Drying is the most expensive unit operation for produ cing cassava chips, used in the animal feed industry. Because it is necessary to evaporate 1600 kilograms of water to produce one ton of 13% moisture chips, the only ...

Thin layer tests for cocoa beans were carried out in a "m ulti-unit drier" and drying curves for the temperatures of 50; 57. 7; 60; 70; 74 and 75°C and constant air flow of 9.14 m. miri-1 were plotted. Each temperature ...

The equilibrium moisture contents of cocoa were obtai ned in desorption phase covering a temperature range of 10°C to 35°C and a range of to relative humidities. The kernels were held inside hermetic glass containers with ...

The post-harvesting physiology of vegetables has deai^ sive influence on the matabolic processes and on the conservati on of these products related to their qualities for comsumption "in natura" or industrial processing. The ...

In this work it is suggested that the discipline of Le_ gislation and Professional Ethics be included in the curriculum of the Agricultural Engeneering courses. Through a close study of a great number of technical publicati ...

The main objective of this research was to study the utilization of domestic appliances and electric motors in the re gion comprised by the "Cooperativa de Eletrificação Rural do Va le do Rio Grande (CERVARIG)" with its ...

The research was carried out using several kinds of usuais conductor connections in overhead line construction for country areas in São Paulo - Brazil. This paper only examines aluminium conductors steel-reinforced, for ...

The present study uns conducted at the Laboratory of Storge and Processing of'Agricultural Products, Agricultural Engineering Department, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa — MC during january 1978. The main objectives ...