Teses em Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Amazônia (Doutorado) - PRODERNA/ITEC
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O Doutorado Acadêmico inicou-se em 2006 e pertence ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Amazônia (PRODERNA) do Instituto de Tecnologia da UFPA (ITEC) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA).
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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Adsorção de ciprofloxacino e norfloxacino em solução aquosa por carvão ativado produzido a partir da casca do cupuaçu (theobroma grandiflorum)(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-09-19) NASCIMENTO, Rafael Alves do; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-9998The extensive use of antibiotics has caused several negative consequences for the environment and human health. Fluoroquinolones (FQs), present in the aquatic environment, are of particular concern. This study investigated the removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP) and norfloxacin (NOR) from aqueous solutions using activated carbon derived from cupuaçu bark (CAC), an unconventional and low-cost adsorbent. The CAC was characterized physicochemically and the adsorption experiments followed the Box-Behnken design, evaluating the effects of contact time, adsorbate concentration and adsorbent dosage on the removal and adsorption capacity of CIP and NOR. The optimal conditions of the adsorption process were determined by the desirability function, and under these conditions the kinetic, isothermal and thermodynamic adsorption experiments were carried out. CAC showed a similar yield (50.22%) to other activated carbons with H3PO4, low humidity (4.81%) and ash (4.27%). Acidic functional groups were identified in CAC in greater quantities (3.982 mg Eq/g) than basic ones (0.092 mg Eq/g), and the pHPcz was found to be 3.85. A high surface area was quantified (1335.66 m²/g), with an average pore volume and diameter of 0.753 cm³/g and 2.206 nm, respectively. Due to the zwitterionic characteristics of CIP and NOR, adsorption was more efficient at pH 5.0. In this condition, the CAC assumes a basic character and as the CIP and NOR molecules are predominantly in their cationic forms, the electrostatic interaction is facilitated. The optimal conditions for CIP adsorption were: time of 266.40 min, concentration of 192 mg/L and dosage of 0.57 g/L; for NOR, 273.60 min, 186 mg/L and 0.55 g/L. The pseudo-second order (PSO) model and the external mass transfer resistance (EMTR) model best fitted the experimental data, indicating that external mass diffusion was the controlling step of adsorption. The Langmuir model indicated that adsorption occurred in a monolayer, with CIP adsorption capacities of 6.02 mg/g and NOR of 5.70 mg/g. Thermodynamic analysis revealed that the adsorption of CIP and NOR on CAC predominantly involves physisorption. The suggested mechanism for the adsorption of CIP and NOR on CAC may involve electrostatic forces, π-π interactions and hydrogen bonds. CAC regeneration was more effective with NaOH, but after two cycles of use, the percentage of CIP and NOR removal decreased to less than 50%. Thus, CAC proved to be an effective and low-cost adsorbent for the removal of CIP and NOR, also contributing to the reuse of cupuaçu biomass.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Análise experimental do processo de extração do óleo essencial de Puxuri [Licaria puchury-major (Mart.), Kosterm., Lauraceae] por arraste com vapor(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-04-30) MAFRA, Eduardo de Souza; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173Analyse experimentally the extraction process of the essential oil of seeds and aerial parts of puxuri for drag with steam. The puxuri, [Licaria puchury-major (Mart.)] Kosterm., Lauraceae], is a species of the Amazon forest with great potential for the Bioproducts Industry (pharmaceu-ticals, cosmetics, food and natural pesticide) due to the presence of safrole in its essential oil. This work is an anatomical study and physical and chemical characterization of plant parts used for oil extraction. Studying the kinetics of drying of seeds, thin branches and leaves of puxuri and quantifies the influence of convective drying in fixed bed in safrole content and moisture content. Through statistically designed experiments, identify levels of process variables: mois-ture content, particle size and extraction time of samples of seed of puxuri, that optimize both answers the responses: in essential oil yield and content of safrole, its major component, within the experimental domain adopted and 90% confidence (α = 0.10) in the extraction process of the essential oil by steam drag. Chemically analyzed the essential oil of puxuri by GC-MS and iden-tifies the chemical composition in terms of their senior constituents. Using the gravimetric ap-proximation method static with concentrated solutions, desorption isotherms are obtained for puxuri seeds powder, in temperatures 15, 25 and 35ºC. The experimental data hygroscopic equi-librium, fits very well the GAB model, being estimated the heats of sorption liquid and inte-grals, in addition to the equilibrium moisture content in monolayer and other constants in the equation. Noted low toxicity of essential oil of puxuri and the solid residue of extraction can be used as material for the production of saponifiable transparent soaps to cold.