Sustainable low-alcohol beer production by combination of membrane osmotic distillation and pervaporation

Esteras-Saz, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Maach, Amina ; De la Iglesia, Óscar ; Fumanal, Antonio J. ; Kumakiri, Izumi ; Téllez, Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Coronas, Joaquín (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Membrane osmotic distillation (OD) is applied in this work for the partial dealcoholization of beer (5.2 v/v% alcohol content) to diminish its ethanol content by around 50% giving rise to a low alcohol beer. A compromise is sought between the low alcoholic degree achieved and beer sensory properties. Moreover, the feasibility of the membrane OD process intensification is studied thanks to its combination with membrane pervaporation (PV). Two successive PV stages, one hydrophobic and the other hydrophilic, allow the production of recycled water (with less than 0.5 wt% ethanol) for the membrane OD operation and bioethanol (99% ethanol) as valuable byproduct.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1002/mame.202400079

Año: 2024

Publicado en: MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING 309, 10 (2024), 2400079 [10 pp.]
ISSN: 1438-7492

Factor impacto JCR: 4.6 (2024)

Categ. JCR: POLYMER SCIENCE rank: 25 / 94 = 0.266 (2024) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 159 / 460 = 0.346 (2024) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.885 - Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Polymers and Plastics (Q1) - Organic Chemistry (Q1) - Materials Chemistry (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T68-23R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RTC-2017-6360

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Química (Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb.)