Improvements in the processing of agricultural commodities: The case of cocoa liquor

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Main Author: Diego Castro Fettermann
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Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2017
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contents Improvements in the processing of agricultural commodities: The case of cocoa liquor Diego Castro Fettermann Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Sant’Anna Guilherme Luz Tortorella Giuliano Alberton Zandonai Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste Ingeniería plot split Theobroma cacao L Design of experiments The solidification of the cocoa liquor is one of the most important steps for processing cocoa cultivars. This process is typically characterized as a continuous process, which may become a barrier for the randomization of the applied data treatments. This article aims at optimizing the factors that influence the processing of cocoa cultivars during solidification of liquor. Based on this, it was proposed, as a design of experiment (DOE), a three level factorial plan (23) with three repeated measurements. Treatments were organized in random blocks with divided-cells (split-plot). The experiment presents the best combinations between the factors ‘pump flow’ and ‘conveyor speed’ for each kind of cocoa liquor. The application of this kind of design of experiments in other cases may contribute to optimizing processes with long set up times, such as the ones existent in the food processing industry. 2017 artículo científico 0012-7353 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49650911021 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/49650911021.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/movil 10.15446/dyna.v84n201.56672 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=496 Dyna application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Dyna (Colombia) Num.201 Vol.84
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spellingShingle Improvements in the processing of agricultural commodities: The case of cocoa liquor
Diego Castro Fettermann
Ingeniería
plot
split
Theobroma cacao L
Design of experiments
Improvements in the processing of agricultural commodities: The case of cocoa liquor Diego Castro Fettermann Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Sant’Anna Guilherme Luz Tortorella Giuliano Alberton Zandonai Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste Ingeniería plot split Theobroma cacao L Design of experiments The solidification of the cocoa liquor is one of the most important steps for processing cocoa cultivars. This process is typically characterized as a continuous process, which may become a barrier for the randomization of the applied data treatments. This article aims at optimizing the factors that influence the processing of cocoa cultivars during solidification of liquor. Based on this, it was proposed, as a design of experiment (DOE), a three level factorial plan (23) with three repeated measurements. Treatments were organized in random blocks with divided-cells (split-plot). The experiment presents the best combinations between the factors ‘pump flow’ and ‘conveyor speed’ for each kind of cocoa liquor. The application of this kind of design of experiments in other cases may contribute to optimizing processes with long set up times, such as the ones existent in the food processing industry. 2017 artículo científico 0012-7353 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49650911021 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/49650911021.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/movil 10.15446/dyna.v84n201.56672 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=496 Dyna application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Dyna (Colombia) Num.201 Vol.84
title Improvements in the processing of agricultural commodities: The case of cocoa liquor
topic Ingeniería
plot
split
Theobroma cacao L
Design of experiments
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https://www.redalyc.org/journal/496/49650911021/49650911021.epub
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