Análise do processo de congelamento em um abatedouro de aves

Abstract

Aviculture in Brazil is evolving, getting more modernized each day, both in the field, as well as in chicken industry. Brazil is worldwide noteworthy in this sector, ranking among the greatest producers and it is daily increasing chicken meat exports. For the product to be exported it must comply with many laws and quality standards and to maintain the nutritional qualities intact, the product freezing is essentially important. This work has as main objective the study of the current freezing process of the poultry slaughterhouse in Dourados-MS, considering alternatives for a process optimization. It was conducted a study to quantify the current freezing of the company. The data collection was performed with the device data-logger, which was able to accurately measure the temperature of the products while they froze. After collecting data, it was possible to conclude that the current freezing process needs improvement, and the alternative proposed in this work caused a big impact to the process, significantly increasing the product freezing efficiency in the studied refrigerator.