CHITOSAN (FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL GRADE)
[EIRI/EDPR/1670](J.C.488)
INTRODUCTION
Chitin is a white, hard, inelastic, nitrogenous, polysaccharide found in the outer skeleton of insects, crabs, shrimps and lobsters and in the internal structures of invertebrates. It is the second most abundant organic compound next to cellulose. It is a macro molecular linear polymer of_ (1-4) N acetyl D glucosamine and is insoluble in water and many organic solvents. Chitin itself has only a few applications; it acts more as a precursor of Chitosan, its most familiar derivative.
Chitosan is deacetylated chitin and is polymer of _(1-4) acetyl - D glucosamine. It has multifarious uses in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical industries. It is even considered as a wonder drug of the twenty-first century due to its versatile utility.
Chitin is a chemical compound belongs to glucosamine polysaccharide group categories. It contains about 7% nitrogen, and is structurally similar to cellulose.
It is the principal constituent of the shells of prawn fish, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, beetles and other sea fishes. It is also found in some fungi, algal, and yeasts.
Wayback in 1811 it was discovered by a french botanist that the fibrous material in the shell of prawn is chitin which is a polymer of N-Acetyl glucosamine. But it was only in 1974 that the CIFT came out with a simple technology for extraction of chitin from prawn shell waste and its conversion to chitosan.
Food Grade Chitosan
Fish is a valuable and easily accessible source of food, rich in proteins. India has abundant marine and inland fish resources. It has a coast-line c. 4,667 km. long and a continental shelf 2,59,000 sq. km. or more in area, offering considerable scope for the establishment of fisheries. The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea abound in fishing grounds; gulfs and bays all along the coast and a large number of islands with their mangrove swamps and coral reefs, are rich sources of marine fish.
Tidal estuarine waters in the mouths of large and perennial rivers, large brackish water lakes, backwaters, lagoons and swamps scattered along the entire coast-line, afford lucrative esuarine fisheries. Vast stretches of fresh water consisting of rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, tanks, ponds and paddy fields offer scope for inland fisheries. The principal rivers of India, including their main tributaries, have a total length of c. 27,360 km. and the length of canals and irrigation chnnels is c. 1,12,650 km. When added to other freshwater resources, the total surface wuld run to several million acres of which not more than a million acres are under fish culture. Most of these freshwater resources, though culturable, are at present lying fallow.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 250 Kg./Day
Land & Building (2000 sq.mt.) Rs. 2.77 Cr
Plant & Machinery Rs. 1.06 Cr
Working Capital for 1 Months Rs. 19.72 Lac
Total Capital Investment Rs. 4.18 Cr
Rate of Return 36%
Break Even Point 48%
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PROPERTIES & CHARACTERISTICS
USES AND APPLICATIONS
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL USES
CHITIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS
B. I. S. SPECIFICATION
MARKET SURVEY
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS
FOREIGN PRODUCERS OF CHITOSAN
RAW MATERIALS
CHITIN CONTENTS OF SOME ORGANISMS
STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE
CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE SERIES
PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDES
BIOACTIVITY REACTION OF CHITOSAN AND CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE
CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE
USES AND APPLICATION OF CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE
GRADES OF CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE
OLIGOSACCHARIDES AS NATURAL FOOD PRESERVATIVES
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
PROCESS FLOWSHEET FOR MANUFACTURING OF CHITIN FROM PRAWN FISH SHELL WASTES
CHITOSAN MANUFACTURING FROM CHITIN
THE PROCESS
PROCESS FLOW SHEET DIAGRAM
DETAILED PROCESS (STEP BY STEP)
PRODUCTION PROCESS AND SYNTHESIS OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM FOR CHITOSAN AND CHITOSAN OLIGOMERS (CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE)
DEPROTEINIZATION OF CHITIN FROM SHRIMP HEAD WASTE
PRODUCTION METHOD OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN FROM SHRIMP SHELL IN BATCH CULTURE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
PLANT LAYOUT
APPENDIX – A:
01. PLANT ECONOMICS
02. LAND & BUILDING
03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05. FIXED CAPITAL
06. RAW MATERIAL
07. SALARY AND WAGES
08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11. COST OF PRODUCTION
12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
13. BREAK EVEN POINT
14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
