scholarly journals Moisture Sorption Characteristics of Corn Stover and Big Bluestem

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Karunanithy ◽  
K. Muthukumarappan ◽  
A. Donepudi
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Corn Stover ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Isotherm Models ◽  
Big Bluestem ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Typical Type ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Gab Model

Moisture content is an important feedstock quality in converting it into energy through biochemical or thermochemical platforms. Knowledge of moisture sorption relationship is useful in drying and storage to preserve the quality of feedstocks. Moisture sorption isotherms for potential feedstocks such as corn stover and big bluestem are missing. EMC values of corn stover and big bluestem were determined using static gravimetric technique with saturated salt solutions (ERH 0.12–0.89) at different temperatures (20, 30, and 40°C). Depending upon the ERH values, EMC values were ranged from 8.0 to 19.6 and 8.8 to 19.2% db for corn stover and big bluestem, respectively, and they followed typical type II isotherm found in food materials. Nonlinear regression was used to fit five commonly used three-parameter isotherm models (i.e., modified Oswin model, modified Halsey model, modified Chung-Pfost model, modified Henderson model, and the modified Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer (GAB) model) to the experimental data. Modified Halsey emerged as the best model with highF-statistic andR2values with lowEmandEsand fairly random scattered residual plot for corn stover and big bluestem. These models can be used to predict the equilibrium moisture content of these feedstocks starting from harvesting, drying, preprocessing, transportation, storage, and conversion.

scholarly journals Moisture sorption isotherms of castor beans. Part 1: Mathematical modeling and hysteresis

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
André L. D. Goneli ◽  
Paulo C. Corrêa ◽  
Gabriel H. H. de Oliveira ◽  
Osvaldo Resende ◽  
Munir Mauad
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Environmental Condition ◽  
Adsorption And Desorption ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Stability ◽  
And Storage

ABSTRACT Sorption isotherms are of great importance in post-harvest procedures, especially for predicting drying and storage, which help to establish the final moisture content of the product under certain environmental condition. Hysteresis is a phenomenon that occurs due to the difference between adsorption and desorption curves, which aids the evaluation of chemical and microbiological deteriorations, indicating the stability of stored products. Moisture sorption isotherms of castor beans were determined and hysteresis was analyzed. Static gravimetric technique at different temperatures (25, 35, 45 and 55 ± 1 °C) was used. Saturated salt solutions in the range of 37-87% ± 2% were utilized to create the required controlled relative humidity environment. Equilibrium moisture content data were correlated by different mathematical models and the Modified Halsey model presented good adjustment for the data, according to statistical procedures. Hysteresis between adsorption and desorption isotherms is present over the range of 0.2-0.9 of water activity, regardless of the temperature. This phenomenon decreases with temperature increase.

Moisture Sorption Isotherms and Thermodynamic Properties of Carrot

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria S. Eim ◽  
Carmen Rosselló ◽  
Antoni Femenia ◽  
Susana Simal
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Isosteric Heat ◽  
Nonlinear Regression Analysis ◽  
Mean Relative Error ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Water Sorption Isotherms

The water sorption isotherms of carrot were determined at five different temperatures (at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50ºC) within wide ranges of moisture content (1.3-78.4 kg water /100 kg dry matter) and water activities (0.165-0.907) by using a standardized conductivity thermohygrometer. The sorption isotherms exhibited the type III behaviour, thus, an increase in temperature promoted a decrease in water activity. The GAB, Halsey, Henderson, Iglesias & Chirife and Oswin models were tested to fit the experimental data by using nonlinear regression analysis. The GAB and Henderson models satisfactorily described the sorption isotherms (mean relative error < 5.6%). The net isosteric heat of sorption (Qstn) and the differential entropy (Sd), estimated as functions of the moisture content, decreased as the carrot moisture content increased.

scholarly journals Comparison of moisture sorption isotherm models in freeze-dried pineapple pulp

1969 ◽  
Vol 77 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Humberto Vega-Mercado ◽  
Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
Keyword(s):  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Isotherm Models ◽  
Crystalline Cellulose ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherm ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Pineapple Pulp

