• Title of article

    Sorption characteristics and some physical properties of caraway (Carum Carvi L.) seeds

  • Author/Authors

    Rajamanickam, R. Defence Food Research Laboratory - Food Engineering and Packaging Division, India , Kumar, R. Defence Food Research Laboratory - Food Engineering and Packaging Division, India , Johnsy, G. Defence Food Research Laboratory - Food Engineering and Packaging Division, India , Sabapathy, S.N. Defence Food Research Laboratory - Food Engineering and Packaging Division, India

  • From page
    1223
  • To page
    1227
  • Abstract
    Equilibrium moisture contents were obtained for Caraway (Carum Carvi L.) at 25 and 40°C experimentally over a range of relative humidity values of 23 – 85 %. Seven models were tested to fit the experimental data of caraway. The Peleg model showed the best fit with higher R² value and lowest root mean square error. Monolayer moisture contents, obtained from BET equation, were found to be 0.0488 and 0.0274 g water/g dry matter and surface area of monolayer is 170.90 and 95.83 m²/g at 25 and 40°C respectively. Physical properties such as mass, volume, true density, geometric mean diameter, degree of sphericity and surface area of Caraway were measured.
  • Keywords
    Sorption isotherm , caraway (Carum Carvi L.) , monolayer moisture , isotherm models , equilibrium moisture content
  • Journal title
    International Food Research Journal
  • Journal title
    International Food Research Journal
  • Record number

    2560521