The present paper describes preliminary results on the development of a batch lab-scale co-extrusion device for the production of alginate beads as carrier for hydrophilic compounds. A dual jet of liquid core (aqueous solution of glucose or vitamin B-12 or olive oil) and liquid shell material (aqueous solution of alginates differing for guluronic to mannuronic ratio) was pumped through concentric extrusion nozzles and droplets were formed by means of a rotating fluid jet cutter. The shell of the bead was then hardened in the hardening bath containing a calcium chloride solution. Optimization of the co-extrusion plant accounts for the management of the operative conditions within the hardening unit (incubation time, molarity of the gelling agent), and for the control of the surface-tension-driven breakup of laminar jets which was managed by varying the jet cutter - hardening unit distance. Beads enriched in vitamin B-12, that were formed according to the best plant set-up, were tested for the bioactive release when stressed under thermal conditions simulating typical dairy products processes.
Preliminary study on microbeads production by co-extrusion technology / L. Piazza, T. Roversi. - In: PROCEDIA FOOD SCIENCE. - ISSN 2211-601X. - 1:(2011), pp. 1374-1380. ((Intervento presentato al 11. convegno International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF11) tenutosi a Athens nel 2011 [10.1016/j.profoo.2011.09.204].
Preliminary study on microbeads production by co-extrusion technology
L. Piazza
;T. RoversiUltimo
2011
Abstract
The present paper describes preliminary results on the development of a batch lab-scale co-extrusion device for the production of alginate beads as carrier for hydrophilic compounds. A dual jet of liquid core (aqueous solution of glucose or vitamin B-12 or olive oil) and liquid shell material (aqueous solution of alginates differing for guluronic to mannuronic ratio) was pumped through concentric extrusion nozzles and droplets were formed by means of a rotating fluid jet cutter. The shell of the bead was then hardened in the hardening bath containing a calcium chloride solution. Optimization of the co-extrusion plant accounts for the management of the operative conditions within the hardening unit (incubation time, molarity of the gelling agent), and for the control of the surface-tension-driven breakup of laminar jets which was managed by varying the jet cutter - hardening unit distance. Beads enriched in vitamin B-12, that were formed according to the best plant set-up, were tested for the bioactive release when stressed under thermal conditions simulating typical dairy products processes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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