An Innovative Malaxer Equipped with SCADA Platform for Improving Extra Virgin Olive Oil Quality

Sensors

Giovanni Presti¹  Claudio De Pasquale²  Mariangela Vallone²  Pietro Catania²  Filippa Bono³  Giuseppe Aiello⁴ 

[1] Chemical Laboratory of Palermo, Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency, Via Crispi, 143, 90133 Palermo, Italy;Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy;Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze Ed. 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy;Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze Ed. 9, 90128 Palermo, Italy;

关键词: biophenols;    control;    monitoring;    malaxation;    oxygen;    volatile compounds;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s22062289

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Agriculture 4.0 is gaining more attention, and all companies are thinking about innovating machines to increase income and improve the quality of the final products. In the agro-food sector, there is space for innovation, as it is far behind the industrial sector. This paper reports an industrial-scale study on the application of an innovative system for the extraction of Sicilian EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) to improve both process management and the quality of the product. Based on previous studies, the authors suggested an innovative machine equipped with a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition system) for oxygen and process duration monitoring and control. The objective of the research was thus to discuss the development of a SCADA platform applied to the malaxer and the establishment of an optimized approach to control the main process parameters for obtaining high-quality EVOO. The SCADA system application in the EVOO extraction process allowed a qualitative improvement of the Sicilian EVOO of Nocellara del Belice and Cerasuola cultivars. The use of the innovative system made it possible to increase the values of tocopherols (by about 25%) in Cerasuola cultivar and total phenol content (by about 30%) in Nocellara del Belice cultivar EVOOs.

【 授权许可】

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