: Acids are separated in centrifuge separator.
These separated acids are used as foots for soap manufacturing.
(g) Rotary filter: The clear oil is treated with some bleaching agent likeFullers Earth
Carbon in filter aid before rotary filter. Rotary drum filter is used for removal of seed particles which may be
present.
This finished oil is produced.
From this process around 1-2% oil content remains in the meal.
(h) Extraction: The flaked seeds or oil extracted seeds from crushing rolls & Oil
depleted cake is also added in extractor.
The solvent extracts oil from the seeds.
The wet meal is collected in the middle and is sent for solvent
removal.
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(i) Solvent removal:
Steam is used to extract solvent carried by the oil seeds.
The rotating blades ensure better exposure to steam.
The solvent free meal is sent to dryer and then used as animal feed.
Solvent is collected from top and is recycled after cooling it in heatexchanger.
(j) Flash film evaporator:
The solvent is preheated by steam.
Oil is concentrated here by evaporating the more volatile component
(hexane). The hexane is recycled back to extractor after heat recovery.
The use of flash evaporator reduces the cost of vacuum stripping column.
(k) Vacuum stripping column:
The oil from flash evaporator is fed here.
The stripping is done by steam i.e. steam carries away the hexane. And it is under vacuum for the reason that the boiling point of hexane and
oil are close to each other. Jet ejector is used here to generate vacuum.
The hexane is recycled again.
Oil produced here is either directly used or sent for purification.
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Solvent Extraction
Can be use alone or in combination withmechanical method
Solvent extraction + mechanical method
High yield : 98-99% of available oil Poor quality: dark color, odor, free acid content
Expeller + solvent extraction
Yield over 80% as prime quality oil
Only 18-20 % as the poorer gradeType of solvents used
Petroleum cuts in hexane range-flammable
Trichloroethylene - toxic
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Vegetable Oil Extraction Method
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Hydrogenation of Oils
Hydrogenation Hydrogenation process is used to remove double bonds and to
make fats and oil saturated.
It raises melting point and improves its stability and resistance torancid oxidation.
The most common end product of hydrogenation is Vanaspatighee. Other products include hardened industrial oils andpartially hydrogenated liquid oil.
The pressure temperature conditions are complicated forcertain types of double bond saturation. Ghee base oil is hydrogenated at (1-2 atmg; 135-180C) for
melting point similar to butter.
Vanaspati shortening is produced at (2-3.5 atmg; 120-160C) forhigher melting point fats.
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Chemical reactions
Hydrogenation
R1 (C = C)x R2 + (x-y) H2 R1 (C = C)y R2
Catalyst preparation
Nickel formate decomposition (finely divided catalyst)
Ni(HCOO)22H2O190 C Ni + 2CO2 + H2 + 2H2O
Reduced Ni on inert catalyst support (Nickel saltsprecipitated on inert porous carier e.g., kieselguhr, ditomceous
earth and reduced at high T)
NiCO3 Ni + H2O +CO2
Raney or spongy nickel method (produces spongy, highsurface area catalyst, sodium aluminate is washed out with water)
2Al Ni + 6 NaOH Ni + 2NaAlO3 + 3H2
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Hydrogenation of vegetable oils
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Process Description(a) Hydrogenator:
Oil is fed to the hydrogenator, where hydrogen, and steam areintroduced.
The catalyst oil slurry of concentration 5 to 15 kg per ton of oil isalso put.
The reaction is slightly exothermic so steam is sometimes turnedoff.
(b) Deodorizer: Deodorization of oil removes undesired smell and taste
subjecting oil in steam at high temperature and vacuum.
(c) Finishing & Cooling: Oil color is removed by treating with fullers earth or carbon.
It is then filtered, mixed with some vitamins.
Slow cooling is done for granular structure ghee. For non-granular products rapid chilling is done
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Major engineering problems
Heat of reaction (exothermic)
During hydrogenation cooling requires via cooling coils
T < 200 0C to avoid side rxn e.g., pyrolysis and prevent sintering
of porous catalyst
H2 handling problems
Wide explosive limit range Equipment should be leak-tested (with freon on He detector)
Carbon steel for oil hydrogenation (to avoid H2 embrittlement prob.)
Rancidity
The moisture and oxygen cause deterioration of fats. Thecombine action of both moisture and oxygen causes rancidity
which is characterised by bad smell, development of red color,
increase in acidity and increase in viscosity. Prolonged exposure
to air yield undesirable resinous products causing rancidity.
