Dimensionamento de linha de produção de geleia de frutos do Cerrado: estudo de caso em cooperativa de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Brazil is a major producer of fruits, being the third largest producer of fruits in the world, among these fruits there are fruits of the cerrado that are rich in nutrients and have exotic flavors. In the biome of the cerrado there is an infinity of fruits and among them are the araticum, coquinho azedo, cajá manga and native passion fruit that are native of the region of the Brazilian cerrado and are sources of income of several Brazilian families, because these fruits are seasonal is difficult its distribution throughout Brazilian territory, a way of adding value in this raw material is performing the processing of this fruit and among the forms of processing is the production of jelly. Because the production process of the jelly contains a very intense thermal exchange, it is extremely important to carry out the sizing of the production line of the jam and to carry out the mass balances and the energy balance in order to know the amount of heat that is exchanged in the process. In this way, a case study was carried out for dimensioning, in relation to the mass and energy balance of a processing line of araticum jelly, coquinho azedo, cajá manga and maracujá nativo fruit, as well as the design of the product layout attending the current legislation for a processing unit located in Minas Gerais. It was observed that the fruits with the most energetic expenditure for processing in the form of jelly are the jellies of araticum and coquinho azedo. The proposed layout is functional and meets the demands of the processor focus case study focus.