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Properties of Foods
George D. Sanauacos
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
and National Technical University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Zacharias B. Maroulis
National Technical University of Athens
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I. INTRODUCTION 105
II. DIFFUSION OF WATER IN SOLIDS 106
A. Diffusion of Water in Polymers 107
III. DETERMINATION OF MASS DIFFUSIVITY IN SOLIDS 109
A. Sorption Kinetics 110
B. Permeability Methods 114
C. Distribution of Diffusant 118
D. Drying Methods 120
E. Simplified Methods 123
F. Simulation Method 124
G. Numerical Methods 124
H. Regular Regime Method 12 5
I. Shrinkage Effect 126
IV. MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY IN MODEL FOOD MATERIALS 127
A. Effect of Measurement Method 127
B. Effect of Gelatinization and Extrusion 13 0
C. Effect of Sugars 133
D. Effect of Proteins and Lipids 13 5
E. Effect of Inert Particles 137
F. Effect of Pressure 138
G. Effect of Porosity 140
H. Effect of Temperature 141
I. Drying Mechanisms 143
V. WATER TRANSPORT IN FOODS 144
A. Mechanisms of Water Transport 144
B. Effective Moisture Diffusivity 145
C. Water Transport in Cellular Foods 146
D. Water Transport in Osmotic Dehydration 147
E. Effect of Physical Structure 150
F. Effect of Physical/Chemical Treatments 152
G. Characteristic Moisture Diffusivities of Foods 155
I. INTRODUCTION 163
II. DATA COMPILATION 164
Preface
The basic transport properties of momentum (flow), heat and mass are an
important part of the engineering properties of foods, which are essential in the
design, operation, and control of food processes and processing equipment. They
are also useful in the quantitative analysis and evaluation of food quality and food
safety during processing, packaging, storage and distribution of foods. The engi-
neering properties are receiving increasing attention recently due to the need for
more efficient processes and equipment for high quality and convenient food
products, under strict environmental and economic constraints.
The fundamentals of transport properties were developed in chemical engi-
neering for simple gases and liquids, based on molecular dynamics and thermody-
namics. However, the complex structure of solid, semi-solid, and fluid foods pre-
vents the direct use of molecular dynamics for the prediction of the transport prop-
erties of foods. Thus, experimental measurements and empirical correlations are
essential for the estimation of these important food properties.
The need for reliable experimental data on physical properties of foods, es-
pecially on transport properties, was realized by the development of national and
international research programs, like the European cooperative projects COST 90
and COST 90 bis, which dealt with such properties as viscosity, thermal conduc-
tivity, and mass diffusivity of foods. One outcome of these projects was the impor-
tance of context (relevancy) of the measurement and sample conditions. This ex-
plains the wide variation of the food transport properties, particularly mass
diffusivity.
Statistical analysis of compiled literature data may yield general conclusions
and certain empirical "constants", which characterize the transport property (ther-
mal conductivity or moisture diffusivity) of a given food or food class.
All transport properties are structure-sensitive at the three levels, i.e. mo-
lecular, microstructural, and macrostructural. Correlation of food macrostructure
to transport properties is relatively easy by means of measurements of density,
porosity, and shrinkage. Correlation to molecular and microstructural (cellular)
structure, although more fundamental, is difficult and requires further theoretical
and applied work before wider application in food systems.
The material of this book is arranged in a logical order: The introduction,
Chapter 1, summarizes the contents of the book, emphasizing the need for a uni-
fied approach to the transport properties based on certain general principles. Chap-
ter 2 introduces the fundamental transport properties as applied to simple gases
and liquids. The three levels of food structure, molecular, micro- and macrostruc-
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GeorgeD. Saravacos
Zacharias B. Maroulis
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction 1
I. RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES 3
II. THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES 3
III. MASS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES 4
I. INTRODUCTION 7
II. ANALOGIES OF TRANSPORT PROCESSES 8
III. MOLECULAR BASIS OF TRANSPORT PROCESSES 9
A. Ideal Gases 9
B. Thermodynamic Quantities 10
C. Real Gases 12
IV. PREDICTION OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS 14
A. Real Gases 15
B. Liquids 16
C. Comparison of Liquid/Gas Transport Properties 18
D. Gas Mixtures 19
V. TABLES AND DATA BANKS OF TRANSPORT PROPERTIES 19
I. INTRODUCTION 29
II. MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 29
A. Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Simulations 29
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viii Contents
I. INTRODUCTION 237
A. Diffusivity of Small Solutes 237
B. Measurement of Diffusivity 239
II. DIFFUSIVITY IN FLUID FOODS 241
A. Dilute Solutions 241
B. Concentrated Solutions 242
III. DIFFUSION IN POLYMERS 243
A. Diffusivity of Small Solutes in Polymers 244
B. Glass Transition 246
C. Clustering of Solutes in Polymers 247
D. Prediction of Diffusivity 248
IV. DIFFUSION OF SOLUTES IN FOODS 251
A. Diffusivity of Salts 251
B. Diffusivity of Organic Components 252
C. Volatile Flavor Retention 254
D. Flavor Encapsulation 258
V. PERMEABILITY IN FOOD SYSTEMS 259
A. Permeability 259
B. Food Packaging Films 261
C. Food Coatings 262
D. Permeability/Diffusivity Relation 263
I. INTRODUCTION 359
II. HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS 360
A. Definitions 360
B. Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficients 361
C. General Correlations of the Heat Transfer Coefficient 362
D. Simplified Equations for Air and Water 364
III. MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS 364
A. Definitions 364
B. Determination of Mass Transfer Coefficients 365
C. Empirical Correlations 366
D. Theories of Mass Transfer 367
IV. HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN FOOD SYSTEMS 369
A. Heat Transfer in Fluid Foods 369
B. Heat Transfer in Canned Foods 371
C. Evaporation of Fluid Foods 372
D. Improvement of Heat/Mass Transfer 373
V. HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN FOOD PROCESSING:
COMPILATION OF LITERATURE DATA 374
VI. MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN FOOD PROCESSING:
COMPILATION OF LITERATURE DATA 391
Index 407
1
Introduction
The transport properties of momentum (flow), heat and mass of unit opera-
tions are an important part of the physical and engineering properties of foods,
which are necessary for the quantitative analysis, design, and control of food proc-
esses and food quality.
The transport of momentum (rheological properties) and heat (thermal con-
ductivity) have received more attention in the past (Rao, 1999; Rahman, 1995).
However, mass transport is getting more attention recently, due to its importance
to several traditional and new food processing operations (Saravacos, 1995).
The transport properties of gases and liquids have been studied extensively
and they are a basic element in the design of chemical processes and processing
equipment (Reid et al., 1987). The theoretical analysis and applications of trans-
port phenomena have been advanced by a unified treatment of the three basic
transport processes (Brodkey and Hershey, 1988). The adoption of transport phe-
nomena in food systems is expected to advance the emerging field of food engi-
neering (Gekas, 1992). However, foods are complex heterogeneous and sensitive
materials, mostly solids or semisolids, and application of the principles of trans-
port phenomena requires sustained experimental and theoretical efforts.
