Bachelor, Master and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Experienced in drying in fixed and moving beds (fluidized and spouted bed), including modeling, simulation and control of dryers. Nowadays, he serves as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of Araraquara at the São Paulo State University (IQAr/UNESP). Lecturer in courses related to chemical process simulation and control from the Chemical Engineering undergraduate course. He is a Professor at the Graduate Course in Food, Nutrition and Food Engineering (PPGANEA/UNESP). He is starting a new research area within IQAr/UNESP about photovoltaic-assisted solar dryers applied to medicinal and food plant processing. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The moisture content and colorimetric parameters of foodstuff are important variables for the quality monitoring of these products, during and after drying processes. However, these are variables which are difficult to measure by online procedures, being thus commonly measured by sampling and offline procedures. This approach is not suitable for the monitoring of variables in chemical pro…
Solar drying is an unit operation whose technology is quite simple, whose cost is quite low, and which uses an abundant and renewable energy source which cannot be monopolized. In solar dryers, the pressure drop across the bed of drying material is low, so that electrical energy to be provided to the fans can be obtained by alternative sources, such as solar radiation itself, that is, by …
Solar drying is a unit operation whose technology is quite simple, whose cost is quite low, and which uses an abundant and renewable energy source that cannot be monopolized. Due to the fact that simultaneous heat and mass transfer mechanisms are involved, the drying process might occur with higher rates by using forced convection. In solar dryers, the pressure drop across the bed of dryi…
Solar drying is a unit operation with very simple technology and low cost, which involves the usage of an abundant and renewable source of energy which cannot be monopolized. Additionally, solar drying is a common process for food production in small scale. Hybrid solar dryers are those which, besides radiation, also uses forced convection, so that heat and mass transfer rates are improve…
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The aim of this project is to obtain a physical-mathematical model which relates the process variables during drying of different foodstuffs in a photovoltaic-assisted solar dryer. Such drying processes gained recent attention due to the fact that the energy required for momentum, heat and mass transfer mechanisms might be provided by alternative sources, such as solar energy itself, whic…
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