Green cosmetics via bio-oil

Authors

  • Laurens Cappoen Ghent University
  • Pieter Deconinck Ghent University
  • Kevin De Ras Ghent University
  • Delphine De Saegher Ghent University
  • Axel Vernimmen Ghent University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25609/sure.v3.2537

Keywords:

Oil deodorizer distillate, supercritical, esterification,

Abstract

The refining of crude vegetable oil results in an unused sidestream, the oil deodorizer distillate (ODD). This
distillate contains valuable ‘minors’, like squalene, tocopherols and sterols, which have applications in the
cosmetic, pharmaceutical and nutrition industry. Therefore, their successful separation from this sidestream increases the viability of a refinery. The separation is achieved by supercritical esterification and supercritical CO2 extraction. The objective of this study is to simulate the process with Aspen® and model the kinetics with AVS®. Different ODD are investigated with HT soybean giving the highest yield. Additionally, an economic analysis is performed to estimate the process profitability.

Additional Files

Published

2017-12-05

Issue

Vol. 3 (2017): Student Research Conference 2017

Section

Natural and Biomedical Sciences

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