Experimental strategy for the preparation of adsorbent materials from torrefied palm kernel shell oriented to CO capture.

In this study, an experimental strategy to obtain biochar and activated carbon from torrefied palm kernel shell as an efficient material for CO removal was evaluated. Biochar was obtained by slow pyrolysis of palm kernel shell at different temperatures (350 °C, 550 °C, and 700 °C) and previously torrefied palm kernel shell at different temperatures (220 °C, 250 °C, and 280 °C). Subsequently, activated carbons were prepared by physical activation with CO from previously obtained biochar samples.

Kinetic-conceptual model of the hydrolysis of bovine plasma proteins - ALCALASE® 2.9L: The role of inhibition by product.

In the present work, the inhibitory effect of the peptide fractions, obtained through enzymatic hydrolysis of bovine plasma was evaluated, on the enzyme used in the reaction (Alcalase 2.4 L). In this sense, Ultra-filtered peptide fractions of different molecular sizes (A: Fraction>10; B: Fraction 10-3 kDa; and C: Fraction <3 kDa), were used to verify the impact on the total hydrolysis rate.

Release of phenolic compounds from fermented cocoa powder during fast heating in a novel hot plate reactor.

This article studies the release of phenolic compounds during cocoa heating under vacuum, N, and air atmospheres, and proposes fast heating (60 °C • s) as a methodology that allows the release of polyphenols from fermented cocoa powder. We aim to demonstrate that gas phase transport is not the only mechanism to extract compounds of interest and that convective-type mechanisms can facilitate the process by reducing their degradation. The oxidation and transport phenomena were evaluated both in the extracted fluid and in the solid sample during the heating process.