Objective
Micro or ultrafiltration can be used to separate the pulp from the serum. In this way it is possible to stabilise the juice by a slight thermal treatment, limiting the strong treatment to pulp only. A high reduction of enzyme activity in clear juice can be achieved by ultrafiltration.
The concentration step is performed by a sort of direct osmosis in which water is removed from the juice by a hypertonic solution (called extractant) flowing downstream a selective membrane. The more innovative aspects of the technique rely on the type of membranes and extractants used. The membranes are hydrophobic with a pore size in the order of 0.1 um so that neither the juice nor the extractant enter the membrane pores and a thin gas layer (essentially air) is entrapped within the pores separating the two liquid phases. Water can pass through the gas membrane by diffusion in vapour state, non-volatile solutes, like salts or sugars, on the contrary are completely retained.
The driving force for water vapour transport is represented by the vapour pressure difference between the two membranes sides. Concentrated brines could be used as extractant, however corrosion and scaling, especially during the regeneration by evaporation, make the operation cumbersome. A more effective extraction mixture was found. A pilot plate and frame module was developed and tested. The module can concentrate non clarified orange juice above 60 Brix.
The technique is suitable to produce citrus juices with properties very close to the fresh squash at cost comparable with the cost of the conventional juice from concentrate. Many other applications are possible both in food processing and biotechnology for concentrating aqueous solutions containing heat sensitive products.
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