Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2168-9776
ISSN: 2168-9776
Silva REP
Brazil
Research Article
Development of a Device to Pulping Fruits of Bocaiuva (Acrocomia aculeate sp.) for the Communities that Practice Sustainable Strativism
Author(s): Chuba CAM, Silva REP, Santos AC and Sanjinez-Argandoña EJChuba CAM, Silva REP, Santos AC and Sanjinez-Argandoña EJ
Bocaiuva (Acrocomia aculeata) fruit pulp has high potential for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications and in the biofuel industry. The main hindrance for these applications is the availability of pulp in sufficient quantity. The pulp of this fruit is usually supplied by rural communities where the processors use manual pulping, which is not only time-consuming but yields product of low quality. The objective of this work was to design, fabricate and evaluate the efficiency of an experimental bench device for pulping bocaiuva fruits. The bench device was designed to be compact and easy to operate, with intermittent operation and pulping performed by shearing. The performance evaluation of the machine was carried out with fruit dehydrated at 70°C and different times of dehydration (6, 12 and 24 hours). The pulp weight was evaluated every 15 seconds during the pulping proces.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2168-9776.1000218