Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact

Cocoa in Bahia is traditionally cultivated in agroforestry systems that make it possible to conserve the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest via a cultivation system called cabruca. The purpose of this article is to present the method to measure the standard operating time in cocoa drying. The stan...

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Main Authors: Anderson Farias da Silva, Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales, João Pedro de Castro Nunes Pereira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) 2023-03-01
Series:The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/15571
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description Cocoa in Bahia is traditionally cultivated in agroforestry systems that make it possible to conserve the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest via a cultivation system called cabruca. The purpose of this article is to present the method to measure the standard operating time in cocoa drying. The standard time technique, which is a resource that allows analyzing the productive capacity of a process, considering a series of aspects present in the work routine have a great impact on the time required to manufacture a product. Thereby, we investigated the difference in operating time (standard time) between two drying systems (baarcaça and vertical dryer) impacting crop productivity and financial viability in the drying process. The result found for the standard operating time of the traditional barge and the vertical cocoa dryer indicates a 63.3% reduction in the standard operating time in favor of the vertical system.
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spelling doaj-art-cd4f05537ab94810965d2bb18ae96b4d2025-02-02T19:55:18ZengUniversidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences2527-10752023-03-019210.18540/jcecvl9iss2pp15571-01eUptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impactAnderson Farias da Silva0Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales1João Pedro de Castro Nunes Pereira2Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, BrazilUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, BrazilUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil Cocoa in Bahia is traditionally cultivated in agroforestry systems that make it possible to conserve the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest via a cultivation system called cabruca. The purpose of this article is to present the method to measure the standard operating time in cocoa drying. The standard time technique, which is a resource that allows analyzing the productive capacity of a process, considering a series of aspects present in the work routine have a great impact on the time required to manufacture a product. Thereby, we investigated the difference in operating time (standard time) between two drying systems (baarcaça and vertical dryer) impacting crop productivity and financial viability in the drying process. The result found for the standard operating time of the traditional barge and the vertical cocoa dryer indicates a 63.3% reduction in the standard operating time in favor of the vertical system. https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/15571innovationcocoadryertimeoperation
spellingShingle Anderson Farias da Silva
Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales
João Pedro de Castro Nunes Pereira
Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
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title Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
title_full Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
title_fullStr Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
title_full_unstemmed Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
title_short Uptime optimization in a vertical dryer and its economic impact
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dryer
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