[PDF] Top 20 Moisture sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties of Asteriscus graveolens leaves

... Abstract: Asteriscus graveolens is a medicinal and aromatic plant which has been used to treat several ...diseases. Moisture equilibrium data of the plant leaves were determined by using the ... See full document

... from moisture sorption isotherms and this enables the thermodynamic approach to allow the interpretation of experimental results in accordance with the statement of the theory (Iglesias et ... See full document

... from moisture sorption isotherms and this enables the thermodynamic approach to allow the interpretation of experimental results in accordance with the statement of the theory (Iglesias and ... See full document

... high moisture contents may spoil due to oxidative and biological reactions, reduc- ing the shelf life of almonds; therefore, they need to be dried to prevent mould growth af- ter ...reached. Moisture ... See full document

... In the present case, the adsorption isotherm study was carried out on Langmuir, Freundlich and Tempkin-py- zhev isotherms. The applicability of the isotherm equa- tion was compared by judging the value of ... See full document

... during sorption of the first layer of water molecules was substantially more than the heat of condensation of free ...initially sorption occurs on the most active available sites, giving rise to high ... See full document

... lower sorption, but the environmental temperature range is very ...increase sorption, but this is a small ...a sorption increase of about ...decreasing sorption of other organic solutes when ... See full document

... of sorption capacity were different and in the range of ...in sorption capacity can be interpreted in terms of the assumptions taken into consideration while deriving these sorption ...of ... See full document

... the moisture measurement due to inhomogeneous properties of the tea leaves bulk can be 76. reduced[r] ... See full document

... Chemically modified humic acid (MHA II) as effective and low cost adsorbent for the removal of acid dye and basic dye were investigated. Physically modified humic acid (MHA I) was prepared by heating process of extracted ... See full document

... in moisture content for all contact ...higher moisture content may be owing to the water present in the seed offering an adhesive force on the surface of contact (Pradhan et ... See full document

... hygrothermal properties of wet biological materi- als, because their moisture content is usually chan- ged during ...equilibrium moisture content (EMC), for example Moreira and Bakker- Arkema (1989), ... See full document

... The findings in this research revealed that ACROL can be used as adsorbent for Hg(II) ions. The isotherm, ki- netic and thermodynamic studies confirmed the experimental results. The equilibrium was the best ... See full document

... The most commonly used methods for evaluating phosphorus dynamics in soils are the adsorption- desorption isotherms (Fox and Kramparth 1970). They are usually used to correct obtained data on adsorption of ... See full document

... Phosphorus requirement was estimated as the amount of phosphorus to raise the phosphorus concentration in supernatant solution to 0.2mg/kg and was obtained from phosphorus adsorption isotherms curve by graphically ... See full document

... lower moisture uptake than the crossbreed maize ...in moisture sorption pattern, contrary to accepted hypothesis, may be accounted for differences in the degree of crystallinity between the two ... See full document

... of sorption models have been proposed to determine the sorption isotherms (Rockland 1981; Van den Berg 1981; Bizot ...the moisture sorption data and to establish the sorption ... See full document

... Dutch type semi-hard cheese was commercial produced and it was purchased in the market. Edge samples were randomly chosen and stored before measurements in the fridge under temperature 7 °C. The initial dry matter (DM) ... See full document

... as hydroxiapatite can be very stable, decreasing plant available phosphorus [53]. By contrast, soil samples rich in organic matter (e.g. surface horizons of Kondar site) had lower phosphorus adsorption. This suggests ... See full document

... artichoke leaves was used: soluble sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose), inulin, proteins, insoluble fiber (as cellulose) and soluble inorganic salts (as ...water sorption isotherms from the ... See full document