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Article

Separation of D-Limonene and Other Oxygenated Compounds from Orange Essential Oil by Molecular Distillation and Fractional Distillation with a Wiped Film Evaporator

by
Jorge Alberto García-Fajardo
1,
David Antonio Flores-Méndez
2,*,
Ángela Suárez-Jacobo
3,
Lilia Guadalupe Torres-Martínez
1,
Miriam Granados-Vallejo
3,
Rosa Isela Corona-González
4,
Guadalupe María Guatemala-Morales
3 and
Enrique Arriola-Guevara
4,*
1
Subsede Noreste, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Vía de la Innovación 404, Parque PIIT, Apodaca 66628, Mexico
2
Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico en Celaya, Antonio García Cubas #600, Esq. Av. Tecnológico, Celaya 38010, Mexico
3
Tecnología Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Normalistas 800, Guadalajara 44270, Mexico
4
Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI−Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. Marcelino García Barragán #1421, Esq. Calzada Olímpica, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico
*
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Processes 2023, 11(4), 991; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11040991
Submission received: 14 February 2023 / Revised: 10 March 2023 / Accepted: 20 March 2023 / Published: 24 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Separation Processes)
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Abstract

Orange essential oil (OEO) is mainly composed of D-Limonene and other oxygenated compounds that contribute to the orange flavor and aroma. However, D-Limonene is unstable in the presence of heat, light, and water, affecting the quality of the OEO. Therefore, the objective of this study was to fractionate OEO by distillation, both molecular and fractionated (hybrid), producing a D-Limonene-rich fraction. The OEO was characterized by physicochemical tests and gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The fractionation of the OEO was carried out by molecular distillation and fractional distillation following, in both cases, a factorial design (23) with central points, considering the D-Limonene percentage in the distillate and the residue as a response variable. According to the physicochemical characterization, the predominant optical isomer was dextrorotatory, where D-Limonene is the main component of OEO (92.584%). For molecular distillation, the D-Limonene content was reduced to 47.964% in the residue or deterpenated fraction, while for fractional distillation, it was 86.779%. For this study, molecular distillation was considered a non-thermal process (use of low temperatures) that promoted the efficient recovery of oxygenated compounds. In contrast, fractional distillation favored the recovery of D-Limonene in the light fraction.
Keywords: orange essential oil; molecular distillation; fractional distillation; D-Limonene orange essential oil; molecular distillation; fractional distillation; D-Limonene
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García-Fajardo, J.A.; Flores-Méndez, D.A.; Suárez-Jacobo, Á.; Torres-Martínez, L.G.; Granados-Vallejo, M.; Corona-González, R.I.; Guatemala-Morales, G.M.; Arriola-Guevara, E. Separation of D-Limonene and Other Oxygenated Compounds from Orange Essential Oil by Molecular Distillation and Fractional Distillation with a Wiped Film Evaporator. Processes 2023, 11, 991. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11040991

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García-Fajardo JA, Flores-Méndez DA, Suárez-Jacobo Á, Torres-Martínez LG, Granados-Vallejo M, Corona-González RI, Guatemala-Morales GM, Arriola-Guevara E. Separation of D-Limonene and Other Oxygenated Compounds from Orange Essential Oil by Molecular Distillation and Fractional Distillation with a Wiped Film Evaporator. Processes. 2023; 11(4):991. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11040991

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García-Fajardo, Jorge Alberto, David Antonio Flores-Méndez, Ángela Suárez-Jacobo, Lilia Guadalupe Torres-Martínez, Miriam Granados-Vallejo, Rosa Isela Corona-González, Guadalupe María Guatemala-Morales, and Enrique Arriola-Guevara. 2023. "Separation of D-Limonene and Other Oxygenated Compounds from Orange Essential Oil by Molecular Distillation and Fractional Distillation with a Wiped Film Evaporator" Processes 11, no. 4: 991. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11040991

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García-Fajardo, J. A., Flores-Méndez, D. A., Suárez-Jacobo, Á., Torres-Martínez, L. G., Granados-Vallejo, M., Corona-González, R. I., Guatemala-Morales, G. M., & Arriola-Guevara, E. (2023). Separation of D-Limonene and Other Oxygenated Compounds from Orange Essential Oil by Molecular Distillation and Fractional Distillation with a Wiped Film Evaporator. Processes, 11(4), 991. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11040991

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