Study of fish oil bleaching using the sodium bentonite through a factorial design

Abstract

This work was a experimental design in order to optimize the process of bleaching of fish oil, using the sodium bentonite as adsorbent, from the influence of variables such as weight of sodium bentonite, the temperature process, thermal activation of sodium bentonite and time of agitation. It was then possible to fit a mathematical model with the influence of each variable in the process of bleaching of the oil. The response variable was the absorbance at 444 nm.

Keywords

• tilápia
• sodium bentonite
• adsorption
• purification