Extrasina ltda: extração e produção de compostos bioativos

Abstract

In the contemporary scenario, disorders such as anxiety, depression and cardiovascular diseases have become increasingly common. As an alternative, phytomedicines have been increasingly explored and used as a more assertive and less harmful method to the human body. This work focuses on the development of the industrial project of the company Extrasina LTDA, a medium-sized industry specialized in the extraction and production of bioactive compounds. Extrasina LTDA intends to extract, purify and sell its products to the pharmaceutical industry, supplying the compounds passiflora and hesperidin, which will be used in the production of phytomedicines. The company will be located in Conceição do JacuípeBA, a strategic location that aims to facilitate the receipt of raw materials, such as passion fruit and orange pomace, and the distribution of products nationally and internationally. The industry's proposal is to serve the national and international market and execute the production proposal in the most efficient way possible, with the greatest environmental safety and highest quality on the market, through innovative techniques and processes, in accordance with the current market. The methodology to be used for this purpose is Supercritical Extraction, which is very little explored on an industrial scale and which aims to use carbon dioxide and ethanol as solvent and co-solvent extractor, respectively. To meet these objectives, production will be approximately 3.3 tons of passionflower and 3.5 tons of hesperidin, annually, as main products. In addition, 5.8m³ of orange essential oils and 76.8m³ of passion fruit essential oils will be produced annually. The company is located in an industrial area of the municipality, with 28,000m², and will have 3,025m² of industrial warehouse, focused on the aforementioned production. Through the financial analysis of the project, an IRR of 26.65% (above the MARR of 12%) and a payback of 6 years were obtained. After considerations about the process, it was identified that carrying out energy integration is not interesting from an economic and production point of view, since only solid streams are subjected to temperature changes.