Automatización De Los Módulos Hidrocavitador, Condensador Y Evaporador Para El Proceso De Producción De Aceite Y Otros Derivados Del Aguacate, Ubicados En La Universidad Santo Tomás - Sede Principal

Abstract

This document wants to show the state of art of the project “Design of a scale model for the extraction of avocado oil using a cavitation reactor” located at the Universidad Santo Tomas, a bibliographic analysis of studies already conducted and that have correlation with the extraction processes of avocado derivatives is presented, identifying the stages of the current process of the project with other processes and models, as well as characterizing the hydrocavitator, condenser and evaporator module with its current process variables, to identify the safety of the process and reduce the use of chemical solvents in the current process. There are several methods of avocado pulp or oil extraction, but these can be uneconomical and have high and complicated design levels. The method of extraction of avocado pulp and oil by means of the hydrocavitator, condenser and evaporator modules can present a simple agro-industrial potential, obtaining a product that is not exposed to chemicals, raising the nutritional value of the products obtained and adding value at the environmental level. In the food area, the hydrodynamic cavitation method is a clean and very useful technology. Currently the hydrocavitator, condenser and evaporator modules operate independently, the transfer of the product obtained in the hydrocavitator, which is a mixture of a solvent with the avocado fluid, is done manually, this phase of the process is risky because there is exposure to the fluid; after this phase the evaporation and condensation process is performed which is a process that does not have a suitable level of automation. Avocado products are showing an increase in national and international demand, so an economic, environmental and nutritional analysis of each of the extraction methods is required to know their possible impacts in each area.