Teses em Engenharia Química (Doutorado) - PPGEQ/UNICAMP
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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Análise experimental do processo de secagem de urucum (Bixa orellana L.) em leito fixo(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1998-12-18) FARIA, Lênio José Guerreiro de; ROCHA, Sandra Cristina dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3173533801776868The drying of annatto seeds (Bixa orellana L.), type Red Piave, was studied in a fixed bed dryer. The optimal conditions were obtained to minimize the bixin losses and to obtain the final moisture content of seeds in the adequate lovels for conservation and quality maintenance. The bixix and the final moisture contents were studied as a function of the operational variables of the drying process. The termodynamic behavior of the seeds during the process of moisture desorption was verified by the static gravimetric method, using saturated salt solutions to maintain atmospheres with relative humidities in the range from 7 to 75%, at temperatures between 15 and 80ºC. GAB medel was used to fit the experimental data and the three parameters of GAB equation were evaluated. The Clausisus-Clapeyron equations was applied to obtain the net isosteric heats of sorption, using the desorption isotherm¿s data. It was verified that the annatto seeds can be conserved with higher stability in atmospheres with relative humidity of 60% in the range of temperatures studied. The quantification of the influences of the inlet variables of the process in the final moisture and bixin contents of the seeds and the identification of the optimal point for the process was accomplished by techniques of fractional factorial design, response surface methodology, canonical analysis and desirability function. Its was verified that the final moisture content of the seeds can be estimated by a second order polynomial model as a function of the is temperature and mass flow rate and of the dryng time, and that final bixin content is significantly influenced only by the process time, being described appropriately by linear model.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Análise de um processo de recobrimento de comprimidos em um sistema vibro-jorrado bidimensional(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1997) SOUZA, Célio Augusto Gomes de; KIECKBUSCH, Theo Guenter; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8568010039715375An experimental set up for the study of tablets coating in a two-dimensional spouted bed that uses vibration of the perforated base to enhance the circulation of the particles was developed. An acrylic rectangular upper section (4x32 cm) with fixed 4x4 cm draft plates was adjusted over 3 different convergent sections (inclination 50') with 4x4 cm, 4x6 cm or 4x8 cm bases and contained 800g, 1100g or 1300g of tablets, Air (0,8 to 1,6 m3/min) forced by a 7,5 cv blower, was cooled down to 55°C and spouted this bed. The lenticular tablets (0,12g; 0,25g., 0,44g) were coated with a polymeric aqueous solution (11% solids). A two-fluid atomizer (air pressure 82,7 1kPa) was used, inserted laterally, near the bed base, and showed no influence on the movement of the particles. The experimental characterization of the tablets circulation rates was emphasized, using a magnet (0,4062 g) that followed the particles, activating a bobbin located at the upper end of the draft plates. The electric pulses were processed by a data acquisition sistem and the cicle time distribution curves were adjusted by the Modified Spline fit technique. The mean of the cicle time distribution creased with are increase of the bed load and the size of the tablets in all comparative tests. The vibration (10 Hz, 8 mm amplitude) reduced the mean of the cicle time distribution by more than 10%, and also decreased its variance. The vibration also affected the maximum pressure drop (40% reduction) and the minimum spouting velocity. The vibro spouted bed showed higher- adhesion efficency (73 to 88%) than the non-vibrated spouted bed (66 to 79%) in all equivalent situations and the complete coating of the smaller tablets demanded less processing time due to higher surface area circulation rate.