MICRO-ONDAS COMO ALTERNATIVA TECNOLÓGICA PARA AUMENTO DO RENDIMENTO INDUSTRIAL DA CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR

Abstract

The use of microwave in sugar mill has the purpose to raise the temperature of the material by irradiation. The central hypothesis of this work is that the elevation of temperature, collaborates on improving sugarcane disintegrated in the extraction process. We use two types of sugar cane, disintegrated rubber mat and shutt-donelly of the fifth suit. In a first test were applied the potencies 0W, 125W, 156W, 188W, 218W and 250W. In the second test were applied to maximum power by varying the time of 312W 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Both trials were conducted with four replications. The randomized factorial, being a factor was the origin of sugar cane (rubber mat or shutt donelly of the fifth suit) and another factor to power in the first test and the exposure time in the second test. Microwave radiation extraction rates increases, reducing the weight of the cake moist (PBU). There is a correlation between rates of extraction and heating power.