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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108604
Keywords
Curcumin; Curcuma aromatica; Ultrasound assisted extraction; Cavitation; Intensification; Kinetic modelling
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The study focused on the intensified extraction of curcumin from Curcuma aromatica using ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) compared to conventional batch extraction, showing that UAE resulted in higher extraction yield in a shorter period of time.
The present study deals with intensified extraction of curcumin from Curcuma aromatica by employing ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) approach also elucidating comparison with the conventional batch extraction to highlight the intensification benefits based on the usage of ultrasound. Understanding into the effect of operational parameters like type of solvent, extraction temperature, solid to solvent ratio and raw material size distribution as well as the equipment operating conditions as frequency and power on the extraction yield has been developed. Based on the results for extraction yield, the optimum conditions for UAE approach were 40 degrees C as temperature, 1:30 as solid to solvent ratio, 0.09 mm as the mean particle size, 240 W as ultrasonic power, 22 kHz as ultrasonic frequency and ethanol as the most suitable solvent. Under these optimum conditions, the highest extraction yield of 73.18% was achieved in 2 h whereas batch extraction for 14 h resulted in 52.31% yield clearly demonstrating the intensification due to ultrasound. Peleg's model was applied to explain the extraction kinetics of curcumin and the proposed model satisfactorily predicted the rates of extraction of cur cumin. Overall, UAE proved to be a better technique in terms of lesser time, lesser heating requirement and additional extraction yield.
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