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Avaliação da qualidade de sementes Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp após processo de secagem em leito de jorro(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-03) CORUMBÁ, Lorena Gomes; COSTA, Cristiane Marial Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173The variety of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.), known as manteiguinha beans, is native from Amazon region, the cultivation is mainly done by small producers dominated by family farms. The physiological quality of manteiguinha bean seeds, in concern to the germination and emergence rate index are directly connected to the moisture content of the seeds. Therefore, are required studies to evalute the behavior of seeds such as beans their potential hygroscopic and drying conditions. In intention for contribute to improvements in agricultural productivity cowpea, the main objective of this study was to qualitative evaluate of manteiguinha beans seeds behind drying process in conventional spouted bed. In this context, it was first defined the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of fresh seed according to obtain their moisture sorption isotherms at temperatures of 40, 55 and 70 °C. The thermodynamic parameters of sorption, as isosteric heat, and entropy change in Gibbs free energy were evaluated from the GAB model and through Clausius-Clapeyron and Gibbs-Helmholtz relations. The compensation theory enthalpy-entropy was properly applied to the isotherms indicating that the moisture sorption phenomenon in manteiguinha bean seeds is controlled by enthalpy. To carry on the drying process were defined operating conditions of the spouted bed trhough fluidodynamics parameters analysis (maximum pressure drop, pressure drop in stable spout, pressure drop in the minimum spouting and the minimum spouting velocity). In carry out of the drying tests were applied to experimental design technique Box-Behnken and through statistical analysis of the experimental data was possible to evaluate the influence of input variables: air temperature (Tar), air velocity (Uar) and time drying (t) on the responses, moisture ratio (XR), germination percentage (G) and emergence speed index (ESI). The optimal point of the drying process, estimated by global desirability function obtained when the bed particles operated at temperature and drying air rate of 57 °C and 0.934 m / s, respectively, for a period of 240 minutes. These conditions are obtained seeds with final humidity 0,12 kg water/ kg dry solid, germination of 82.53% and 14.73 and emergence speed index.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Extração, estabilidade, reologia e higroscopicidade do corante de pitaya (Hylocereus costaricencis)(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-03-04) SOUSA, Erika Milene Pinto de; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173With the advancement of new technologies the natural dyes market is expanding with the purpose to replace the artificial dyes, harmful to health. Natural dyes from fruit, give the product a more natural appearance, opposed what occur with synthetic tones. In this context, perform out extraction of dragon fruit dye contained in the fruit pulp, by immersion in distilled water, then makes up the physical and physico-chemical characterization of pulp, the study of the stability at light and temperature of concentration from betacyanin and dye color, quantifying the betacyanin content by UV spectrophotometry and color by colorimetric tristimulus using the CIE L * a * b *. Also evaluates up the rheological behavior of pulp pitaya diluted in distilled water at a ratio of 1: 1 by means of mathematical models with the support of ReoWin and Statistica 7.0 program. Finally, the study it’s made a hygroscopicity study obtained by freeze-drying at different concentrations maltodextrin, also analyzing the pure dye by verifying through of sorption curves optimal storage conditions for dragon fruit dye.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Produção de biodiesel a partir do processamento das oleaginosas amazônicas compadre-do-azeite (Plukenethia polyadenia) e comadre-do-azeite (Onphalea diandra)(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-06) FURTADO, Matheus Braga; MACÊDO, Emanuel Negrão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8718370108324505; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173Analyse experimentally the production of biodiesel from oilseeds processing compadre of Amazonian oil (plukenethia polyadenia) and Ruth-of-oil (Aubrey onphalea), as a potentially viable alternative to compose the energy matrix. Since the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the world energy matrix has always been based on fossil fuels. With the scarcity of such fuels, the rise of prices caused with the constant conflicts in major producing regions, has become the research into renewable sources increasingly attractive. The study of new sources of vegetable oils as alternative energy is important for the Country, particularly for the Amazon; enabling structure of oilseeds production chains in the region, generating employment in the field, distributional effects on regional economy and a vector of sustainable development in the Amazon, no aggression to the environment. The purpose of this work is to study two species of the family euphorbiaceae, lianas and polyadenia Onphalea Plukenethia diandra, better known as compadre of the olive oil and the olive oil Cummer respectively, oil-producing; extract and characterize them, suggesting possible applications and using them for the