Moisture sorption isotherms of freeze-dried pineapple pulp were determined at 5, 25, 30, 35 and 55°C. Water activity were controlled by using preselected saturated salt solutions in evacuated glass desskators according to Wolf et al. (20), where micro crystalline cellulose is the reference material for the determination of sorption isotherms. The data were correlated in terms of some empirical models involving two single parameters: models of Henderson, Oswin, Chung-Pfost, Halsey, Iglesias-Chirife, and Smith. Also, the data was correlated by the Guggenheim-Anderson-deBoer (G.A.B.) model involving three adjustable parameters. It was found that the models proposed by Henderson and Iglesias-Chirife were the most useful ones in predicting water activities at different levels and at different temperatures.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF NEURAL NETWORK FOR ESTIMATION OF PISTACHIO POWDER SORPTION ISOTHERMS

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
H. TAVAKOLIPOUR ◽  
M. MOKHTARIAN
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Gravimetric Method ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Isotherm Models ◽  
Ann Modeling ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Adsorption Desorption

Moisture sorption isotherms for pistachio powder were determined by gravimetric method at temperatures of 15, 25, 35 and 40ºC. Some mathematical models were tested to measure the amount of fitness of experimental data. The mathematical analysis proved that Caurie model was the most appropriate one. As well, adsorptiondesorption moisture content of pistachio powder were predicted using artificial neural network (ANN) approach. The results showed that, MLP network was able to predict adsorption-desorption moisture content with R2 values of 0.998 and 0.992, respectively. Comparison of ANN results with classical sorption isotherm models revealed that ANN modeling had greater accuracy in predicting equilibrium moisture content of pistachio powder.

Determination of Moisture Sorption Isotherms of Jasmine Rice Crackers Using BET and GAB Models

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 459-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Siripatrawan ◽  
P. Jantawat
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Sorption Data ◽  
Heat Of Sorption ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Jasmine Rice ◽  
Gab Model ◽  
Best Fit

Moisture sorption isotherms of Thai Jasmine rice crackers were determined at 30, 45 and 60°C over a water activity range of 0.10 to 0.95 using a static gravimetric technique. Moisture sorption isotherms of rice crackers exhibited the sigmoid (Type II) shape. The moisture content of rice crackers decreased as temperature increased at a given water activity of the storage environment. The Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) and Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer (GAB) models were applied to fit the experimental data. The isosteric heat of sorption at different moisture levels was also determined using the Clausius–Clapeyron thermodynamic equation. A nonlinear regression analysis method was determined to evaluate the parameters of sorption equations. The criteria used to evaluate the goodness of fit of each model were the mean relative percentage deviation modulus (E) and the percentage root mean square error (RMSE). The more extended range of application of the GAB equation over the BET equation was evident. The GAB model gave the best fit to the experimental sorption data for a wide range of water activity (0.10–0.95) while the BET model gave the best fit for a water activity range of less than 0.60. The GAB model is considered suitable to predict the moisture sorption isotherm of rice crackers since it gave low E and RMSE values. The heat of sorption values of rice crackers were found to be large at low moisture content and decreased with an increase in food moisture content.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Moisture Sorption Isotherms for Mefenamic Acid Tablets

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Maha Muhyi Alhussaini ◽  
Hassanain A. Hassan ◽  
Nada S. Ahmedzeki
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Mefenamic Acid ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Sorption Process ◽  
Sorption Behavior ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Gab Model ◽  
Monolayer Moisture

   The moisture sorption isotherms of Mefenamic acid tablets were investigated by measuring the experimental equilibrium moisture content (EMC) using the static method of saturated salt solutions at three temperatures (25, 35, and 45°C) and water activity range from 0.056 to 0.8434. The results showed that EMC increased when relative humidity increased and the sorption capacity decreased, the tablets became less hygroscopic and more stable when the temperature increased at constant water activity. The sorption curves had a sigmoid shape, type II according to Brunauer’s classification. The hysteresis effect was significant along with the whole sorption process. The results were fitted to three models: Oswin, Smith, and Guggenhein - Anderson and de Boer. According to the fitting results, the GAB model was the most appropriate model to describe the sorption behavior of Mefenamic acid; it had a regression coefficient range (0.9803-0.994), %E (0.69-4.06), and low values of SEE (0.85-2.2). The monolayer moisture content was calculated using the GAB model and it was concluded that the tablets should be stored at moisture content equal or slightly higher than (0.2046, 0.1843, and 0.1437 %) for desorption and (0.2073, 0.1269, and 0.1452 %) for adsorption for the three temperatures.

