Gestión y diagnóstico de eficiencia productiva en una biorrefinería de aceites obtenidos por extracción con fluidos supercríticos de semillas de uva y lúcuma

Fredy Vicente Huayta Socantaype; Luis Enrique Napan Tacca

doi:10.17268/agroind.sci.2026.02.03

Authors

Fredy Vicente Huayta Socantaype Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3732-731X
Luis Enrique Napan Tacca Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7423-7516

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17268/agroind.sci.2026.02.03

Keywords:

Supercritical extraction, process simulation, Life Cycle (LCI), process sustainability, circular economy

Abstract

This This paper presents a comprehensive diagnosis of an industrial biorefinery dedicated to obtaining oils from grape and lucuma seeds, using supercritical carbon dioxide (SCD) as a green solvent. The analysis was carried out using a simulation model in SuperPro Designer, which allowed three essential aspects to be examined: operational performance, mass efficiency, and the environmental impact of the process. The results showed an overall efficiency of 1.73%, affected by limitations in the drying (TDR-102) and shelling (SR-101) stages, which reduce production capacity to 12.7% of the theoretical potential. The water footprint was 103 kg of water per kilogram of oil, and the waste index reached 0.03 kg/kg of raw material, indicating the need to improve resource management. The model allowed for the proposal of optimization measures focused on process intensification, raw material standardization, and dynamic control with artificial intelligence support. Overall, the results show that process simulation combined with sustainability indicators can guide the development of biorefineries under a circular economy approach.

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