Cabrwhey

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the process of production and treatment of goat whey by the industry CabrWhey, located in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba. The industry's main objective is to obtain financial return through the production of Whey Protein concentrate by capturing the whey residue from goat cheese industries. To ensure the quality of the final product, qualitative tests are performed for categorization of the raw material. Whey that meets the desired conditions goes to the Whey Protein production process, while whey that does not meet the expected conditions is treated as industrial waste. The Whey Protein production process consists of pasteurization, ion exchange and atomization (spray dryer) steps, aiming to obtain a product with high protein content, low carbohydrate and fat content. In this project, the material balance was performed for each equipment of the process, in order to obtain the daily processed values, according to the established goals. Besides the production of Whey Protein, the project covers the material balance of the treatment of whey considered unsuitable for the production of the supplement. This whey is destined to CabrWhey's effluent treatment station, where it is treated through an activated sludge system, aiming at the mitigation of environmental impacts. Finally, the study also includes the justification, mass and energy balance of the process, and the financial feasibility of implementing a concentrated Whey Protein industry with a daily production of 104Kg, in the region of Campina Grande, which stands out as a pole of goat cheese industries.