Cavitation in water only, no matter whether hydrodynamic or acoustic, is a zero-waste circular economy process to convert industrial citrus processing waste into high-performance polysaccha- rides in high demand in a ...Cavitation in water only, no matter whether hydrodynamic or acoustic, is a zero-waste circular economy process to convert industrial citrus processing waste into high-performance polysaccha- rides in high demand in a single-step at room temperature and ambient pressure using a modest amount of electricity as the only energy input. Following previous reports in which we used hydrodynamic cavitation, we now use an industrial acoustic sonicator to demonstrate the gen- eral viability of cavitation to convert biowaste residue of the industrial squeezing of pigmented sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis ) into highly bioactive “IntegroPectin ”pectin and micronized cellu- lose “CytroCell ”. From biomedicine through advanced composite membranes, said biomaterials hold great applicative potential. We conclude discussing the economic and technical feasibility of industrial implementation of the “CytroCav ”process.展开更多
基金supported by European Union NextGen-erationEU(PNRR-Mission 4 Component 2-Investment 1.5(ECS00000022)-CUPB63C22000620005)within the SAMOTHRACE(Sicil-ian Micro and Nano TechnologyResearch and Innovation Center)Innovation EcosystemMinistero dell’Universitàe della Ricerca for funding,Progetto“FutuRaw”,Le materie prime del futuro da fonti non-critiche,residuali e rinnovabili,Fondo Ordinario Enti di Ricerca 2022,CNR(CUP B53C23008390005).
文摘Cavitation in water only, no matter whether hydrodynamic or acoustic, is a zero-waste circular economy process to convert industrial citrus processing waste into high-performance polysaccha- rides in high demand in a single-step at room temperature and ambient pressure using a modest amount of electricity as the only energy input. Following previous reports in which we used hydrodynamic cavitation, we now use an industrial acoustic sonicator to demonstrate the gen- eral viability of cavitation to convert biowaste residue of the industrial squeezing of pigmented sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis ) into highly bioactive “IntegroPectin ”pectin and micronized cellu- lose “CytroCell ”. From biomedicine through advanced composite membranes, said biomaterials hold great applicative potential. We conclude discussing the economic and technical feasibility of industrial implementation of the “CytroCav ”process.
