Title
Thermodynamic behavior of fish meal during adsorption
Date Issued
01 January 1998
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
research article
Abstract
Anchovy fish meal with an approximate uniform moisture content of 10% was used for this study. Vapor adsorption isotherms were determined at 25 °C, 35 °C and 45 °C. The differential and integral thermodynamic properties were estimated using the Othmer method. The isosteric heat or differential enthalpy, as a function of moisture content, showed a maximum value around 4.5 g of water/100 g d. s. The heat of sorption increased gradually with an increase in sorbed water until reaching its maximum value near the monolayer, and at a given moisture content, decreasing with temperature. The molar entropy values obtained were high at low water contents and fell to a minimum near the monolayer value.
Start page
1827
End page
1842
Volume
16
Issue
October 9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0032187708
Source
Drying Technology
ISSN of the container
07373937
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