KINETIC MODELING OF SUGARCANE JUICE CLARIFICATION BY OZONATION IN BATCH REACTOR WITH OZONE SATURATION CONTROL

This work presents the mathematical modeling of clarification kinetics of the sugarcane juice by ozonation in batch reactor considering the reaction occurs homogeneously and ozone saturation in the juice is guaranteed. The sugarcane juice color was considered proportional to the light absorbance at wavelength λ = 420 ηm, according to the International Unit specified by ICUMSA - International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis. The model equation coefficients were obtained numerically, using the MATLABâ® software, based on the experimental absorbance as a function of time, obtained for three different temperatures of the juice. The obtained results were so much satisfactory and led to the conclusion that mathematical model represents well the kinetics of clarification in the proposed conditions.