Application of modern computer aided design (CAD) to food processing has
been limited by the lack of reliable transport data for the various food processes
and food materials. Mathematical modeling and simulations have made consider-
able progress, but the accuracy of the available scattered data is not adequate for
quantitative applications. Of particular importance is the need for mass transport
properties (Saravacos and Kostaropoulos, 1995; 1996).
While analysis and computation of the transport properties of gases and liq-
uids is based on molecular dynamics, experimental measurements are necessary
for the food materials and food processing systems.
2 Chapter 1
I. RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Food rheology has been primarily concerned with food texture and food
quality. However, rheological data of fluid foods are essential in the analysis and
design of important food processing operations, like pumping, heating and cool-
ing, evaporation, and thermal processing (both in cans and aseptic processing).
Most fluid foods are non-Newtonian fluids, and empirical Theological data
are necessary (Rao, 1999). Statistical (regression) analysis of published rheologi-
cal data can provide useful correlations for groups and typical fluid foods (see
Chapter 4).
The effect of temperature on the viscosity of fluid foods appears to be re-
lated to the molecular and microstrure of the material: High energies of activation
for flow (about 50 kJ/mol) are observed in concentrated aqueous sugar solutions
and fruit juices, while very low values (near 10 kJ/mol) characterize the highly
non-Newtonian (and viscous) fruit purees and pulps (Saravacos, 1970).
The diffusion model, developed for mass transport in fluid systems (Cussler,
1997), has been applied widely to mass transfer in food materials, assuming that
the driving force is a concentration gradient. Since mass transfer in heterogeneous
systems may involve other mechanisms than molecular diffusion, the estimated
mass transport property is an effective (or apparent) diffusivity. Most of the pub-
lished data on mass transport in food systems refer to moisture (water) diffusivity
(Marinos-Kouris and Maroulis, 1995), since the transport of water is of fundamen-
tal importance to many food processes, like dehydration, and to food quality
changes during storage.
Mass transport in foods is strongly affected by the molecular, micro- and
macrostructure of food materials. The crucial role of porosity in moisture transfer
has been demonstrated by measurements on model foods of various structures, and
on typical food materials (Marousis et al., 1991; Saravacos, 1995). The effect of
temperature on moisture diffusivity may provide an indication whether mass trans-
fer is controlled by air or liquid/solid phase of the food material. Low energies of
activation for diffusion (about 10 kJ/mol) are obtained in porous materials, while
high values (near 50 kJ/mol) are observed in nonporous products.
The wide range of moisture diffusivities reported in the literature is caused
primarily by the large differences in mass diffusivity among the vapor, liquid, and
solid phases present in heterogeneous food materials. The diffusivity in the solid
phase is also affected strongly by the physical state, i.e. glassy, rubbery or crystal-
line. Application of polymer science to food systems containing biopolymers can
improve the understanding of the underlying transport mechanisms (see Chapters
5 and 7).
Statistical (regression) analysis of published literature data on moisture dif-
fusivity, using an empirical model as a function of moisture content and tempera-
ture, can provide useful parameters, such as diffusivity and activation energy in
the dry and infinitely wet phases (see Chapter 6).
Cellular models for mass transfer can provide an insight into the process of
osmotic dehydration, where water and solutes are transported simultaneously.
However, the diffusion model is often used, because of its simplicity, for the esti-
mation of mass diffusivity of water and solutes during the osmotic process.
Mass transport of important food solutes, such as nutrients and flavor/aroma
components, is usually treated as a diffusion process, and effective mass diffusivi-
ties are used in various food processes and food quality changes, like aroma reten-
tion (see Chapter 7).
Introduction
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Transport Properties of Gases and
Liquids
I. INTRODUCTION
The physical processes and unit operations of process engineering are based
on the transport phenomena of momentum, heat, and mass (Bird et al., 1960;
Geankoplis, 1993). The transport phenomena, originally developed in chemical
engineering, can be applied to the processes and unit operations of food engineer-
ing (Gekas, 1992). The analogy of momentum, heat and mass transport facilitates
a unified mathematical treatment of the three fundamental transport processes
(Brodkey and Hershey, 1988).
The transport properties of simple gases and liquids have been investigated
more extensively than the corresponding properties of solids and semisolids. Mo-
lecular dynamics and thermodynamics have been used to predict, correlate and
evaluate the transport properties of simple gases and liquids (Reid et al., 1987).
Empirical prediction methods, based on theoretical principles, have been used to
predict the transport properties of dense gases and liquids, compiling tables and
data banks, which are utilized in process design and processing operations.
This chapter presents a review of the molecular and empirical prediction of
transport properties of gases and liquids, with examples of simple fluids of impor-
tance to food systems, like air and water. The theoretical treatment of simple fluids
is useful in analyzing and evaluating the transport properties of complex food ma-
terials.
Chapter 2
The transport processes of momentum (fluid flow), heat and mass can be
expressed mathematically by analogous constitutive equations of the general form
(one-dimensional transport):
where p (kg/m3) is the density and cp (J/kg K) is the heat capacity at constant pres-
sure of the fluid.
Thus, all three transport properties, v, a, D are expressed in the same units,
m2/s.
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 9
It should be noted that, although the three transport processes are expressed
mathematically by the same generalized transport equation (2-1), the mechanisms
of transport of momentum, heat and mass may be quite different.
A. Ideal Gases
The ideal gases are considered to consist of rigid spherical molecules obey-
ing the laws of mechanics, and their transport properties can be predicted by the
kinetic theory of gases. Although very few gases approach ideality (Ar, Xe, Kr),
the concept of ideal gas is useful in understanding the transport properties.
The mean free path /lm of a gas, defined as the average distance of molecular
movement before collision with another molecule or surface, is given by the equa-
tion (Brodkey and Hershey, 1988):
T
X =5/0= n*> 'l (2-5)
"' '
where u is the mean velocity (m/s), 9 is the collision frequency (1/s), d is the mo-
lecular diameter (m), P is the pressure (Pa), and kB is the Boltzmann constant kB =
1.38xlO' 23 J/moleculeK.
From Eq. (2-5) it follows that,
This means that the mean free path of the molecular motion is inversely propor-
tional to the pressure.
10 Chapter 2
The transport properties of ideal gases, viscosity 77, thermal conductivity /I,
and mass diffusivity D are given by the following equations:
(2-7)
(2-8)
D = - u Am (2-9)
Since v = r/jp and a = A//? cp , Eqs. (2-7) to (2-9) yield the following analogies:
v = ay = D (2-11)
where y = cp /cy , and cp, cv are the heat capacities at constant pressure and con-
stant volume, respectively.
B. Thermodynamic Quantities
The transport processes of momentum, heat, and mass take place in systems
that are removed from thermodynamic equilibrium. Thermodynamics cannot pre-
dict transport properties, but some thermodynamic quantities are used in molecular
and empirical predictions (Prausnitz et al., 1999).
Pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) data are needed in calculations and cor-
relations of transport properties of fluids. PVT data are usually obtained from the
cubic equations of state, such as the Redlich-Kwong equation of state (Smith and
van Ness, 1987):
V-b
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 11
Equation (2-12) yields the known cubic equation of van der Waals and it reduces
to the ideal gas law (PV=RT), if the empirical constants a and b are taken equal to
zero. The cubic equations of state can be transformed to polynomials of third de-
gree in respect to volume V.
The empirical constants of the Redlich-Kwong equation are related to the
critical properties P0 Tc of the fluid:
(2-13)
^008664^ (2 _ M)
The critical properties of a fluid, Pc, Vc, and Tc, are characteristic for each fluid,
and they are used to calculate the reduced properties:
The residual or excess properties of a fluid are the differences between the real and
the ideal properties. Thus, the residual volume VKS is defined as:
(2-16)
RT
therefore V = z—— (2-17)
For many fluids the normal boiling point is approximately equal to 0.7TC.
12 Chapter 2
Table 2.1 shows the critical constants V0 Tc, P0 zc and the acentric factor a>
for selected fluids of interest to food systems.
C. Real Gases
The intermolecular forces of fluids constitute the basis of all transport proc-
esses at the molecular level. Their origin and determination is treated in the spe-
cialized literature (Maitland et al., 1981). In real gases (monoatomic, polyatomic,
nonpolar, and polar) the Chapman-Enskog theory of nonuniform gases is usually
applied. In the prediction of the transport properties, the following empirical pa-
rameters are usually employed (Reid et al., 1987): collision diameter a, potential
energy s, and collision integral Q.
The potential energy u(r) or the Lennard-Jones 12-6 potential of two spheri-
cal nonpolar molecules is given by the equation:
u(r)=4s (2-19)
=1CT10(2.3551-0.00876;) (2-20)
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 13
Table 2.2 shows the empirical constants crand e of gases important to food
systems.
The collision integral Q of real fluids is a measure of the active cross section
of collision, depending on temperature, which is related to the intermolecular po-
tential by a complex integral (Assael et al., 1996). The collision cross section for a
molecule is the area, perpendicular to the direction of movement, within which the
center of a second molecule should be located in order to collide.
The collision integral is related to the transport properties of viscosity Qn
and mass diffusivity £2D. The two integrals are different, and the collision integral
for viscosity Qn is usually estimated more accurately than QQ, since viscosity 77 is
determined more accurately than mass diffusivity D. The following empirical
equation is used for estimation of fin (Brodkey and Hershey, 1988):
. /r (2-23)
where 5* is the dipole dimensionless number, defined by the equation:
14 Chapter 2
where (DPM) is the dipole moment (given in thermodynamic tables) and V0, Tb
are the molar volume (m3/mol) at the normal boiling point (K). Water, a typical
polar molecule, has a value DPM= 1.8 debye.
The transport properties of fluids can be considered that they consist of three
contributions, as shown in the following equation (Assael et al., 1996; Millet et al.,
1996):
where X(p, T) is the transport property (TJ, /I, D), X0(T) is the transport property of
the dilute fluid (gas), AX(p, T) is the excess contribution of the real fluid, and
AXc(p,T) is the critical contribution. The terms X0(T)+ AX(p,T) represent the basic
part of the transport property, while the critical contribution AXc(p, T) becomes of
importance near the critical temperature. The transport properties are affected
mainly by the temperature T and the density or concentration p, while pressure
may have an effect in some special (e.g. critical) conditions.
The excess contributions are important in predictions of viscosity (At] = 77-
rjq) and thermal conductivity (AA = /L-Ag), and they can be estimated when some
data are available in the literature. The critical contribution is more important for A
than for 77.
The accuracy of prediction is higher for viscosity (1-3%) than for thermal
conductivity (about 10%). The mass diffusivity is predicted with lower accuracy
(10-50%), especially at high concentrations of the diffusant (Brodkey and Her-
shey, 1988).
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 15
A. Real Gases
The transport properties of real gases, viscosity 77 (Pa s), thermal conductiv-
ity /I (W/m K), and mass diffusivity D (m2/s) can be predicted by the Chapman-
Enskog equations, based on the intermolecular parameters (Brodkey and Hershey,
1988):
(Mr)"
= 2.669x10" (2-26)
= 8.3224x10' (2-27)
D = 1.883x10- (2-28)
where M is the molecular weight, T is the temperature (K), P is the pressure (Pa),
a is the collision diameter (m) and /?7i QD are the collision integrals.
Equations (2-26) to (2-28) show that 77 and /I increase with the square root
of temperature, while D is a function of the cubic power of temperature. Equation
(2-28) indicates that, at constant temperature, PD=constant, i.e. the mass diffusiv-
ity is inversely proportional to the pressure.
Pressure has a negligible effect on /I of gases up to 10 bar, but it is important
at higher pressures, especially near the critical condition.
The viscosity 77 and the thermal conductivity /I of real gases are correlated
by empirical equations, which facilitate the interconversion of the two transport
properties. For monoatomic gases the Eucken factor is used:
AM
= 2.5 (2-29)
where M is the molecular weight (kg/kmol) and cv is the heat capacity at constant
volume (kJ/kmol K).
For polyatomic gases, the Eucken factor is given by the equation:
AM , 2.25 , 2.25
—— = 1 + ——— = 1 + (2-30)
cvIR c IR-\
16 Chapter 2
cp=cy+R (2-31)
B. Liquids
In liquids, the intermolecular forces are stronger than in gases, due to the
close proximity of the molecules. Prediction of the transport properties by molecu-
lar parameters is difficult, and empirical relationships are normally used. Experi-
mental measurements of the transport properties of liquids are necessary to vali-
date the empirical prediction equations. Measurement techniques are discussed in
the treatment of transport properties of food materials (see Chapters 5 and 7).
/. Viscosity
The Eyring theory of rate processes yields an empirical expression for vis-
cosity, which is similar to the Arrhenius equation:
(2-32)
-0,66, -0,66,
233
when 77, r/0 are the viscosities (Pa s) at temperatures T, T0, respectively.
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 17
2. Thermal Conductivity
The thermal conductivity of liquids can be estimated from empirical equa-
tions as a function of the temperature T, like the following expression:
/i = A + BT + CT2+DT3 (2-34)
3. Mass Diffusivity
The diffusivity of a species A in a liquid medium B can be estimated from
the Wilke-Chang equation (Brodkey and Hershey, 1988):
(2-35)
where rj is the viscosity of the liquid (Pa s), T is the temperature (K), MB is the
molecular weight of B, VA is the molar volume of A at the boiling point (m3/kmol),
and <f> is an interaction parameter, e.g. 2.26 for water and 1.5 for ethanol.
In general, the mass diffusivity of a particle in a liquid medium is given by
the Stokes - Einstein equation:
If B T
D= (2-36)
where rp is the particle radius (m), TJB is the viscosity of the liquid medium (Pa s),
T is the temperature (K), and &s=1.38xlO"23 J/molecule K is the Boltzmann con-
stant.
From both Eqs. (2-35) and (2-36) it follows that
= constant (2-37)
i.e. the mass diffusivity is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the solution.
