Propriedades reológicas da polpa de manga (Mangifera indica L. cv. Keitt) centrifugada Rheological properties of centrifuged mango (Mangifera indica L. cv. Keitt) pulp

Abstract

Objetivou-se com este trabalho estudar experimentalmente o comportamento reológico da polpa de manga centrifugada na faixa de temperatura de 10°C a 60°C. As medidas reológicas foram feitas no reômetro Haake Rotovisco modelo RV 20, utilizando o sistema de medida de cilindros concêntricos. A polpa integral foi produzida em uma despolpadeira com tela de 1,6 mm, congelada em um congelador de placas e armazenada a -15ºC e centrifugada a 15000 rpm (29000 G), durante 40 minutos. O comportamento reológico da polpa de manga centrifugada (reogramas) foi ajustado pelo modelo de Ostwald de Waelle (Lei da Potência) e as curvas de viscosidade aparente ajustadas pelo modelo de Mizrahi-Berk. Observou-se um comportamento pseudoplástico para a polpa de manga centriguda (nThe aim of this work was to study experimentally the rheological behavior of mango pulp centrifuged in a temperature range of 10 to 60°C. The rheological measurements were carried out in a rheometer Haake Rotovisco model RV-20, using a measuring system of concentric cylinders. The whole pulp was produced in a depulper with a 1,6mm screen, being plate-frozen and stored at 15ºC and it was centrifuged at 15000rpm (29000 G) during 40 minutes. The rheological behavior of the centrifuged mango pulp was fitted to the Ostwald de Waelle model (Power Law) and the apparent viscosity curves were fitted by the Mizrahi-Berk model. It was observed a shear thinning behavior to the centrifuged mango pulp (n<1) and a decrease in apparent viscosity with an increase in shear rate and temperature, whereas the apparent viscosity of the centrifuged mango pulp had a tendency to stay steady up to 200s-1.

Keywords

• Reologia
• temperatura
• manga
• polpa
• Rheology
• temperature
• mango
• pulp