Evaluation of tocopherol recovery through simulation of molecular distillation process

• Published in: Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 2004, Vol.113 (1-3), p.689-711
• Main Authors: Moraes, E.B, Batistella, C.B, Torres Alvarez, M.E, Maciel Filho, R, Wolf Maciel, M.R
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antioxidants - chemistry; Biotechnology - methods; Chemical properties; Complex systems; Complexity; Computer Simulation; Distillation; Hot Temperature; Models, Statistical; physicochemical properties; Phytosterols - chemistry; Plant Oils - chemistry; processing technology; Raw materials; Recovery; Simulation; Studies; Temperature; thermal properties; Thermodynamics; Tocopherol; Tocopherols - chemistry; Tocopherols - isolation & purification; Viscosity; Vitamin E
• ISSN: 0273-2289; 1559-0291; 0273-2289
• DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:114:1-3:689

DISMOL simulator was used to determine the best possible operating conditions to guide, in future studies, experimental works. This simulator needs several physical-chemical properties and often it is very difficult to determine them because of the complexity of the involved components. Their determinations must be made through correlations and/or predictions, in order to characterize the system and calculate it. The first try is to have simulation results of a system that later can be validated with experimental data. To implement, in the simulator, the necessary parameters of complex systems is a difficult task. In this work, we aimed to determe these properties in order to evaluate the tocopherol (vitamin E) recovery using a DISMOL simulator. The raw material used was the crude deodorizer distillate of soya oil. With this procedure, it is possible to determine the best operating conditions for experimental works and to evaluate the process in the separation of new systems, analyzing the profiles obtained from these simulations for the falling film molecular distillator.