production of biodiesel through Transesterification using methyl potassium hydroxide as a catalyst, in the case the process based on statistical tests planned. The influence of input variables: oil/alcohol concentration, temperature and concentration of catalyst on biodiesel yield response by response surface methodology (RSM) employing the Box-Behenken planning. The aim is thus to add value to a tailing kaolin processing industry, using zeolites produced this material as a catalyst to KOH, comparing the efficiencies of the two treatments. The Box-planning Benhken proved efficient to optimize the homogeneous catalysis of the biodieseis, concluding that the concentration of the catalyst was the variable controlling the production process of biodieseis, and the increase of its concentration cause negative and undesirable influence the yield of the product.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Recobrimento de sementes de linhaça (Linum usitatissimum L.) com suspensão biopolimérica em leito de jorro(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12-14) SANTANA, Elza Brandão; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796It was studied application of starch in natura come from manioc starch (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in obtaining a biopolymer suspension in the coating of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.), using as coating equipment a conventional spouted bed. We analyzed the physical and chemical characteristics of cassava starch and seeds, as well as the physiological characteristics of the seeds in natura and covered. Tests were carried out to obtain the biopolymer suspension including preliminary immersion coating tests, to evaluate the acceptance of the seed structure by the polymer matrix, based on physical data (angle of repose). For the execution of the coating process, tests were performed to define the coating operation, which included adjustments in the operating system from the study of fluid dynamics to the pumping of the suspension to make it possible to define the conditions of operation of the spouted bed. Fluid dynamics curves were constructed with different charges and atomization pressures, obtaining the fluid dynamic parameters ΔPM, ΔPje, ΔPmj and Umj. From the fluid dynamics results, the operating conditions were determined for a load of 1000 g of seeds, spray pressure of 5 psi, distance of the spray nozzle of 14 cm above the fixed seed bed and air velocity in the range of 1,9 to 1,29Umj. To analyze the coating process used an experimental design type PCCR considering the input variables, air temperature (Tar) and flow rate of the suspension (Qs), and efficiency responses (η), growt of the particle (δ), loss grip (Pad), process evaporation rate (Ėp), germination (G) and germination speed index (GSI). To estimate an optimal point of this operation was applied to define desirability function, wherein the generated optimum for the overall desirability was 0.9630 with the seed bed operating at 51 °C and 12 mL/min, respectively. The obtained results show that the coating process was efficient in relation to the values obtained for the responses and also to maintain the physiological qualities of the seeds. In addition, to open precedents for application in foods since the seeds covered had water activity of 0,34, in front of an initial activity of 0,62 for the seeds in natura.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Secagem de açaí branco por liofilização e em leito de jorro: influência da concentração e de diferentes agentes carreadores nas características físicas, químicas, bioativas e colorimétricas do pó obtido(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-04-05) BARROS, Hellen Carvalho; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796; FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428609361678173; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-9998The objective of this study was to analyze how the use of four different carrier agents (modified starch, gum arabic, maltodextrin and hydrolyzed collagen) and different concentrations (10, 20 and 30%) influence the white açaí powder produced by lyophilization and in a bed of gush. Yield, moisture, total polyphenols, antioxidant activity, hygroscopicity, solubility, fluidity, color, chemical structure, and morphology were the responses evaluated. In freeze-drying, the yield of the process (≥ 75.40%) and the moisture content of white açaí powder (≤ 4.93 g 100 g- 1) did not differ statistically (p ≤ 0.05), regardless of the agent carrier used. In spouted bed drying, the addition of modified starch or hydrolyzed collagen promoted higher process yield (≥ 42.70%). However, the white açaí produced with hydrolyzed collagen was the only one that had a moisture content ≥ 6.00 g 100 g-1. In both drying processes, powders produced with modified starch were less soluble (≤ 48.96%), despite low hygroscopicity (≤ 13.73 g 100 g-1). Samples produced with maltodextrin or gum arabic showed higher levels of total polyphenols (≥ 8.52 mg EAG g-1) and antioxidant activity (≥ 42.75 μmol ET g-1). In addition, they were more soluble (≥ 94.36%), fluid (11 to 15% according to the carr index), and better preserved the original color of the pulp to the detriment of other formulations. The chemical structure of white açaí powders obtained with different carrier agents was like that of the pulp, indicating efficient encapsulation of bioactive compounds and good preservation of functional groups present in the original raw material, even after drying processes.