Open AccessExtraction system for the industrial use of essential oil of the subtle lemon (citrus aurantifolia)
Author(s) -
César De León,
Edisson P. Jordán,
Karina Salazar,
Esteban X. Castellanos,
Franklin W. Salazar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1432/1/012044
Subject(s) - process engineering , raw material , essential oil , boiler (water heating) , separator (oil production) , distillation , steam distillation , pulp and paper industry , engineering , extraction (chemistry) , agricultural engineering , biochemical engineering , waste management , chemistry , chromatography , physics , organic chemistry , thermodynamics
The use of essential oils as raw material in formulation of by-products allows the revitalization of industries and regional economic growth. This is the reason why in this work it is described the process to design an extraction system of essential oil from subtle lemon. Main parameters required for the extraction have been considered as well as, the calculation of the obtained yield. Within the system design, distillation tank measurements, condenser, essential oils separator, mechanical part of the equipment, boiler selection and the distribution of the plant are dimensioned. The procedure manuals and equipment operating manuals were prepared for each step of the process of using this oil.