Secagem de figo (Ficus Carica L.) da variedade "Gigante de Valinhos" em secador de bandejas. / Dried fig (Ficus Carica L.) variety "Giant Valinhos" in tray dryer.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

RESUMO

The study of the drying of the fig was accomplished (Ficus carica L.) with fruits obtained in the district of Valinhos of the State of Sao Paulo. The figs were properly transported from the center of provisioning, then they were selected, classified, washed, drained and pretreated, obtaing the following specifications: whole in nature, whole perforated, whole blanched with skin, whole blanched without skin. From the results of preliminary tests, it was chosen to use semiripe figs that presented better characteristics for drying. The product was submitted to drying at 45, 60 and 75°C and a constant air speed of 1 m/s. Slices of figs were used with 10 millimeters thickness, which had been classified as semiripe in the preliminary tests, with similar characteristics to the whole figs and in natura fruit semiripe and they were dried in the conditions cited above. The blanched figs withount skin cut in slices and dried at 60°C presented the best color and appearance characteristics. The sorption isotherms took place at temperatures of 25, 40 and 60aC, showing histeresis for each temperature. The experimental data of the isosteric sorption heat were adjusted through the equation of TSAMl. The experimental values of the shrinkage coefficients were adjusted by the equation of LOZANO. In the study of drying kinetics, a constant rate of the drying period at a defined constant rate did not appear, occurring, only the decreasing period, for whole figs and for figs in slices. The equation of Page presented the best fit for the whole fig drying curves. The obtained data were correlated with several equations, with the objective of determining an appropriate equation to the design and simulation of dryers. The curves of drying kinetics and the sorption data were adjusted with the Graphic Software STATIST1CA version 5.0. The color of the product was measured by the system ClELab * in a spectrophotometer Color QUEST II.

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figo figo - secagem umidade fig ficus carica raisins drying humidity

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