Mogroside Extraction with Peeling and Centrifugal Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for preparing mogroside involve crushing mechanisms that mix fructus momordicae shells with pulp, leading to non-targeted extraction and affecting the taste of sweet glycosides, and often crush seeds, which are not intended for extraction.
Innovation Solution
A processing device with a peeling assembly to separate shells from pulp, followed by a centrifugal separation assembly to extract juice using a solvent, ensuring targeted extraction and minimizing seed damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a crushing mechanism is used to carry out overall crushing of fructus momordicae, then the extraction process can be simplified, but the shell and pulp are mixed making extraction not targeted and seeds are damaged affecting taste
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the fructus momordicae into separate components (shell and pulp) through peeling before extraction. The peeling assembly separates the shell from the pulp, allowing targeted extraction of mogroside from the pulp without contamination from shell components, thus improving extraction precision while maintaining processability
2Extent of automation
If a crushing mechanism is used to process fructus momordicae, then processing can be automated, but seeds are crushed greatly affecting the taste of sweet glycosides
Solution Approach 1:
The invention performs peeling of the fructus momordicae before any crushing or extraction operations. By removing the shell and separating it from the pulp in advance, the subsequent processing steps can automatically handle only the pulp, preventing seed damage while maintaining automation capability through the automated peeling and separation systems
3Adaptability or versatility
If shell is included in crushing mechanism, then all components are processed together, but different components of crushed body make extraction not targeted
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and removes the shell component from the fructus momordicae before the extraction process. The peeling assembly selectively removes the shell, leaving only the pulp for subsequent extraction. This separation ensures that the extraction process targets only the relevant components (pulp containing mogroside) rather than processing all components together, thereby improving extraction precision
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The method and device enhance the targeted extraction of mogroside by separating shells from pulp, improving the taste of sweet glycosides and reducing seed damage, with efficient solvent extraction and separation of juice from pulp.
Implementation Method 1
the disc is driven to rotate at a high speed to separate the juice from the pulp
Implementation Method 2
a solvent is used to extract a juice from it
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses a preparation method of mogroside and a processing device therefor, which relates to the technical field of sweet glycoside preparation. The device includes a collection cabin, a collection pipe, a peeling assembly and a centrifugal separation assembly, wherein the collection cabin is provided with the peeling assembly, the peeling assembly can peel a fresh fructus momordicae, and a peeled pulp enters the collection cabin so that the collection cabin can transport the pulp to the centrifugal separation assembly; the centrifugal separation assembly includes a separation cabin, a disc, a centrifugal cylinder and a filter pipe, wherein the disc is rotatably arranged in the separation cabin, a plurality of the centrifugal cylinders distributed in a circle are fixed at intervals on an outer peripheral side of the disc, the separation cabin being further provided with a liquid injection head corresponding to the centrifugal cylinder.