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Kinetic rate factor
Surface rxn andadsorption, control rxn
rate at 100 0C
Rates increased by
increasing H2pr (7 atm.gauge)
At 180 0C, mass transfer
for solution of H2 and
diffusion to and from
catalyst : rate controlling
steps
H2 Oil
Solution of H2 Diffusion
catalyst
Diffusion to cat Chemisorption
on catalyst
Chemisorption
on catalyst
Surface reaction on catalyst
Desorption of fat products from catalyst
Diffusion of fat products from catalyst to
liquid phase
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SOAP &
DETERGENT
Chemical process technologyCHE C322
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SOAPS
Soaps are the sodium and potassium salts of the
fatty acids (long chain carboxylic acid).
Common fatty acids used are oleic acid, stearic
acid, palmitic acid, lauric acid and myristic acid.
Sodium stearate ( C17H35COO-Na+)
Sodium palmitate ( C15H31COO-Na+)
Sodium oleate ( C17H33COO-Na+)
Soaps are used for human comfort, cleanliness
and for industrial use.
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CLEANSING ACTION OF SOAPS
Soap is a surface active agent or surfactant.
The soap molecules contain both hydrophilic part and
hydrophobic part. The hydrophilic part of soap is carboxylate
head group (COO-Na+) and hydrophobic part is aliphatic chain.
The dirt or grease is cleaned by key mechanism as shown.
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Agitation breaks the grease into micelles whose surfaces
are covered by the negatively charged carboxylate groups,
the hydrophilic -COO- groups of the embedded soapmolecules.
The grease droplets repel each other and remain
suspended in the wash water
In the end, the suspended droplets go down the drain
with the wash water.
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CHEMICAL RECTIONS
Fat splitting reaction: (Catalyst : Metal oxide, ZnO)
(RCOO)3C3H5+ 3H2O 3RCOOH + C3H5(OH)3
triglycerides water fatty acid glycerin
Saponification Reaction:
RCOOH + MOH RCOOM + H2O
fatty acid base soap water
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METHOD OF SOAP MAKING
BATCH SAPONIFICATION
This process includes acid
hydrolysis of glycerides followed
by alkali addition or direct
saponification using strong
caustic in batch process
operation
Are the oldest types of soap
manufacture.
CONTINUOUS HYDROLYSIS AND
SAPONIFICATION PROCESS
This method is greatly used
flexibility in control of product
distribution
Higher glycerin yield
Less off color production
Requires less space and
manpower.
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SOAP MANUFACTURING(Along with Fatty acid and Glycerin)
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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
Soaps are eco-friendly and bio degradable.
DISADVANTAGES Soaps are not suitable in the hard water.
They have weak cleansing properties than detergents.
DETERGENTS
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DETERGENTS
Detergents have better surface tension lowering
action than soaps. Due to excessive foaming, it is unable to reduce
organic content of sewage effluent.
Biodegradation of detergent is an important
environmental factor. Detergent compounds, which can be oxidized to
simple end-products, are known as biologically softsyndets and preferred in detergent compounding.
Detergents are of four types - anionic, cationic,non- ionic and amphoteric. Most common type is anionic which is generally made
up of sodium salts of an organic sulfate or sulfonate.
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Detergent Compounding
Anionic (give R- in water) Sulfate RO.SO3H and Sulfonate (aryl benzene sulfonate)
Sulfated compounds are quite stable compare to sulfonate The molecular structure of R is important in determining the
biological softness. Straight chain normal paraffin structure gives asoft ABS where as branched or isoparaffin structure resistsbiodegradation.
Cationic (give R+ in water) Quaternary ammonium compound : germicidal properties
Non-Ionic Alkyl-aryl ethylene oxide derivatives, fatty acids amide
Produce little foam, but enhance soil removal and greaseemulsification
Detergent Builders Fluorescent dies as brighteners; zeolite/phosphate builders to
extend foam; sodium carboxycellulose to improve soil and dirt
suspension
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EXAMPLES OF DETERGENTS
General method to make synthetic detergents:
Alkylbenzene + oleum alkylbenzene sulfonateTallow fatty alcohol + oleum fatty alcohol sulfate
Sulfonate + sulfate + NaOH sodium salts
R.CH2OH +H2SO4 R.CH2O.SO3H NaOH
R.CH2O.SO3Na
Sodium salts + builders Detergents
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1. Soaps cannot be used in hard
water
1. Synthetic detergents can be
used in hard water
2. Soap is made from vegetable oil
or edible oils
2. Synthetic detergents made from
byproducts of petroleum industry
( to conserve edible oil)
3. Soaps cannot be used in acidic
medium ( otherwise precipitatethe fatty acids)
3. Synthetic detergents can be
used in any medium includingacidic.
