Resumen

BALBOA LAURA, Milenka Hilda. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPERIMENAL EQUIP FOR DISTILLATION DRAG VAPOR (DAV) OF ESSENTIAL OILS, CASE: SWEET ORANGE PEEL (CITRUS SINESIS). Rev. Tecnológica [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.23, pp. 10-12. ISSN 1729-7532.

ABSTRACT Design and construction one equipment to subject sweet orange peels to steam drag distillation. Obtaining as a result the essential oils of orange. The steam generator operates with a drag steam flow steam 2.1 gram per second, pressure of 1.15 (atm.), and 97 °C of the temperature, parameters what permitted the sizing of the drag chamber for one treated 3kg of material raw. The construction of this experimental equipment contributed to the study of drag steam distillation, taking into account parameters, variables and techniques that aid improved the efficiency of the process.

Palabras llave : Essential oils; vapor pressures; separation processes with mass transfer; stripping steam.