Diseño mecánico de una planta de extracción de co2 supercrítico para la obtención de fitocannabionoides a partir de biomasa de cannabis no psicoactivo.

Abstract

This project resolved the need to design the equipment for the extraction of supercritical fluids, in order to provide support to industries that choose to acquire this type of equipment abroad at very high costs. By means of the use of ASME codes and standards section VIII div 1 and div 2 used in Mechanical Engineering and used in this project, allowed the mechanical dimensioning of the extractor, collector and separator tanks. By means of CAD modeling, each tank was geometrically dimensioned taking into account the requirements of the production levels, and the resistance of each tank under operating conditions was also evaluated through simulation. At the end of the design and simulation of the extractor tanks, it was found that each one of them withstands the assigned design pressure with total safety, with the use of Super Duplex 2507 Stainless Steel and 316L steel that ensure the resistance and integrity of the tanks subjected to high pressures.