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- Title
Immobilization of pectinase from Aspergillus aculeatus in alginate beads and clarification of apple and umbu juices in a packed bed reactor.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Rodrigo Lira; Lopes Dias, Jônatas; da Silva, Osmar Soares; Souza Porto, Tatiana
- Abstract
Pectinase from Aspergillus aculeatus was immobilized in alginate beads and a continuous process for clarifying juice in a packed bed reactor was undertaken. Concentrations of sodium alginate and calcium chloride were assayed during the immobilization procedure, as a result of which an optimized immobilization yield of 56.71% was found in 1.75% sodium alginate and 0.05 M CaCl2 in Central Composite Rotational Design. Immobilized pectinase showed good operational stability retaining more than 80% of its initial activity after the third cycle of reutilization. Immobilized pectinase was used in a reactor. The best condition of the reactor operation was obtained at a flow rate of lOmL/min and a recirculation time of 10 min. Apple and umbu juices were clarified. Clarification rates of 97.22 and 45.52% and a reduction of viscosity of 20.80 and 26.0%, respectively, were obtained. These results showed that a continuous process in packed bed reactor is an efficient alternative for applications in fruit juice industries.
- Subjects
ASPERGILLUS; SODIUM alginate; PECTIC enzymes; VISCOSITY; ENCAPSULATION (Catalysis)
- Publication
Food & Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part C, 2018, Vol 109, Issue Part C, p9
- ISSN
0960-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.fbp.2018.02.005