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Análise experimental do comportamento fluidodinâmico e da secagem de sementes de linhaça (Linum usitatissimum L.) em leito de jorro
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-09-30) SANTANA, Elza Brandão; PINTO, Cláudio Roberto Orofino; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4833991906165550; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796
Flaxseed is the seed of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum L.) is polymorphic native flax, and is considered one of the six plants currently recognized by the National Cancer Institute of the United States (U.S. National Cancer Institute - NCI) for their properties specific anti-cancer. Part of this recognition should be the remarkable characteristic of being the richest source of lignin precursors (vegetable steroid action analogous to the mammalian estrogen) in the human diet. The variety used in this work was the "Linseed" brown and objective of this study was to analyze the fluid-dynamics of spouted bed. The fluid-dynamics was defined by the measurements of the bed pressure drop as a function of the flow rate for different seeds loads, so getting information to determine parameters related to the process, such as: minimum spouting velocity, maximum pressure drop, stable spout pressure drop and minimum spouted pressure drop. These values were compared with the values obtained by empirical equations found in the literature. It was also studied the drying of raw material, through a full factorial design 22 with com three central point and the statistical analysis of the results were realized and the effects of independent variables spouting air temperature (Tg) and time (t) on the responses humidity ratio (Xr, adim.), germination (G, %) and germination speed index (GSI, t-1) were evaluated. The optimal operational point was determined as function of the entrance variables applying the concept of global desirability. The kinetics of drying was performed at temperatures of 45, 55 and 65 °C, and the Midilli et al. model showed the best fitting to the experimental data. For the fluid-dynamic parameters showed that the correlation of Gorshtein and Mukhlenov (1965) showed the lowest deviations for minimum spouted pressure drop and pressure drop in the steady spouted, Abdelrazek (1969) showed the smallest deviation to the minimum spouting velocity and Pallai and Németh (1969) described adequately the maximum pressure drop. It was observed that the mass of seeds processed and air-spouted temperature exerted a significant influence on fluid-dynamic. Based on the statistical analysis of experimental noticed that all variable Tg e t are statistically significant for the responses: humidity ratio, germination and germination speed index, proposing models representative of these parameters with the presence of curvature, obtaining the coefficient of determination (R2) greater than 99 %.
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Avaliação das condições de secagem no rendimento e na qualidade do óleo de linhaça (Linum usitatissimum L.)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-06-20) VALENTE, Maria da Conceição da Costa; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796; SOUZA, Célio Augusto Gomes de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0800747860976046
From Asian origin flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) and belongs to the linaceae family and it is obtained from flax. It is considered a functional food, because it contains substances that may prevent diseases such as degenerative and cardiovascular diseases. Flaxseeds are still a major lignans source, that are photochemical compounds similar estrogen, which it may performs cancer-preventative. In addition to being one of the richest sources of α-linolenic acid oil and soluble fibre. The drying is a unit operation, in general, usually means removal of relatively small amounts of water from material by evaporation or by sublimation, applying heat under control conditions. Aiming to analyze the behavior of flax seeds during the drying operation, this study aimed to perform the experimental design and statistically analyze the results used to quantify the influence of air temperature (T), drying time (t) fluidization air velocity (Uf) and solids loading (Cs) on the humidity ratio (Xr), oil yield (Rend.) and the parameters oleochemicals. The estimate of the optimal point of operation was determined according to the input variables by applying the concept of global desirability. Among the conditions set out in this work, the optimal value of the function you want and when T is shifted to high level (72 oC), Uf is shifted to high level (0,83 m/s), t you for the minimum (3h ) and Cs for the secondary level (500 g), thus obtaining: 0.126 to Xr, 36,92 % for Rend.; 4.51 mg KOH/g for IA, 22,52meq O2/g IP and 0,31% for DC. We obtained the sorption isotherms of flaxseed at temperatures 40, 60 and 80 °C. Six mathematical models were applied to analyze the experimental data. The enthalpy and differential entropy were determined by appying Clausius-Clapeyron and Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, respectively. Peleg model and GAB model showed the best fit to experimental data. The enthalpy-entropy compensation theory was applied to the isotherms, indicating that they are enthalpy - controlled. The flaxseed Drying were evaluated in a fixed and fluidized bed dryer, the experimental runs were done at temperatures 40, 60 and 80 °C. Five mathematical models were evaluated and the Midilli et al. model was found to be the best model for describing the flaxseeds drying behavior. It was observed that the effective diffusivity for the flaxseeds increased with increasing drying air temperature. The diffusivity dependence by temperature was described by the Arrhenius equation. It was estimated the activation energy.
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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/0581730621014796
It 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.