ESTUDO DA SECAGEM DA BIOMASSA DE BANANA VERDE EM SPRAY DRYER

The green banana biomass is a component that can be industrially applied to a wide variety offoods because do not interfere in the sensory attributes of other ingredients present and has functionalproperties, especially the presence of resistant starch. This use can be expanded, including for export, ifthis product be produced in powder form. This research presents a feasibility study of drying green bananabiomass in a non-commercial (experimental) of spray dryer with rotary atomizer. The variables selected inthe experimental procedure were: atomizer rotation; biomass temperature and biomass flow. It was definedas response the mass and the moisture content of the product. These variables had two levels of variation,which corresponded to the completion of eight tests. Among the variables used in the tests, the atomizerrotation was the most significant to response of mass and moisture content, the others showed low effects.In this study it was proved the feasibility of drying the green banana biomass in a spray dryer with rotaryatomizer.