Comparison of structured adsorbents for theadsorptive isolation of food ingredients from largestreams

We present guidelines for the configuration of industrial scale chromatographic separationof small molecules. We compared the performance of different axial packed beds, chan-neled monoliths and a continuous monolith assuming silica as base material. The calculatedmass transfer rates were used to calculate the height of a theoretical plate (HETP...

Process innovation in the sugar industry: Chromatographic sugar separation using SMB technology

The chromatographic separation of sugar from raw juice was identified as a promising alternative for the current juice purification. Simulated moving bed technology (SMB) was chosen as the most suitable technology on the basis of the purification, limited degree of dilution and increased sugar yield. An adsorbent was selected which binds sucrose...

Sorption and separation of sugars with adsorbents based on reversible chemical interaction

The goal of this work was to enchance the selectivity of the separation of fructose or glucose from carbohydrate mixtures with adsorbents capable of reversible reaction. The experimental data presented demonstrate the feasibility of separating glucose from trans-galacto-oligosaccharides and fructose from fructo-oligosaccharides using resins as...