TY - JOUR
T1 - Rendimiento del proceso de extraccion de almidon a partir de frutos de platano (Musa paradisiaca). Estudio en planta piloto
AU - Flores-Gorosquera, Emigdia
AU - García-Suárez, Francisco J.
AU - Flores-Huicochea, Emmanuel
AU - Núñez-Santiago, María C.
AU - González-Soto, Rosalía A.
AU - Bello-Pérez, Luis A.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In México, the banana (Musa paradisiaca) is cooked (boiling or deep frying) before being eaten, but the consumption is not very popular and a big quantity of the product is lost after harvesting. The unripe plantain has a high level of starch and due to this the use of banana can be diversified as raw material for starch isolation. The objective of this work was to study the starch yield at pilot plant scale. Experiments at laboratory scale were carried out using the pulp with citric acid to 0,3 % (antioxidant), in order to evaluate the different unitary operations of the process. The starch yield, based on starch presence in the pulp that can be isolated, were between 76 and 86 %, and the values at pilot plant scale were between 63 and 71 %, in different lots of banana fruit. Starch yield values were similar among the diverse lots, showing that the process is reproducible. The lower values of starch recovery at pilot plant scale are due to the loss during sieving operations; however, the amount of starch recovery is good.
AB - In México, the banana (Musa paradisiaca) is cooked (boiling or deep frying) before being eaten, but the consumption is not very popular and a big quantity of the product is lost after harvesting. The unripe plantain has a high level of starch and due to this the use of banana can be diversified as raw material for starch isolation. The objective of this work was to study the starch yield at pilot plant scale. Experiments at laboratory scale were carried out using the pulp with citric acid to 0,3 % (antioxidant), in order to evaluate the different unitary operations of the process. The starch yield, based on starch presence in the pulp that can be isolated, were between 76 and 86 %, and the values at pilot plant scale were between 63 and 71 %, in different lots of banana fruit. Starch yield values were similar among the diverse lots, showing that the process is reproducible. The lower values of starch recovery at pilot plant scale are due to the loss during sieving operations; however, the amount of starch recovery is good.
KW - Banana
KW - Musa paradisiaca
KW - Separation processes
KW - Starch
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=18744373625&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0001-5504
VL - 55
SP - 86
EP - 90
JO - Acta Cientifica Venezolana
JF - Acta Cientifica Venezolana
IS - 1
ER -