ISHS Acta Horticulturae 476: International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as InnovativeTechnique in the Agri-Food Chain. MODEL-IT
MASS BALANCES TO OPTIMISE A CALCIUM-GLUCONATE PRODUCTION PLANT. |
| Authors: | R.A. Hamming, J.W. Huisman, H.F. Bartelds |
| Keywords: | mass balances, modelling, calcium-gluconate, pharmaceutical ingredients, starch, flowsheeting, Aspen+ |
| Abstract:
Glucona by manufactures ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry from starch. One of the starch derivatives that is produced is calcium-gluconate. Process engineers of Glucona were researching the possibility of optimising the calcium-gluconate production process by adjusting the centrifuge process, which is the bottleneck of the plant. Glucona has asked Vertis by to calculate the mass balances of the calcium-gluconate plant. Vertis has constructed a model of the plant using Aspen+. The model and the simulation results are discussed. The simulation results confirmed/founded the ideas of the process engineers: the calcium-gluconate production can be optimised by decreasing the washing period during the centrifuge process. | |
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