Modeling of moisture sorption isotherm and evaluation of net isosteric heat for spray-dried fortified coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) powder

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Lucas Aguirre ◽  
German Antonio Giraldo Giraldo ◽  
Misael Cortés Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Isosteric Heat ◽  
Fundamental Parameter ◽  
Sorption Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Different Temperatures

PurposeIn order to understand interactions aw vs equilibrium moisture content (EMC) in fortified coconut powder, moisture sorption isotherms were constructed under different storage conditions in order to predict the changes in their physical, chemical and microbiological properties that occur during storage and processing, which are unique to each food.Design/methodology/approachFor which the moisture sorption isotherms were determined at three different temperatures (15, 25 and 35 °C), in a range of water activity from 0.1 to 0.90. Nine models, namely, the GAB, BET, Oswin, Smith, Halsey, Henderson, Chung and Pfost, Peleg and Caurie equations, were fitted to the sorption data. Various statistical tests were adopted as criteria to evaluate the fit performance of the models.FindingsOf the models tested, the Peleg model gave the best fit to experimental data (R2 = 0.997; RMSE = 0.276), across the full range of water activities and at different temperatures. Humidity of the monolayer (mo) was found between 2.54 and 2.34%, a fundamental parameter to define the storage and control conditions, given that it is considered the value at which the product is more stable. The net sorption isosteric heat (Qst) increased to maximum and then diminished with increased moisture content (Xw); maximum values were obtained in the Xw interval between 0.48 and 2.87% (db), being between 35.72 and 99.26 kJ/mol, where the maximum value indicates coverage of the strongest bond sites and higher adsorbate-adsorbent interaction.Originality/valueThese results provide reliable experimental data on water absorption isotherms of the CP + FAC important to determine optimal processing, storing and packaging conditions.

scholarly journals Determination of Moisture Sorption Isotherm of Crosslinked Millet Flour and Oxirane Using GAB and BET

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Alamri ◽  
A. A. Mohamed ◽  
S. Hussain ◽  
M. A. Ibraheem ◽  
Akram A. Abdo Qasem
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Sorption Isotherm ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Water Binding ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherm ◽  
Water Sorption Isotherm ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Different Temperatures

Epoxy resin was prepared by crosslinking epoxidized oil and millet flour. The reaction was carried out at three different temperatures (25, 40, and 55°C) and zinc chloride levels (1, 2, and 3%). Moisture sorption isotherms were determined at 0.1 to 0.9 water activity (aw) using a gravimetric sorption analyzer (Q 2000). The sigmoidal shape (type II) of the resin isotherms exhibited lower equilibrium moisture content (EMC) at higher temperature. The experimental data were modeled using GAB (Guggenheim–Anderson–de Boer) and BET (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller). The EMC of the resin was significantly lower than that of the flour, which could be attributed to the decrease in the number of water-binding sites due to the creation of dense areas during crosslinking. The low root-mean-square error (RMSE) indicates that GAB and BET were suitable for predicting the water sorption isotherm for millet flour resin. The heat of sorption of the resin was large at low moisture content and increased at higher relative humidity. It is recommended that millet flour resin be used at relative humidity below 60%.

scholarly journals Moisture Sorption Behaviour and Mould Ecology of Trade Garri Sold in South Eastern Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tochukwu Samuel ◽  
J. Obeta Ugwuanyi
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Sorption Isotherms ◽  
Moisture Sorption ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Sorption Behaviour ◽  
Moisture Sorption Isotherms ◽  
West And Central Africa

Garri is a creamy white or yellow starchy grit produced by roasting to gelatinization and dryness of peeled, washed, mashed, and fermented dewatered cassava roots. It is the most important product of cassava in West and Central Africa. Mean moisture content of yellow and white garri was 11.11% and 10.81% within 24 hrs of sampling from the market, increasing to 17.27% and 16.14%, respectively, following 3 months of storage at room temperature. The water activity of samples varied from initial 0.587 to 0.934 following storage. Moisture sorption isotherms, determined by static gravimetric techniques at 20° and 30°C, showed temperature dependent BET Sigmoidal type II behaviour typical of carbohydrate rich foods but modulated very slightly by the content of palm oil. Equilibrium moisture content decreased with increase in temperature at constant water activity. A total of 10 fungal species belonging to the generaMucor,Penicillium,Cephalosporium,Aspergillus,Scopulariopsis,Rhizopus, and Paecilomyceswere identified, with range increasing with water activity of samples.

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