کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
681931 888970 2010 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Sorption characteristics of amaranthus stems under storage conditions and water activity prediction
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی تکنولوژی و شیمی فرآیندی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Sorption characteristics of amaranthus stems under storage conditions and water activity prediction
چکیده انگلیسی

Stems of amaranthus are considered as prospective biofuel in the Czech Republic. The study presents results of water sorption tests of this biomass in the range of 10–30 °C and water activity (aw) ranging from 0.4 to 0.99. The experimental procedure used was a gravimetric dynamic method. Four sorption models (Chung–Pfost, Halsey, Henderson, Oswin) were evaluated. The modified Henderson’s equation was the best model for moisture adsorption and desorption of amaranthus stems. Critical values of equilibrium moisture content, corresponding to the aw = 0.6, were 11.45% and 13.28% (wb) for water adsorption and desorption respectively, at the temperature of 20 °C. Heat of sorption (qst) was calculated using the chosen sorption model and Clausius–Clapeyron equation. An exponential function was found to fit the experimental qst values of amaranthus stems at moisture contents ranging from 7% to 40% (wb) for adsorption and desorption.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Bioresource Technology - Volume 101, Issue 23, December 2010, Pages 9395–9398
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