Potencial de cultivares de soja para produção de biocombustível

Abstract

Within the current global energy context, the discussion on alternative and renewable sources to traditional sources and fossil fuels is growing. In Brazil, it is worth mentioning the adoption of biofuels in internal combustion engines, such as the use of biodiesel as an alternative in the substitution of petrodiesel, which is derived from petroleum. As there are numerous soybean cultivars used in Brazil, it is necessary to characterize them for oil and protein content, in order to assist the industry in making the decision of which materials to acquire according to production purposes (soy oil or soybean meal) and also provide the producer with differentiated value for their product, increasing their profits. The objective was to determine the oil acidity and density index, oil and protein content of soybean grains extracted from different cultivars in the Campos Gerais region. The experimental design was randomized blocks. The treatments consisted of 12 cultivars: NS 5959 IPRO®, NS 6906 IPRO®, M 5705 IPRO®, M 6410 IPRO®, BRS 1003 IPRO®, BRS 1001 IPRO®, FTR 2155 RR®, TMG 7062 IPRO®, TMG 7262 IPRO®, BS 2606 IPRO®, Brasmax GARRA IPRO® and 96Y90®. The experiment was installed in the municipality of Ponta Grossa, state of Paraná, harvest 2016/17. Hot oil extraction was performed using a hydrocarbon solvent (hexane) in Soxhlet type apparatus. The determination of the acid number was done by titrating the sample with aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide. The density of the oil was determined by a digital densimeter at a temperature of 20º C. The protein content was determined by the semi-micro-Kjeldahl digestion method. The measured variables were submitted to F and Scott-Knott tests, with a confidence level higher than 95% of probability. The acid value of the oil varied from 1.6 to 15.7 mg KOH g-1 of oil and the oil density ranged from 915 to 921 kg m-3 between the cultivars. The oil content of the soybean and protein grains ranged from 156 to 179 g of oil kg-1 of grain mass and 336 to 291 g of kg-1 of grain protein, respectively. Of the analyzed variables there were no significant differences between the cultivars for oil and protein content, there were three cultivars with an oil acid value above the industry acceptable and the oil density of all cultivars studied were above the lower limit established by standards .