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Life-cycle assessment of microwave-assisted pectin extraction at pilot scale

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posted on 2019-03-14, 13:47 authored by Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Shahin RahimifardShahin Rahimifard, Avtar S. Matharu, Thomas I.J. Dugmore
The first Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of an acid-free, microwave-assisted process for pectin production at pilot scale is reported. The properties of the resulting pectin were measured and compared against the criteria for commercial pectin, while the energy consumption of the microwave process was measured to compare its life cycle impacts with that of the current commercial process. Overall, the pectin met all the criteria for food-grade commercial pectin. The microwave unit was estimated to have <25% of the environmental impact of traditional acid-assisted thermal process in all categories measured and provided an improved yield of 5% (wet weight basis) compared to 3% by thermal heating under normalized conditions. The readouts were comparable with each other over three runs indicating a robust and reproducible process, crucial for scale-up purposes. With the product meeting the relevant criteria and the process being robust and more environmentally friendly, this work demonstrates the practical and commercial potential of microwave technology to succeed conventional acid-based extraction of pectin production.

Funding

This research was supported by EPSRC (Whole systems understanding of unavoidable food supply chain wastes for re-nutrition EP/P008771/1) for funding

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Volume

7

Issue

5

Pages

5167 - 5175

Citation

GARCIA-GARCIA, G. ...et al., 2019. Life-cycle assessment of microwave-assisted pectin extraction at pilot scale. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(5), pp. 5167-5175.

Publisher

© American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06052

Acceptance date

2019-02-04

Publication date

2019-02-04

Copyright date

2019

ISSN

2168-0485

eISSN

2168-0485

Language

  • en

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