Avaliação do desempenho de sistemas de tratamento de água em recirculação no descascamento e desmucilagem dos frutos do cafeeiro

• Ano de defesa: 2006
• Autor(a) principal: Raggi, Luis Gustavo de Rezende
• Orientador(a): Matos, Antonio Teixeira de
• Banca de defesa: Lacerda Filho, Adílio Flauzino de , Teixeira, Mauri Martins , Donzeles, Sergio Mauricio Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Engenharia Agrícola
• Departamento: Construções rurais e ambiência; Energia na agricultura; Mecanização agrícola; Processamento de produ
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Filtração; Café; Processamento; Qualidade da água
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Filtration; Coffee processing; Water quality
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ENGENHARIA AGRICOLA::ENGENHARIA DE AGUA E SOLO
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3644

This work was carried out at the Coffee Bean Processing Sector of the Brauna Farm located in the municipality of Araponga, MG, to analyze the performance of a pressurized mesh screen for removal of solids and organic material combined with the traditional coffee bean processing via the wet method. The recirculation of water was operated in two ways: under short circuit, with the effluent from the processing machine being delivered to a 1.000 liter water tower, and then pumped up to a 3.000 liter water tower that fed the system, reinitiating the process; or, under long circuit , with the effluent from the processing machine being delivered to a 12.000 liter decantation tank, from where it was pumped up to a 3.000 liter water tower reinitiating the process. The pressurized mesh screen evaluated was installed after the processing machines used to treat the effluent which was alternately delivered to the 1.000 liter water tower and to the decantation tank. In both cases, the effluent was pumped to the 3.000 liter water tower used at the start of the water recirculation process. Electric conductivity (EC) and hydrogenionic potential (pH) were measured and the concentration of total solids (TS), suspended solids (SS), oxygen biochemical demand (BOD) and oxygen chemical demand (COD) were quantified in the samples collected. Based on the results obtained , it could be concluded that: a) When the system was operated under short circuit, a statistical difference (at a level of 10%) was observed in the affluent effluent concentration of TS, OBD and OCD in the pressurized screen. However, the screen showed low efficiency in removing EC (8%), TS (15%), SS (15%), BOD (26%) and COD (27%), with insufficient water qualitybeing provided for a 8-hour working day shift; b) when the system was operated under long circuit a statistical difference ( at a level of 10%) was observed in the affluent effluent concentration of SS, BOD and COD in the pressurized screen .However, the screen showed low efficiency in the removal of EC (8%), TS (14%), SS (18%), BOD (12%) and COD (23%). Thus, as observed in the short circuit, the screen did not present significant effects on recirculating water quality; c) The decantation tank was more efficient in the removal of EC (88%), TS (75%), SS (77%), BOD (66%) and COD (74%) from the recirculating water than the pressurized mesh screen.