Optimization of annatto (Bixa orellana L.) drying in fixed bed



Título del documento: Optimization of annatto (Bixa orellana L.) drying in fixed bed
Revista: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000308680
ISSN: 0104-6632
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Para, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Belem, Para. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 17
Número: 4-7
Paginación: 483-496
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés The drying of annatto seeds (Bixa orellana L.), red piave cultivate, was studied in a fixed bed dryer. The best conditions were estimated to minimize the loss of coloring and to obtain final moisture of the seeds in appropriate levels to its conservation and maintenance of quality. The quantification of the influence of entrance variables in the final contents of bixin and moisture seeds and the identification of the optimal point was performed through the techniques of factorial design, response surfaces methodology, canonical analysis and desirability function. It was verified that the final moisture of the seeds may be estimated by a second-order polynomial model and that the final content of bixin is only significantly influenced by the time of drying being described properly by a linear model, for the seeds used in this study
Disciplinas: Química
Palabras clave: Química de alimentos,
Ingeniería química,
Secado de frutos,
Metodología de superficie de respuesta,
Lecho fijo,
Bixa orellana
Keyword: Chemistry,
Food chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Fruit drying,
Response surface methodology,
Fixed bed,
Bixa orellana
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