4. Soaps have weak cleansing
action
4. Synthetic detergents have
strong cleansing action.
5. Soaps are not very soluble inwater
5. Synthetic detergents are highlysoluble
6. Soaps are biodegradable and do
not cause pollution
6. Synthetic detergents are not
biodegradable and cause water
pollution
Comparison of Soaps and Detergents
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Sodium sulphate and sodium silicate - to keep the powder dry.
Sodium triphosphate or sodium carbonate - to make the solution alkaline. (
helps to remove dirt and also soften water.)
Carboxy methyl cellulose to keep the dirt particles removed are kept
suspended in the solution.
sodium perborate (bleaching agent) - for obtaining sparkling white
clothes,
Washing powders are a combination of soaps, detergents and other chemicals.
washing powders have about 15 to 30% of their weight in synthetic detergents
WASHING POWDERS
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Carbohydrates & Fermentation
Industries
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Carbohydrates
Naturally occurring combinations of C, H and O With H and O in 2:1 ratio (Hydrates of Carbon)
The most common types
Sucrose (ordinary sugar) Starch
Dextrose
Cellulose
Fermentation Industries
Use carbohydrates as a substrate for production of
various chemicals & biologicals.
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Sucrose Chemical formula : C12H22O11 (disaccharide)
Naturally in most fruits and vegetables. Sugar occurs in greatestquantities in sugarcane and sugar beets from which sugar isseparated economically and commercially.
Structural formula : (Glucose + Fructose)
Molecular weight 342
Density = 1.58 kg/m
3
Sucrose is soluble in water but
slightly soluble in methyl alcohol
and ethyl alcohol.
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Production Process
India is the homeland of sugarcane and sugar. Process : Extraction of sugarcane
Crystalline white sugar
Gur, a dark brown sugar concentrate
Raw Material : Sugarcane
composition of sugarcane juice differences betweenvarieties and location. It is a solution, containing
soluble and insoluble impurities (i.e non sucrosespecies).
Its is also slightly acid with the pH between 4.5- 5.5,TSS 15-25 and sucrose 10 20 % w/w.
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Process Flowsheet
Juice extraction pressingPurification of juiceClarification evaporation
Crystallization Centrifugation Drying and screening
Activate
Carbon Filter
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Process Description Juice extraction pressing
Two or three heavily grooved crusher rollers break the cane and extract a
large part of the juice. Revolving knives cutting the stalks into chips aresupplementary to the crushers.
As the cane is crushed, hot water (or a combination of hot water andrecovered impure juice) is sprayed onto the crushed cane counter currently.
Clarification
The juice from the mills, a dark green color, is acid and turbid.
The clarification (or defecation) process is designed to remove both solubleand insoluble impurities (such as sand, soil, and ground rock)
The process employs lime and heat as the clarifying agents. Milk of limeneutralizes the natural acidity of the juice, forming insoluble lime salts.
Heating the lime juice to boiling coagulates the albumin and some of the
fats, waxes, and gums, and the precipitate formed entraps suspended solidsas well as the minute particles.
The muds separate from the clear juice through sedimentation. The non-sugar impurities are removed by continuous filtration. The final clarifiedjuice contains about 85 percent water and has the same composition as theraw extracted juice except for the removed impurities.
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Evaporation
To concentrate this clarified juice, about two-thirds of the water isremoved through vacuum evaporation.
Generally, four vacuum-boiling cells or bodies are arranged in series so
that each succeeding body has a higher vacuum (and therefore boils ata lower temperature). The vapors from one body can thus boil thejuice in the next onethe steam introduced into the first cell doeswhat is called multiple-effect evaporation. The vapor from the last cellgoes to a condenser. The syrup leaves the last body continuously withabout 65 percent solids and 35 percent water.
Crystallization Crystallization is the next step that takes place in a single-stage
vacuum pan. The syrup is evaporated until saturated with sugar. Assoon as the saturation point has been exceeded, small grains of sugarare added to the pan. These small grains, called seed, serve as nucleifor the formation of sugar crystals. Additional syrup is added and
evaporated so that the original crystals that were formed are allowedto grow in size.
The growth of the crystals continues until the pan is full. When sucroseconcentration reaches the desired level, the dense mixture of syrupand sugar crystals, called massecuite, is discharged into largecontainers known as crystallizers. Crystallization continues in thecrystallizers as the massecuite is slowly stirred and cooled.