18 Chapter 2
The Eyring theory of rate processes predicts for mass diffusivity an Ar-
rhenius-type relationship, analogous to viscosity:
D = Ae\p(-ED/RT) (2-38)
For comparison of transport properties in the liquid (L), and gas (G) state,
the following approximate ratios are useful:
D. Gas Mixtures
The viscosity of steam/air mixtures, which is important in retort processing
of packaged foods, is given by the empirical equation (Kisaalita et al., 1986):
^=vayJ°y*+t?,y,Tby' (2-40)
where rja, rjs are the air and steam viscosities respectively, o=0.039, 6=0.0163,
ya, ys are the mass fractions of air and steam, respectively, and Tis the tempera-
ture in °C.
The calculated values of varied from 0.0144 Pa s (100 °C, yg= 0.1) to
0.0204 (140 °C, y, = 0.5).
The transport properties are usually included in tables and data banks of
physical properties of materials. Data on transport properties of common fluids are
found in the well-known Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (1984), in Reid
et al. (1987) and in Cussler (1997). The extensive compilation of thermophysical
properties of matter by Touloukian (1971) includes transport property data. Exten-
sive compilation of physical properties, including transport properties of fluids, are
available in computer databases and data banks, such as the Dechema databank of
the German Chemical Society (Eckermann, 1983), and the PPDS data bank of the
National Engineering Laboratory, U.K. (PPDS, 1996).
The Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR) of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) recently published tables of transport
properties for binary mixtures (DIPPR, 1997) and a data bank of the same proper-
ties (DIPMIX, 1997). Compilations of data and plots of physical properties of pure
compounds are available for Windows (DIPPR, 1998).
Packages of extensive data banks of physical properties, requiring main-
frame computers, are used in process equipment design and in processing opera-
tions. Software of selected physical properties for desktop computers and Win-
dows is available (CEP, 1999). Most of the data on transport properties of fluids
published in tables and data banks are related to the chemical, petroleum, and pet-
rochemical industries. Limited information is available on food and biological
products, which are, for the most part, solid or semisolid materials.
20 Chapter 2
Tables 2.3 and 2.4 give some selected values of transport properties of sim-
ple fluids of importance to food processing and food engineering. They are useful
in determining and evaluating the transport properties of food materials, which are
treated in subsequent chapters of this book.
More data for viscosity and thermal conductivity of air and water (liquid and
vapor) as a function of temperature are presented in Figures 2.1 and 2.2.
B
B.
E
0.01
0.001
200 300 400
Temperature (°C)
Figure 2.1 Viscosity of air and water versus temperature. (Adapted from Pa-
kowskietal., 1991.)
22 Chapter 2
•o
e
o
0.01
200 300 400
Temperature (°C)
Figure 2.2 Thermal conductivity of air and water versus temperature. (Adapted from
Pakowski et al., 1991.)
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 23
A third degree polynomial was fitted to these data and the results are sum-
marized in Table 2.5. A different equation was used for viscosity data of water,
since the results of the third degree polynomial are not adequate.
In the same table an empirical equation from Pakowski et al. (1991) is pre-
sented for predicting the water vapor diffusivity in air versus temperature and
pressure (see also Figure 2.3).
Table 2.5 Empirical Equations for Calculating the Transport Properties of Water,
Water Vapor and Air
a2 a3 Temperature (°C)
Saturated Vapor 7.95E-03 4.49E-05 -6.13E-08 1.44E-10 0-300
Superheated Vapor 8.07E-03 4.04E-05 1.24E-09 -1.21E-12 100-700
Air 1.69E-02 4.98E-05 -3.19E-08 1.32E-11 0-1000
ao ai a2 a3 Temperature (°C)
Saturated Water -1.07E+01 1.97E-02 -1.47E-05 1.82E+03 0-350
Thermal Conductivity
(W/m K)
Temperature (°C)
Saturated Water 5.70E-01 1.78E-03 -6.94E-06 2.20E-09 0-350
Saturated Vapor 1.76E-02 1.05E-04 -6.7 IE-07 3.07E-09 0-300
Superheated Vapor 1.77E-02 6.01E-05 9.5 IE-08 -3.99E-11 100-700
Air 2.43E-02 7.89E-05 -1.79E-08 -8.57E-12 0-1000
Mass Diffusivitv
(m2/s)
D=ao(T+273)/273)ai P"2
Temperature (°C)
Water Vapor in Air 2.16E-05 1.80E+00 -l.OOEOO 0-1200
l.E-02
l.E-06
10 100 1000
Temperature (°C)
Figure 2.3 Diffusivity of water vapor in air. (Data from Pakowski et al., 1991.)
50 100
Temperature (°C)
Figure 2.4 Viscosity of aqueous sucrose solutions. (Adapted from Perry et al.,
1984.)
26 Chapter 2
0.070
0.060
0.050
0.040
•a
a
e
(J
0.030
0.020
0.010
-200 200 600
Temperature (°C)
Figure 2.5 Thermal conductivity of gases. (Adapted from Perry et al., 1984.)
Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids 27
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Food Structure and Transport
Properties
I. INTRODUCTION
I. MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
(Reid et al., 1987). These correlations and data are of limited use to food systems,
since food materials are generally heterogeneous solids, which are difficult to ana-
lyze and interpret in terms of pure molecular science.
The mechanical and transport properties of polymers can be predicted by the
new technique of molecular simulation, which is based on molecular dynamics
and uses extensive computer computations. Molecular simulations use statistical
analysis and computer computations of a particular material, from which struc-
tural, thermodynamic and transport properties are estimated (Theodorou, 1996).
Molecular simulations can produce polymer configurations based on equi-
librium statistical mechanics, which show the distribution of sizes and shapes of
open spaces, formed within the polymer structure, where the penetrant molecules
can reside. Application of this technique to polymer science could produce special
polymers for specific application, e.g. separation of various molecules.
C. Phase Transitions
Phase transitions, shown in the familiar state diagrams of biopolymers and
other food components, have a profound effect on the transport properties of
foods, especially mass transport. Extensive data on the major phase transitions of
foods, including freezing, glass transitions, gelatinization and crystallization, are
presented by Rahman (1995).
Food Structure and Transport Properties 31
PLD
CW
CM
ML
Figure 3.1 Diagram of a parenchyma plant cell. CW, cell walls; CM, cell membrane
(plasmalemma); V, vacuole; N, nucleus; ML, middle lamella; PLD, plasmodesmata; IS,
intercellular space; TN, tonoplast; P, protein particles; L, lipid particles.
The microscopic plant cell (size of 2-10 um) consists of the cell walls which
contain the cell components in a membrane (plasmalemma) enclosure. The cell
contains protein, starch and lipid particles within the cytoplasm. The vacuole, sur-
rounded by the tonoplast, contains water, soluble sugars and salts (Aguilera and
Stanley, 1999). The vacuole is responsible for the osmotic pressure and the turgor
of the cell.
The cell walls contain the middle lamella and they have small channels
(plasmodesmata), that allow the flow of cytoplasmic material and water/solutes in
and out of the cell. Intercellular spaces may contain water solution or air. The cell
walls contain mainly cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectins and glycoproteins. Plant
tissues consist of storage or parenchyma cells, phloem for transporting organic
materials, xylem for transporting water and protective tissue.
