LAPSE:2023.0110
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LAPSE:2023.0110
Non-Conventional Cuts in Batch Distillation to Brazilian Spirits (cachaça) Production: A Computational Simulation Approach
February 17, 2023
In this work, an algorithm was developed to determine different possibilities of distillation cuts to support productivity and improve the final quality of cachaça, a Brazilian spirit beverage. The distillation process was simulated using the Aspen Plus® software, considering a wide range of fermented musts compositions available in the literature obtained by fermentation with different yeast strains. Twenty-four simulations were carried out considering eight compounds as follows: water and ethanol (major compounds); acetic acid, acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, 1-propanol, isobutanol, and isoamyl alcohol (minor compounds). The calculations considered a long-time process, i.e., until almost all the ethanol in the fermented must was distilled. The algorithm enabled the identification of countless distilling cuts, resulting in products with different alcoholic grades and process yields. One fermented must became viable to produce cachaça after the suggested non-traditional method of cuts proposed in this work. Furthermore, the non-traditional distilling cut provided a productivity gain of more than 50%. Finally, the ratio of acetaldehyde and ethanol concentration was the key parameter to determine whether the fermented musts could provide products meeting cachaça’s legislation.
Keywords
Aspen Plus, Batch Distillation, Ethanol, thermodynamic, vapor–liquid equilibria
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Tenorio LMS, Batista FRM, Monteiro S. Non-Conventional Cuts in Batch Distillation to Brazilian Spirits (cachaça) Production: A Computational Simulation Approach. (2023). LAPSE:2023.0110
Author Affiliations
Tenorio LMS: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-000, Brazil [ORCID]
Batista FRM: Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena 12602-810, Brazil [ORCID]
Monteiro S: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-000, Brazil [ORCID]
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Processes
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11
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1
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74
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2022
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2022-12-28
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2227-9717
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PII: pr11010074, Publication Type: Journal Article
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