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Centrifugation
Massecuite from the mixers is allowed to flow into centrifugals,where the thick syrup, or molasses, is separated from the raw sugarby centrifugal force.
The high-speed centrifugal action used to separate the massecuiteinto raw sugar crystals and molasses. A centrifugal machine has acylindrical basket suspended on a spindle, with perforated sideslined with wire cloth, inside which are metal sheets containing 400to 600 perforations per square inch.
The basket revolves at speeds from 1,000 to 1,800 RPM. The raw
sugar is retained in the centrifuge basket because the perforatedlining retains the sugar crystals. The mother liquor, or molasses,passes through the lining (due to the centrifugal force exerted). Thefinal molasses (blackstrap molasses) containing sucrose, reducingsugars, organic non-sugars, ash, and water, is sent to large storagetanks.
Drying and packaging
Damp sugar crystals are dried by being tumbled through heated airin a granulator. The dry sugar crystals are then sorted by sizethrough vibrating screens and placed into storage bins. Sugar isthen sent to be packed in the familiar packaging we see in grocery
stores, in bulk packaging, or in liquid form for industrial use.
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Plant Economy
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Major engineering problems Extraction of juice from cane
Optimization : design of rolls, temperature, time ofoperation
Use of ultrasonic vibration
Choice of flocculation agents
High magnesia lime is old but best choice CO2 in carbonation step : reduce alkalinity ; improved
filterability and decolorization
Evaporation & Crystallization Difficult crystallization, Calendria type evaporators are
used Crystallization : batch-wise in 4th or last effect
Measurement of supersaturation : boiling point rise,vacuum measurement and control
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Critical zone of supersaturation
Transition region- pulverized sugar seeds are added
and new nuclei are produced at highest point ofsaturation (graining)
Metastable region- degree of supersaturation is
reduced by decreasing vacuum and crystal will grow
Simultaneous feed liquor addition and evaporation can
raise the total quantity of crystal.
Separation of crystal from syrup
Improved centrifugal machine design (high speed1800-2400 rpm)
Control of viscosity and surface tension of syrup give
clean and rapid separation
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Inversion of sugar
Acid hydrolysis of sugar in glucose and fructose
The extent of inversion is measured by
polarimeter. The non inverted sugar has +97
polarization and completely inverted sugar has -20 polarization.
Minimized by : making quick delivery to the
sugarcane presses less than 2 days
Low temperature short time conditions : to
reduce inversion
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Extraction from sugarcane for Gur
production
Low cost product made by simple evaporation process.
Cane juice extraction Clarification
Concentration
Occurs in open pan evaporators until (80-85%solidification).
The product run out of the bottom of pan.
The product is dark brown solidifies paste at roomtemperature and invert partially to mono-saccarides on
storage. It contains neutritionally desirable minerals, particularly
iron.
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Starch
High polymer carbohydrate
Occur in grains and roots in
form of granules (3-100 )
Chemical formula : C6H10O5
n varies 200-500
Major source : Maize kernel n
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Process Description
Cleaning & screening
Steeping
Coarse grinding &
degermination
Fine grinding &
extraction
Gluten separation
Starch refining
Dehydration & drying
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Manufacture of Ethanol from Molasses
Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, clear, colorless
liquid. A good solvent. It is also used as a germicide,
beverage, antifreeze, fuel, depressant and chemicalintermediate.
Molecular formula- C2H5OH
Molecular weight- 46.07
Density- 0.791 at 20C
Boiling Point- 78.3C It can be made by the fermentation process of
material that contains sugar or from the compoundwhich can be converted to sugar.
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Methods of Production
Fermentation From sucrose substrate
Yeast enzyme readily ferment sucrose to ethanol.
From waste sulfite substrate of paper mills
From starch substrate
Petroleum Processing
Catalytic hydration of ethylene
Esterification and hydrolysis of ethylene
Oxidation of petroleum
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Fermentation Fermentation applies to both the aerobic and anaerobic metabolic
activities of micro-organisms in which specific chemical changes are
brought about in an organic substrate due to the enzymes produced bythose microbes.
Fermentation is the core part of distillery which is carried out in largecylindrical vessel generally made of stainless steel is called as fermenter.
The media which has been prepared is introduced in the prefermenterand after 7 - 8 hours it is transferred into fermenter where fermentation
is carried out. Here batch fermentation is carried out without maintenance of complete
sterility of equipment. However, this pre supposes a rapid start of theyeast fermentation. This fermentation inhibits the growth of othermicrobes by depleting the available nutrients, by lowering the pH andmost importantly by the formation of ethanol. To reduce the pH H
2SO
4is
usually added.