The plant cell walls and membranes are of particular importance to food
processing and food quality. The turgor (hydrostatic pressure) is lost during dehy-
dration, heating or freezing. The cell wall middle lamella complex is related to
food texture.
34 Chapter 3
/. Solvent Extraction
Solvent/solid extraction or leaching of food components, such as sugars, lip-
ids and flavor compounds is used in various food processing operations. It can be
analyzed and designed by the methods developed in chemical process engineering,
i.e. equilibrium-stage or continuous separations (Perry and Green, 1997).
The mass diffusivity of solutes in solid substrates Ds is smaller than the dif-
fusivity in the liquid solvent DL due to the complex structure of the material, ac-
cording to the empirical equation (Aguilera and Stanley, 1999):
Ds = Fa,DL (3-1)
The correction factor Fm varies in the range (0.1-0.9), with the higher values
obtained when the cell membranes are destroyed, as by heating in the extraction of
sucrose from sugar beets by hot water. Fm becomes very low, approaching zero, in
the extraction of high molecular weight components, like proteins, from plant tis-
sues. Extraction is improved by pretreatment of the solid material, e.g. by size
reduction, or by flaking, which reduces the diffusion path for both solvent and
extracted component. In some applications, extraction can be improved by enzy-
matic treatment of the plant tissues, which break down, e.g. the pectins of the cell
walls.
Food Structure and Transport Properties 35
2. Food Dehydration
The moisture (water) in heterogeneous solid foods may not be in equilib-
rium at the microstructural level, although macroscopically the system appears to
be in equilibrium. Thus, moisture may be transported between the heterogeneous
components of the food system. Thermodynamic analysis of transport processes at
the cellular level requires transport and equilibrium properties of the cell compo-
nents (Rotstein, 1987).
Microstructural changes during the drying of food materials include loss of
cellular structure, pore formation and shrinkage of the product. These changes
affect strongly the transport properties, especially moisture diffusivity (see Chap-
ter 5).
Heterogeneous structure may affect moisture diffusivity, like the reduction
of the drying rate by the skin of grapes (see Chapter 5). Food microstructure is
related to the retention of volatile aroma components during the drying of food
materials (see Chapter 7).
Microstructure plays an important role in the osmotic dehydration of foods,
especially that of fruits and vegetables: The water is transported from the food
cells to the osmoactive solution (sugar or salt) and the osmoactive agent is infused
into the cellular food (Lewicki and Lenart, 1995). A model of the osmotic dehy-
dration process in cellular foods is presented by Yao and Le Maguer (1996).
Mass transfer in plant tissues during osmotic dehydration was analyzed by
Spiess and Behsinlian (1998); the plant tissue is considered to consist of a solid
matrix, intercellular space, extracellular space and occluded gas. Three pathways
of mass transfer may take place at the microstructural level: a) apoplasmatic trans-
port (outside the cell membrane); b) symplasmatic transport through small chan-
nels (plasmodesmata) between neighboring cells; and c) transmembrane transport
(between the cell and the intercellular space). The function of living plant cells is
examined in plant physiology.
The transport properties of solid and semisolid food materials are related to
their macroscopic properties, such as density, porosity, particle size and shape.
The design, operation and control of food processing operations is based on these
properties, which can be measured by simple instruments and techniques.
The structure of solid and semisolid foods has been investigated more in re-
lation to food structure and food quality than to transport properties. The structure
of fluid foods is usually related to their rheological and viscometric properties, as
discussed in Chapter 4.
Food macrostructure has received special attention in relation to the dehy-
dration of foods, since significant changes take place during moisture transport in
solid and semisolid food materials.
Model food materials, based on food biopolymers, such as starch, and fruits
and vegetables have been used as experimental materials, since their properties
can be related empirically to their structure at the macroscopic, microscopic and
molecular levels.
Quantitative parameters of physical meaning, i.e. density, porosity and
shrinkage, based on three phases (solids, water and air) can be estimated for the
characterization of structural changes of foods during processing and storage.
Two classes of food materials are examined separately: a) continuous solids,
in which shrinkage and porosity develop when water is removed, and b) particu-
late or granular materials, such as starch granules, in which porosity is a dependent
variable that can be controlled, e.g. by compression.
A. Definitions
Assuming moist material to consist of dry solids, water, and air, the follow-
ing definitions can be considered:
where m,, ms, and mw are the total mass and the masses of dry solids and water
respectively (kg), while the mass of air is neglected.
The total volume of the sample is considered as:
where Vs, Vw and Va, are the volumes of dry solids, water and air pores, respec-
tively (m3). The volume of air is referred to the internal pores only.
Food Structure and Transport Properties 37
pb = m,/Vt (3-4)
PP=m,/Vp (3-5)
where Vp = Vs+Vw is the true (particle) volume, which is the total volume of the
sample excluding air pores. Apparent and true density are analogous to the bulk
and particle density of granular materials, respectively. The actual densities of dry
solids PJ and enclosed water pw can also be defined as:
P, = m,/V, (3-6)
pw = mw/Vw (3-7)
The specific volume of the sample u is defined as the total volume per unit mass of
dry solids (m3/kg db):
v=V,/ms (3-8)
The material moisture contention a dry basis (kg water/kg db) is:
X=mw/ms (3-9)
(3.10)
A,
where Xi is the initial moisture content of the moist food material, v is the specific
volume at material moisture content X, and o,- is the specific volume at X=Xi. The
shrinkage coefficient ft varies between 0 (no shrinkage) and 1 (full shrinkage).
(See Figure 3. 2.)
Assuming that no volume interaction occurs between the water and the sol-
ids, combining Eqs. (3-5), (3-6), (3-7) and (3-9) results in:
38 Chapter 3
lJrX
Pp= (3-11)
A A..
Equation (3-11) shows the dependence of moisture content on true (particle) den-
sity.
Combining Eqs. (3-4), (3-7), (3-9) and (3-10) results in:
'iW P-12)
A, A,.
where pbi is the apparent density &iX=Xi, the initial moisture content.
When the zero moisture content is considered as initial moisture content
(A)=0), then Eqs. (3-10) and (3-12) are transformed into Eqs. (3-13) and (3-14),
respectively:
o = uo+/3— (3-13)
A
where L>O, and pbo are the specific volume and the apparent density at X = 0, re-
spectively.
Moreover, in fried products, when oil is considered as one more phase, Eqs.
(3-13) and (3-14) are further transformed to Eqs. (3-15) and (3-16), respectively:
( X Y\
o = va+p\ — + — (3-15)
IA PL)
X +—
— Y
A» A PL.
Y=mL/ms (3-17)
Food Structure and Transport Properties 39
+X +
(3-18)
1
_____
X
j ___
Y
I ___
P, P, Pi
disappears (shrinkage)
= p (Xi-X) / pw
remains as water
= X/pw
remains as air (porosity)
= (l-p)(Xi-X)/pw
Initial Final
(Xi) (X)
Figure 3.2 Schematic representation of shrinkage and porosity development, as
part of water is removed.
