Impact of structural and textural membrane properties on lemon juice clarification

Lemon juice was clarified using membranes with different structural and textural properties. Membranes were prepared from 0, 5, 7 and 10 wt.% of PVP in PVDF and they were structurally and functionally characterized. Results indicated that the addition of PVP produced both structural and surface text...

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Autores: Chornomaz, Patricia Mariana, Pagliero, Cecilia Liliana, Marchese, Jose, Ochoa, Nelio Ariel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/22515
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22515
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lemon Juice
Clarification
Ultrafiltration
Membrane
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:Lemon juice was clarified using membranes with different structural and textural properties. Membranes were prepared from 0, 5, 7 and 10 wt.% of PVP in PVDF and they were structurally and functionally characterized. Results indicated that the addition of PVP produced both structural and surface textural changes in the membranes. These textural changes resulted in an increase of apparent hydrophobicity in the membranes prepared from 5 and 7% of PVP in the casting solution. Besides, the presence of residual PVP in the membrane favors hesperidin adsorption enhancing its retention. Analysis of the clarified juice indicated that the membrane prepared with 5% of PVP possessed the highest efficiency, combining high permeate flux and high juice quality.