Comparative Study of PID Controllers for Time-Varying of Steam Distillation Process

Author(s):  
Haslizamri Md Shariff ◽  
Mohd Hezri Fazalul Rahiman ◽  
Ramli Adnan ◽  
Mohd Hezri Marzaki ◽  
Mazidah Tajjudin ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Haslizamri Md Shariff ◽  
Mohd Hezri Fazalul Rahiman ◽  
Ramli Adnan ◽  
Mohd Hezri Marzaki ◽  
Mazidah Tajjudin ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 4172
Author(s):  
José Daniel Padilla-de la Rosa ◽  
Magaly Dyanira Manzano-Alfaro ◽  
Jaime Rosalío Gómez-Huerta ◽  
Enrique Arriola-Guevara ◽  
Guadalupe Guatemala-Morales ◽  
...  

The citrus industry is one of the most important economic areas within the global agricultural sector. Persian lime is commonly used to produce lime juice and essential oil, which are usually obtained by batch distillation. The aim of this work was to validate a patented continuous steam distillation process and to both physically and chemically characterize the volatile fractions of essential Persian lime oil. Prior to distillation, lime juice was obtained by pressing the lime fruit. Afterwards, the juice was subjected to a continuous steam distillation process by varying the ratio of distillate flow to feed flow (0.2, 0.4, and 0.6). The distillate oil fractions were characterized by measuring their density, optical rotation, and refractive index. Gas chromatography GC-FID was used to analyze the chemical compositions of the oil fractions. The process of continuous steam distillation presented high oil recovery efficiencies (up to 90%) and lower steam consumption compared to traditional batch process distillation since steam consumption ranged from 32 to 60% for different steam levels. Moreover, a reduction in process time was observed (from 8 to 4 h). The oil fractions obtained via continuous steam distillation differed significantly in their composition from the parent compounds and the fractions.


2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
pp. 997-1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Vafaei ◽  
R. Eslamloueyan ◽  
Sh. Ayatollahi

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 2070-2081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khosrow Hosseini ◽  
Hojjat Karami ◽  
Hossein Hosseinjanzadeh ◽  
Abdollah Ardeshir

Author(s):  
Jaime J. Jua´rez ◽  
Victor R. Contreras ◽  
Gaston R. Haupert ◽  
Steven Hill ◽  
Daren E. Daugaard

Ashe Juniper is one of three major species of juniper native to Texas. Communities of Ashe Juniper occupy over 8 million acres of Texas rangelands and are responsible for herbage reduction, which adversely impacts the livestock carrying capacity. Ashe Juniper wood contains aromatic liquids called essential oils, which are economically beneficial for the personal care products industry. In order to exploit this benefit Texarome, Inc. of Leaky, Texas uses a large-scale steam distillation process to extract aromatic liquids from Ashe Juniper. This process results in a large quantity of Ashe Juniper woodchip waste for which there is few uses. A moderate temperature process known as fast pyrolysis was used to convert steam-distillated Ashe Juniper into a liquid known as bio-oil. An average liquid yield of 40.8% is reported for steam-distillated Ashe Juniper biomass and an average liquid yield of 47.3% is reported Ashe Juniper biomass that has not undergone the steam distillation process. This work demonstrates that the energy content of steam distillated Ashe Juniper can be extracted and the conversion to bio-oil is another potential use for Ashe Juniper woodchip waste. An economic model of Ashe Juniper biomass developed previously by Jua´rez and Daugaard was used to examine the economic impact of steam-distilled Ashe Juniper by simulating a 4,046-hectare (10,000 acre) Ashe Juniper energy plantation. It was found that bio-oil could be produced for as little as $5.20/GJ on a lower heating value basis if re-investment of profits made from the sale of essential oils extracted during the steam distillation process was assumed. Bio-oil from un-distillated Ashe Juniper could be produced for $13.21/GJ.


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