Design of a pilot extraction plant of pectin as a gelificant from orange waste (Citrus Sinensis)

The need to manage organic solid waste generated by orange juice sellers, in the city of Quito, proposes a process to convert orange peels, into raw material for obtaining citrus pectin giving this residue an added value. In Ecuador there is no pectin producing plant, which forces the industries tha...

• Main Author: Palacios Cabrera, Teresa Alejandra (author)
• Other Authors: Chamorro Armas, Sonia Elizabeth (author), Almeida, Cyntia (author), Carrillo, Ivonne (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Pectinas; hidrólisis ácida; planta piloto; termodinámica; cinética; Pectins; acid hydrolysis; pilot plant; thermodynamics; kinetics
• Online Access: https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/RevFIG/article/view/1274