Moisture sorption isotherms and isosteric heat of sorption of dry persimmon leaves

Moisture sorption isotherms of persimmon leaves were determined at 20, 30 and 40 °C using the standard gravimetric static method over a range of relative humidity from 0.06 to 0.9. The experimental sorption curves were fitted by seven equations: Henderson, Halsey, Smith, Oswin, BET, GAB and Caurie....

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Autores: Martínez las Heras, Ruth, Heredia Gutiérrez, Ana Belén|||0000-0001-6629-9779, Castelló Gómez, María Luisa|||0000-0002-4889-1792, Andrés Grau, Ana María|||0000-0002-6132-3167
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/64444
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/64444
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Persimmon leaves
Equilibrium moisture content
Isosteric heat of sorption
Modeling
Sorption isotherms
TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS
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Resumo:Moisture sorption isotherms of persimmon leaves were determined at 20, 30 and 40 °C using the standard gravimetric static method over a range of relative humidity from 0.06 to 0.9. The experimental sorption curves were fitted by seven equations: Henderson, Halsey, Smith, Oswin, BET, GAB and Caurie. The Halsey, Smith, GAB and BET models were found to be the most suitable for describing the sorption curves. The isosteric heat of sorption of water was determined from the equilibrium data at different temperatures. It decreased as moisture content increased and was found to be a polynomial function of moisture content.