MACAUBA PULP OIL BLEACHING USING COMMERCIAL ADSORBENT AND ACTIVATED CARBON FROM ENDOCARP OF THE OWN FRUIT

Macauba Palm (Acrocomia aculeata) is a promising source of vegetable oil with production capacity of up to 5000 kg/ha. The refining process is essential to impurities removal and also to obtain oil with color more appreciated by consumers. Covering a literature failing, the aim of this study was to...

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Main Authors: Lorena Aires Lombardi Queiroz, Thamires Soares Araújo, Maria Helena Caño Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) 2016-04-01
Series:The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufv.br/ojs/jcec/article/view/2159