Production Of Gelatin From Animal Byproducts

Solomon, Tewodros; Shita, Senait; Aytenew, Tilahun

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dc.contributor.author	Solomon, Tewodros
dc.contributor.author	Shita, Senait
dc.contributor.author	Aytenew, Tilahun
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-12T10:08:47Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-12T10:08:47Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11112
dc.description.abstract	Gelatin is derived from animal by-products through partial hydrolysis of collagen. It is applicable to food, pharmaceutical, and some other industries. Our reason behind the idea of producing gelatin is the fact that gelatin is difficult to be easily accessed to many industries found in our country due to its price (on average $6.67 per kg in the international market). In our work, type-A gelatin was produced to be used as food additive. The process consists of raw material collection, inspection, size reduction, pretreatment, and characterization. Some of the characterized parameters include moisture, protein and nitrogen content, viscosity, pH, iron, zinc etc. Their average results are 10.862%, 96.37%, 15.103%, 35.34 mps, 5.55, 3.604 ppm and 1.72 ppm respectively. Except for the amount of gelatin produced, the other quality parameters are independent of extraction time and temperature unless there are experimental errors. For the plant design part, we assumed 1000 kg/h of raw material feed to the units, clearly calculated the material and energy balance in detail, and equipment sizing with proper elaboration. The plant feasibility study resulted in net profit of 150,717 USD, Rate of Return value of 17.568 % and a payback period of 5.69 years.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Chemical and Food Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Production Of Gelatin From Animal Byproducts	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US