HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS
The commercial exploitation of pumpkin seeds, at the flour form toasted or to the production of oil, requires knowledge about the activity of water and equilibrium moistures. This study aimed to determine the equilibrium isotherms to the pumpkin seeds and describe the dynamics of the process upon it...
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2020-06-01
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| author | Gustavo Soares Wenneck Reni Saath Danilo Cesar Santi Larissa Leite de Araújo Josélia Portilho dos Santos Giovanna Gabriela Ferreira de Oliveira |
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| description | The commercial exploitation of pumpkin seeds, at the flour form toasted or to the production of oil, requires knowledge about the activity of water and equilibrium moistures. This study aimed to determine the equilibrium isotherms to the pumpkin seeds and describe the dynamics of the process upon its physicochemical quality. With the static method, the equilibrium isotherms were determined for different temperatures and activities of water (0.110 to 0.885 dry basis), provided conditions by the conditioner chamber of atmosphere, with the weighing of the samples until the constant mass. The hygroscopic balance of the seeds was directly proportional to the activity of water and decreased with increasing temperature, for the same value of water activity. The pumpkin seeds maintained the water volume (0.10) at the storage conditions (relative humidity 25 %). The modified Halsey model better represented the hygroscopicity of pumpkin seeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5c4a1add70d484b8168fa8266d62fb52022-12-22T02:21:54ZengUniversidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do SulRevista de Agricultura Neotropical2358-63032020-06-0172172610.32404/rean.v7i2.40902976HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDSGustavo Soares Wenneck0Reni Saath1Danilo Cesar Santi2Larissa Leite de Araújo3Josélia Portilho dos Santos4Giovanna Gabriela Ferreira de Oliveira5Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Campus sede, Maringá, Paraná.The commercial exploitation of pumpkin seeds, at the flour form toasted or to the production of oil, requires knowledge about the activity of water and equilibrium moistures. This study aimed to determine the equilibrium isotherms to the pumpkin seeds and describe the dynamics of the process upon its physicochemical quality. With the static method, the equilibrium isotherms were determined for different temperatures and activities of water (0.110 to 0.885 dry basis), provided conditions by the conditioner chamber of atmosphere, with the weighing of the samples until the constant mass. The hygroscopic balance of the seeds was directly proportional to the activity of water and decreased with increasing temperature, for the same value of water activity. The pumpkin seeds maintained the water volume (0.10) at the storage conditions (relative humidity 25 %). The modified Halsey model better represented the hygroscopicity of pumpkin seeds.https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/agrineo/article/view/4090 |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Soares Wenneck Reni Saath Danilo Cesar Santi Larissa Leite de Araújo Josélia Portilho dos Santos Giovanna Gabriela Ferreira de Oliveira HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS Revista de Agricultura Neotropical |
| title | HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS |
| title_full | HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS |
| title_fullStr | HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS |
| title_short | HYGROSCOPIC BALANCE IN PUMPKIN SEEDS |
| title_sort | hygroscopic balance in pumpkin seeds |
| url | https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/agrineo/article/view/4090 |
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