40 Chapter 3
1. Continuous Solids
Table 3.1 summarizes the proposed model that combines the thermal con-
ductivity structural models with the density structural models. The corresponding
information flow diagram is presented in Figure 3.3.
2. Granular Solids
Table 3.2 summarizes the proposed model, which combines the thermal
conductivity structural models with the density structural models. The correspond-
ing informational flow diagram is presented in Figure 3.4.
Food Structure and Transport Properties 41
Table 3.1 Effective Thermal Conductivity Generic Model for Continuous Mate-
rials
(2)
/?,=!-— (4)
* =^ (5)
(6)
A, P.
42 Chapter 3
pai, Xi,
Volume
Fraction
of Food
Components
Eqs. (4), (5)
and (6)
JXeff
Figure 3.3 Informational flow diagram for the model of Table 3.1. (Equation numbers
refer to those in Table 3.1.)
Food Structure and Transport Properties 43
Table 3.2 Effective Thermal Conductivity Generic Model for Granular Materials
*«=l-f f <!>
-L J-
(2)
(3)
/
yf
(5)
Volume Fractions
* 0 =1- A (7)
^
P
Pp = 1l +X X (9)
^ '
___ I ___
P. P.
44 Chapter 3
f fp
Density
of Pure
Substances ps, pw PP
pb
Volume
Fractions
Eqs. (7) and (8)
Thermal
Conductivity Xs, Xw
of Pure Thermal Conductivity
Substances Structural Model
for Granules (Particles)
Eqs. (4), (5)
and (6)
Thermal Conductivity
Xa Structural Model
forGranular Material
Eqs. (1), (2)
and (3)
Xeffl
Figure 3.4 Informational flow diagram for the model of Table 3.2. (Equation numbers
refer to those in Table 3.2.)
Food Structure and Transport Properties 45
Figure 3.5 Experimental data evaluation flow diagram for densities and porosity.
46 Chapter 3
1. Dimension measurement
2. Buoyant force determination
3. Volume displacement method
a. Liquid displacement method
b. Gas pycnometer method
c. Solid displacement method
Model foods are useful experimental materials for studying the effect of
physical (macro) structure on the transport properties of foods. They consist of a
biopolymer matrix, containing water and typical food components, such as carbo-
hydrates, proteins and lipids assembled in the form of a hydrated solid or a solid-
like gel. Starch materials, particularly linear amylose and branched amylopectin,
have been used in many forms for studies of thermal and mass diffusivity. The
physical phenomena of food dehydration have been investigated using various
starch materials (Saravacos, 1998).
The density of granular starch changes nonlinearly with the moisture con-
tent, according to the empirical equation (Marousis and Saravacos, 1990):
1.60
1.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1 . 0 0
X (kg/kg db)
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0 . 6 0 0 . 8 0 1.00
X (kg/kg db)
Figure 3.7 Bulk porosity s of air-dried granular (GR) and gelatinized (GEL) corn
starch as a function of moisture content^
48 Chapter 3
a. Granular b. Gelatinized
Figure 3.8 Macrostructure of air-dried spherical samples of corn starch (20 mm diame-
ter).
O - O
O Q O
a. CMC b. Starch
Figure 3.9 Macrostructure of freeze-dried slabs of carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) and
starch gels (20 mm thickness).
50 Chapter 3
0 3 6 0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
2.0 - 2.0 -
CARROT
0 3 6 0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
Figure 3.10 Variation of true density with material moisture content for various drying
methods during dehydration and rehydration.
52 Chapter 3
2.0 -
i
o
Dehyd(ration
convei;tive drying
vacuui•n drying
micro\vave drying
freeze drying
osmoti c dehydration
ited
RehydIration
convet;tive drying
vacuuin drying
microvvave drying
o freeze drying
D osmoti'c dehydration
0.0
0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
CARROT
0.0
0 3 6 0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
Figure 3.11 Variation of apparent density with material moisture content for various
drying methods during dehydration and rehydration.
Food Structure and Transport Properties 53
Dehydration
1.0 T • convective drying
BANANA A vacuumdrying
X microwavedrying
freeze drying
osmotic dehydration
. calculated
Rehydration
convective drying
vacuumdrying
microwave drying
freeze d r y i n g
osmotic dehydration
-calculated
1,0 T
CARROT
0 3 6 0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/ kg db)
Figure 3.12 Variation of porosity with material moisture content for various drying meth-
ods during dehydration and rehydration.
54 Chapter 3
Dehydration
15 • convective drying
A vacuum drying
X microwave drying
• freeze drying
• osmotic dehydration
Rehydration
o convective drying
A vacuum drying
X microwave drying
0 freeze drying
D osmotic dehydration
3 6 0 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
15 -
0 3 3 6
Moisture content (kg/kg db) Moisture content (kg/kg db)
Figure 3.13 Variation of specific volume with material moisture content for various drying
methods during dehydration and rehydration.
Food Structure and Transport Properties 55
Structural properties
pp True density (kg/L)
pb Apparent density (kg/L)
s Porosity
v Specific volume (L/kg db)
Factors
x Moisture content (kg/kg db)
Properties equations
1+ X
Pp (1)
~ J_ A
Ps P.
i +x
pb =• t (2)
Pbo Pw
(3)
Pp
8 = 1-*-
u = — + B' — (4)
Pbo Pw
Parameters
pw Enclosed water density (kg/L)
ps Dry solid true density (kg/L)
pbo Dry solid apparent density (kg/L)
/?' Shrinkage or expansion coefficient
J>
u
Vacuum 1.05 1.29
i Microwave
Freeze
1.07
0.74
0.44
0.18
Food Structure and Transport Properties 57
1.5 n
0.9
5 10 15 20 5 10 15 20
Time (min) Time (min)
0.6
5 10 15 20 5 10 15 20
Time (min) Time (min)
Figure 3.14 Effect of oil temperature on structural properties of french fries.
<n
CO
(Q Porosity True density (kg/1)
o o
CO
^
01
H
3
<-/!
r•
\ | <
/
d
3
re
1 1 1
r> •
1 I5 " 1 I
3. 5"
x^
•\ 5"
1
<_ft •^ O
Lft 0 (-A 3-
9>
3 3 3 T3
3 3 3 ff
K)
O
Food Structure and Transport Properties 59
1.5 -i
Concentration of
hydrogenated oil (%)
AO
• 50
• 100
5 10 15 20 5 10 15 20
Time (min) Time (min)
0.
5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
Time (min) Time (min)
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Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods
I. INTRODUCTION
63
64 Chapter 4
T = riy (4-1)
where T = F/A (applied force / surface area) is the shear stress in (Pa) and
y = (du/dy), change of velocity (Aux) in the y-direction, is the shear rate in (1/s).
