Aspecto econômico de um processo de secagem de amêndoas de castanha do Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa) assistida a microondas

Authors

  • F. A. Silva UNICAMP
  • A. Marsaioli Jr UNICAMP

Keywords:

Castanha do Brasil, secagem, microondas

Abstract

O principal problema que ocorre no processamento da castanha do Brasil (Bertholletia
excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.) ´e durante a secagem da amˆendoa, pois esta etapa n˜ao oferece
garantias de qualidade quando as condi¸c˜oes de armazenamento e transporte dos produtos n˜ao
forem adequadas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o desempenho de um sistema piloto
de secagem assistido a microondas, combinado com aplica¸c˜ao de ar quente, na secagem de
amˆendoas de castanha do Brasil, buscando reduzir o tempo de secagem para obter um maior
rendimento industrial, quando comparado com os processos convencionais. Esta presquisa
tamb´em apresenta a elabora¸c˜ao de um estudo econˆomico preliminar visando `a estimativa
do custo final de produ¸c˜ao industrial da nova alternativa de secagem aqui proposta com
aplica¸c˜ao de microondas.

Author Biographies

F. A. Silva, UNICAMP

Laboratório de Microondas Aplicadas/DEA/FEA/UNICAMP

A. Marsaioli Jr, UNICAMP

Laboratório de Microondas Aplicadas/DEA/FEA/UNICAMP

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Published

05-12-2009

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2003)

Section

Artigos

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