Estudo cinético da secagem do pedúnculo de caju e um secador convencional

Abstract

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale l.) in the family Anacardiaceae, figures prominently among tropical fruit plants, known as cashew and its accessory fruit, which is the pulp, usually called just cashew, its bark is very fragile and brittle, is highly perishable, thereby contributing to the rejection or loss of hundreds of thousands of tons a year, the large quantity wasted, approximately 94% of all production presents high potential because it is raw material rich in carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins and minerals. The cashew pulp is high nutritive value and per unit is one of most fruits rich in vitamin C in the world, and perhaps fruit and cheaply between all other cultivated in Brazil. having as goal the use of surplus materials press regional and knowledge appropriate to the applicability of conventional drying system as route food conservation, this work sought the kinetic study of drying cashew peduncle in conventional dryer trays with control of temperature and velocity of air drying, for obtaining the peduncle of cashew dehydrated, thereby promoting the development of technology to aggregate value to cashew, minimizing your losses in the field and consequently increasing their added value and the family income of the producers