As we know molasses contain approximately 50% invert sugar i.e.sucrose. It is converted into glucose and fructose in the presence of yeastand invertase enzyme.
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Ethyl alcohol by fermentation
Enzymatic reactions
Enzymes (bio-catalyst)are produced by living organism (bacteria)
Mild Condition : pH 4 -9 and T 30 to 70 C.
Raw material requirements: Molasses (50-55% total sugar);
Sulfuric acid; Ammonium sulfate.
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Eff f i f h l
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Effect of various factors on ethanol
conversion
[1] Effect of pH (Fermentation Process)
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Effect of Temperature
Effect of molasses concentration
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Effect of yeast concentration
Effect of time
Process Description
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Process Description
F i l l f i i
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Functional role of various units
(a) Molasses storage tank: Molasses (liquor obtained as by product of
sugar industries) is a heavy viscous material, which contains sucrose,fructose and glucose (invert sugar) at a concentration of 50-60(wt%).
(b) Sterlization tank: Yeast is sterilized under pressure and then cooled.
(c) Yeast cultivation tank: Yeast grows in the presence of oxygen by
budding. Yeast is cultivated in advance.(d) Yeast storage tank: Yeast are unicellular, oval and 0.004 to 0.010mm in
diameter. PH is adjusted to 4.8 to 5 and temperature up to 32C.
(e) Fermentation tank: Chemical changes are brought by the action of
enzymes invertase and zymase secreted by yeast in molasses.
Fermentation is anaerobic. Heat is evolved which is removed by
cooling coils. Residence time is 30-70 hours and temperature is
maintained at 20-30C. 8 -10%alcohol by volume(beer) is produced by
fermentation process. HCl or sulfuric acid is added to obtain pH 4.5
(f)Diluter: H l i dil t d t 10 t 15% l ti
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(f)Diluter: Here molasses is diluted to 10 to 15% sugar solution.
(g)Scrubber: Carbondioxide is released and utilized as by product. By-product CO2contains some ethanol due to Vapor liquid evaporation and can be recovered by
water scrubbing. Water is sent back to continuous diluter stream.
(h)Beer still: 50-60% concentration alcohol and aldehyde is produced. Slops areremoved as bottom product. Slop is concentrated by evaporation for cattle feed
or discharged as waste. Slop contains proteins, sugar and vitamins.
(i)Aldehyde still: Undesirable volatile liquid; aldehyde is taken off from the top of
the still. From the side stream alcohol is feed to the decanter.
(j)Decanter : Fusel oil which is high molecular weight alcohol is recovered bydecantation. The principle behind extraction of fusel oil from ethanol is that
higher alcohols are more volatile than ethanol in solution containing a high
concentration of water.
(k)Rectifying column: In the column, azeotropic alcohol- water mixture of 95%ethanol is withdrawn as side product. This 95% ethanol is condensed in
condenser and stored in storage tank. Side stream is withdrawn and sent to
decanter. At the bottom, water is discharged. Here, alcohol water mixtures are
rectified to increase the strength of alcohol.
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(l)Storage tank: From storage tank, three streams are evolved:
Direct sale as potable alcohol
Denatured by small addition of mildly toxic agent for industrial use. To anhydrous still to produce 100% ethanol.
(m)Mix tank: For producing denatured alcohol, denaturant is
mixed with the 95% ethanol produced from rectifying column.
Denaturant is normally methanol/naphtha (10vol%)
(n)Ternary Azeotropic distillation: The product from rectifying
column is a ternary minimum boiling azeotrope of ethanol,
water and benzene. Benzene is an azeotropic agent.
Main units present are: anhydrous still, decanter, stripper and few heat
exchangers.
Anhydrous motor fuel grade ethanol (100% ethanol) is produced as
product.
Heat integration and energy recovery plays a vital role in reducing
energy requirements.
E i i P bl
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Engineering Problems
Collection and storage of molasses
Maintenance of sterile and specific yeast
culture conditions.
Batch versus continuation operation Waste disposal problem
Development of methods to produce
anhydrous alcohol from the 95% alcoholazeotrope
S d ti th l d ti
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Second generation ethanol production
technology
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Assignment-1 [08/03/13]
[1] Draw a block diagram of Productionprocess: Fig. IIID-4 : Ethyl alcohol by
Fermentation.
Show all input and output species from eachunit.
Get operating T and P for all units.
Note- Work should be neat.
Submission date : 15/03/13