This book deals mainly with shear viscosity at steady state. However, there
are some other types of viscosity, for example extensional viscosity, which is use-
ful in specialized engineering applications. Extensional flows occur when the flow
geometry changes abruptly, like in orifice flow, spinning of fibers, extrusion, and
impingement (Giesekus, 1983; Padmanabhan, 1995; Rao, 1999). Such flows are
important in polymer processing. In the simple uniaxial extensional flow, a cylin-
drical body is stretched in one direction, while contracting in the other two. In the
biaxial extensional flow, the reverse process takes place, i.e. the material is
stretched in two directions, while contracting in the other. Finally, in the planar
extensional flow, stretching is in one direction, constant in the second, and con-
traction in the third.
tides (e.g. fibers) is related to the build-up of transient network structures. Shear
thinning may be found at low concentrations of rodlike particles (e.g. fibers).
Model suspensions of coarse food particles in aqueous CMC solution ex-
hibit Theological properties similar to inorganic models, i.e. their deviation from
Newtonian behavior increases when the particle shape becomes elongated, and
when the particle concentration is increased (Pordesimo et al., 1994).
The non-linearity of suspensions of spherical particles at high concentrations
can be described by empirical equations, such as the Frankel-Acrivos and Krieger-
Dougherty models, in which the relative viscosity (t|r) is related to the volume
fraction ratio ($/$„), where </>m is a shear-dependent maximum volume fraction
(Rao, 1999).
Food particles are usually non-spherical, and they resemble to rough crys-
tals. The empirical Kitano et al. equation (1981) can be applied:
TJr=[l-(j/A)] (4-5)
Figure 4.2 Relative viscosity r]r of suspensions of glass particles as a function of the
volume fraction </> in water. (1) Einstein's equation, (2) spheres, (3) plates, (4) rods.
(Adapted from Giesekus, 1983.)
68 Chapter 4
Plots of Eq. (4-5) resemble the plots of Figure 4.2. The Kitano et al. model
was applied to reconstituted tomato puree of narrow particle size distribution with
average diameters 0.71 and 0.34 mm, and adjusting parameters A = 0.54 and A =
0.44, respectively (Yoo and Rao, 1994).
Fluid foods are complex suspensions of hydrophilic particles that interact
physically and chemically with the solvent (water), resulting in considerable
deviations from Eq. (4-2). The particle size is affected by the various processing
operations and storage conditions. Thus, the size of starch granules increases
considerably during heating, before gelatinization, resulting in increased relative
viscosity of aqueous suspensions (Rao, 1999). Changes in particle size of tomato
and other fruit and vegetable products, during pulping and screening operations,
will strongly affect the product viscosity. Physicochemical interactions in fluid
foods, such as adsorption, emulsification, polymer conformation, de-poly-
merization, crystallization, and melting have significant effects on viscosity.
B. Non-Newtonian Fluids
Fluid foods, containing dissolved macromolecules and suspended particles,
deviate considerably from Newtonian behavior (Eq. 4-1). Various empirical mod-
els have been used to account for the observed non-linear relationship of shear
stress (T)- shear rate (y) of the non-Newtonian fluids (Holdsworth, 1993; Rao,
1987a, 1987b).
1. Time-Independent Viscosity
The usual non-Newtonian models apply to time-independent fluid foods,
for which the shear stress-shear rate relationship does not change with the time of
shearing.
The Bingham plastic model (Eq. 4-6) applies to Newtonian fluids that will
flow only if a fixed yield stress TO is exceeded:
T = TO + TIY (4-6)
Many non-Newtonian fluid foods are represented by the power-law or
Ostwald-de Waele model (Eq. 4-7):
T = Ky" (4-7)
T = Tn (4-8)
Shear Rate
Figure 4.3 Shear stress C^-shear rate (y) diagrams for Newtonian (1), Bingham
(2), pseudoplastic (3), and dilatant (4) fluids.
70 Chapter 4
The Casson plastic viscosity rjCa is calculated as the square of the Casson
coefficient (Rao, 1999):
Ka=(KJ2 (4-11)
T™ = *„«*+&?" (4-12)
2. Time-Dependent Viscosity
Many non-Newtonian fluid foods of complex structure exhibit time-
dependent rheology, i.e. their apparent viscosity at a given shear rate changes sig-
nificantly with time of shearing. The most common time-dependent materials are
the thixotropic fluids, for which the apparent viscosity decreases with the time of
shearing. The rheopectic fluids exhibit the opposite behavior, i.e. the apparent vis-
cosity increases with the time of shearing. The time-dependent rheological behav-
ior is detected usually by the rheological diagram (T versus y), which forms a
characteristic loop, when ascending and descending values of stress rare plotted
against the corresponding shear rate y. In thixotropic fluids, the descending line
falls below the ascending, while the opposite behavior is observed in the rheopec-
tic fluids (Figure 4.4).
Empirical models have been proposed to descibe the thixotropy of fluid
foods, in which the shear stress is a function of time, with the initial and equilib-
rium stresses as constants.
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 71
VI
!_
«
CJ
JS
V)
Shear Rate
Figure 4.4 Shear stress (r)-Shear rate (y) diagrams (loops) for time-dependent fluids:
(1) thixotropic, (2) rheopectic.
= K0exp(Ea/RT) (4-13)
where K0 is a frequency factor (Pa s"), Ea is the energy of activation for viscous
flow (kJ/mol), T is the temperature (K), and R = 8.314 kJ /kmol K is the gas con-
stant.
72 Chapter 4
In Newtonian fluid foods, the energy of activation has been found to in-
crease from 14.4 kJ/mol (water) to more than 60 kJ/mol (concentrated clear juices
and sugar solutions).
Temperature has a major effect on the consistency coefficient K and the ap-
parent viscosity i]a of the non-Newtonian fluid foods, analogous to the effect on
Newtonian viscosity rj. The flow behavior index n is affected only slightly by
temperature (a small increase at high temperatures). The energy of activation for
flow in non-Newtonian fluids is significantly lower than the corresponding value
for Newtonian fluids of the same solids concentration (Saravacos, 1970). In sus-
pensions of fluid foods of high non-soluble solids concentration, like fruit or vege-
table pulps, Ea may be lower than the activation energy for viscous flow of water
(14.4kJ/mol).
The observed strong effect of temperature on the viscosity of viscous New-
tonian fluid foods (concentrated clear juices, edible oils) is similar to the effect on
the viscosity of nonpolar viscous liquids, such as mineral oils, as is described by
the Lewis-Squires Eq. (2-33).
Concentration of soluble solids (°Brix) and insoluble solids (e.g. pulp) has a
strong non-linear effect on the viscosity of Newtonian fluid foods, the consistency
coefficient K, and the apparent viscosity of non-Newtonian foods. Two similar
exponential models, one for °Brix and a second for % pulp, were proposed by Vi-
tali and Rao (1984a, 1984b) for concentrated orange juice, of the general form:
K = K0exp(BC) (4-14)
D. Dynamic Viscosity
The rheological characterization of complex semisolid foods requires, in ad-
dition to the shear viscosity 77, the dynamic viscosity 77", which is determined by
oscillating instruments at various frequencies. Three basic (constitutive) equations
are used to simulate the experimental rheological data, i.e. Newton's, Hooke's,
and Maxwell's (Kokini, 1992).
In dynamic rheological tests, the stress or strain is changed periodically (si-
nusoidally) with time at a fixed frequency CD. The complex stresses and strains are
related to the storage and loss moduli of the material, G 'and G "respectively.
