Diseño de equipos de contacto sólido-líquido a elevadas presiones en el procesamiento de la biomasa.

Abstract

Type agricultural biomass, especially waste from seeds and shells of fruit, with utilitarian purposes in the cosmetics industry and energy conversion, is a topic of interest that can mitigate the environmental liabilities generated by these wastes and provide excellent raw material for the corresponding processing in the industrial park area. The technologies associated with solid contact equipment - a high pressure fluid processing biomass comprise the focus of this research, specifically the theoretical study of the main aspects that govern the hydraulic behavior and existing design premises equipment solid-liquid contact for the extraction of essential oils from plant materials tangerine and peach. As the hydraulic model used to model diffusion battery is represented by the stability criteria and Darcy's law, where the pressure drop is linear function of the flow of solvent for a given load. The residence time is determined by the washing time and the solvent drained, and is between 30 and 120 minutes of extraction. In the particle size, reducing it affects a better performance of the process can be costly, which is required to calculate the optimal size that provides the maximum benefit-cost ratio. The study represents a contribution to the transformation of these wastes through solid contact teams - liquid at supercritical conditions