RESUMOBuscando contribuir com estudos relacionados ao aproveitamento de resíduos agrícolas em biomassa, o objetivo do presente trabalho consistiu em analisar a interferência que a secagem exerceu nas dimensões características das cascas de cacau. Para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho, as amostras foram tratadas para que tivessem a dimensão de 1x1x1cm. Os ensaios foram realizados em uma estufa de convecção forçada nas temperaturas de 50, 60, 70 e 80°C, com a finalidade de analisar o comprimento, espessura, perímetro projetado, área projetada, volume, massa específica e porosidade do material na secagem. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que o aumento da temperatura de processo promoveu a redução do tempo para as amostras atingirem a umidade de equilíbrio. Também foi verificado que este aumento influenciou na densidade aparente, bem como, acarretou no aumentou da porosidade e na redução das dimensões características trabalhadas.Palavras-chave: Cinética de Secagem; Encolhimento, Cascas de Cacau. ABSTRACTIn order to contribute to studies related to the use of agricultural residues in biomass, the objective of the present work was to analyze the interference that drying had on the characteristic dimensions of cocoa husks. For the development of this work, the samples were treated to have a size of 1x1x1cm. The tests were performed in a forced convection oven at temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80 ° C, in order to analyze the length, thickness, projected perimeter, projected area, volume, specific mass and porosity of the drying material. The obtained results showed that the increase of the process temperature promoted the reduction of the time for the samples to reach the equilibrium humidity. It was also verified that this increase influenced the apparent density, as well as increased porosity and reduced the characteristic dimensions worked.
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