OBTAINING FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM YACON (Smallanthus sonchifolius) BY AN ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS

AUTOR(ES)

Brites, M. L., Noreña, C. P. Z.

FONTE

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2016-12

RESUMO

Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the separation of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) from yacon extract by an ultrafiltration process using membranes of 10 and 30 kDa. The total resistance (Rt), membrane resistance (Rm), fouling resistance (Rf), and concentration polarization (Rc) during the separation process were also assessed. The operating pressures were 1.2 and 0.75 bar for UF-10 and UF-30, respectively. The permeate flux increased upon increasing the pressure from 0.5 to 2 bar and the resistance values showed a slight increase with increasing pressure. The fouling percentages were 61.24% and 57.33% for the membranes UF-10 and UF-30, being reversible after the cleaning procedure with acidic and basic solution, resulting in high percentages of flux recovery of 76.46% and 83.56% for U-10 and UF-30, respectively. The FOS retention values were 24.48% and 6.49% for both membranes UF-10 and UF-30, corresponding to 24% and 18.4% purity.

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