The Bird-Carreau constitutive model, derived for polymer solutions, repre-
sents the entire deformation of a material. Thus, the shear and dynamic viscosities
(77 and 77') are estimated from the equations:
where 77^ is the shear viscosity of p element, y is the shear rate (1/s), co is the fre-
quency of oscillation (1/s), and A/, /L2 are time constants (s).
When the shear and dynamic viscosities of food suspensions, like mayon-
naise and margarine, are plotted against shear rate or oscillation frequency on log-
log scales, parallel straight lines with negative slopes are obtained (Kokini, 1992).
In rheology, the dimensionless Deborah number (De) is an index of the fluid
or solid behavior of the material. It is defined as the ratio of the time of deforma-
tion tD over the time of observation tm and it can be estimated from the viscosity of
the continuous phase 77,,, the shear rate y, and the plateau storage modulus G0:
A. Viscometers
The shear viscosity of Newtonian fluids and the rheological constants of the
non-Newtonian materials are determined using several instruments, which basi-
cally measure the shear stress versus shear rate at a given temperature. The exter-
nal stress (force/area) is applied at steady state, usually stepwise, either in ascend-
ing or descending order. The stress takes the form of pressure drop in a capillary
tube, or mechanical torque in a rotational system. The resulting rheogram is util-
ized to extract rheological data for the material under the specific measurement
conditions.
Three common types of viscometers are used in most fluid food applica-
tions, i.e. the tube/capillary, the rotational, and the cone-and-plate viscometers
(Figure 4.5). Some other types of instruments are used in special cases, e.g. the
parallel plate, the slit, and the falling ball viscometers. Details on viscometers are
provided by the manufacturers of scientific instruments. Lists and descriptions of
viscometers can be found in the literature of rheology, e.g. van Wazer et al.
(1963), Whorlow (1980), Bourne (1982, 1992), and Rao (1999).
In food process control, special sensors are used to monitor and control the
viscosity of a material, if changes of this property are very important during proc-
essing. A typical example is the hot wire viscometer, which can be used to monitor
milk clotting in cheese tanks, or enzymatic hydrolysis of starch (Sato et al., 1990).
Its operation is based on the change of heat transfer rate on the surface of a hot
wire, caused by a viscosity change.
where Q is the volumetric flow rate (mVs) and rj is the viscosity (Pa s). By com-
paring Eqs. (4-19) and (4-1) it follows that the shear stress rand shear rate yfor
Newtonian fluids are given by the relationships:
AP
a. Tube Viscometer
<-
^ ->
TO
c. Cone-and-Plate Viscometer
For non-Newtonian fluids, the shear stress is given by the same relationship,
but the shear rate is a function of the rheological constants K (Pa sn) and n:
Equations (4-19) and (4-22) apply to the laminar flow in tubes, i.e. when the
Reynolds number (Re) is lower than 2,000. For flow of Newtonian fluids in circu-
lar tubes of diameter (D, m), Re = (D u p)/r/, where u is the mean velocity (m/s),
p is the density (kg/m3), and 77 is the viscosity (Pa s).
For power-law and Herschel-Bulkley fluids, the (Re) number is calculated
from the equation
2. Rotational Viscometers
The most common rotational viscometer is the Couette or concentric cylin-
der rheometer (Figure 4.5b).
For Newtonian fluids the viscosity rj is given by the empirical equation
(Rao, 1999)
jj = CM/n (4-24)
where M is the applied torque (N m), /2is the rotational velocity (1/s) and C is the
instrument constant (1/m ), which, for the concentric cylinder system, becomes:
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 77
C = (l/4xh)[(l/ri)2-(l/rQ)2J (4-25)
3. Cone-and-Plate Viscometer
The principle of cone-and-plate viscosimeter, or Weissenberger rheogo-
niometer, is shown in Figure 4.5c. This instrument is suitable for non-Newtonian
fluid suspensions, containing small particles. The shear stress rand shear rate y are
calculated from the equations
T =3M/r0A (4-26)
(4-27)
where M (N m) is the torque, r0 (m) is the radius of the plate, and A (m2) is the
area of the cone.
For measurements on non-Newtonian fluids, the cone/plate angle should be
small (0 < 5°), usually 2-3°. Small samples should be used with this instrument.
In both rotational and cone-and-plate viscometers the shear rate is usually
varied stepwise, either in increasing (ascending) or decreasing (descending) order.
78 Chapter 4
A. Edible Oils
The edible or cooking oils and fats are generally considered as Newtonian
fluids, if they do not contain particles or emulsions, which may enter the oil phase
during processing and use. Collaborative measurements on a commercial cooking
oil (mixture of soybean and rapeseed) showed a slight deviation from Newton's
law (Prentice and Huber, 1983). Regression analysis of the rheological data, ob-
tained in seven laboratories, using coaxial-cylinder and cone-and-plate viscome-
ters at 25°C, resulted to the following equation:
Sugar solutions and clear juices are characterized by sharp decrease of vis-
cosity at higher temperatures, according to the Arrhenius equation. Concentration
has a strong positive effect on viscosity, and the combined tempera-
ture/concentration effect can be expressed in most cases by empirical exponential
equations, similar to the generalized Eq. (4-15).
Figure 4.6 compares the viscosities of clarified apple juice (Saravacos,
1970) and sucrose solutions (Perry et al., 1984) at three different temperatures, 20,
40, and 60°C. It appears that the viscosities of the two fluids are similar, except at
concentrations higher than 60°Brix, where the apple juice becomes more viscous,
probably because of the increased concentration of nonsugar solids.
Figure 4.7 shows that the viscosity of concord grape juice tends to be higher
than the viscosity of the corresponding sucrose solution, particularly at high con-
centrations. This difference may be caused by the precipitation of some com-
pounds of grape juice, which become insoluble at higher concentrations, for ex-
ample tartrates. These compounds are known to precipitate during the storage of
grape juices and wines at low temperatures.
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 81
1000
^±ES:^3^di=Ei^:S3^t
• apple juice
, . ,,,,
• sucrose solutions
VI
«
CM
u
w
i>
o.i
Figure 4.6 Comparison of viscosities of depectinized apple juice and sucrose solutions at
20-60°C. (From Saravacos, 1970, and Perry et al., 1984.)
1000
Figure 4.7 Comparison of viscosities of Concord grape juice and sucrose solutions at
40°C. (From Saravacos, 1970, and Perry et al., 1984.)
82 Chapter 4
Figure 4.8 shows the energies of activation for viscous flow of sucrose solu-
tions (Perry et al., 1984), grape juice (Saravacos, 1970), and apple juice (Rao,
1999) as a function of concentration.
The energies of activation Ea of the two juices are close to those of sucrose
solutions, increasing sharply at higher sugar concentrations. The extrapolated en-
ergy of activation at 0°Brix corresponds to the Ea value of water (14.5 kJ/mol),
which was estimated from viscosity-temperature data of the literature (Perry et al.,
1984)
The energy of activation for viscous flow increases as the molecular weight
of the dissolved sugar is increased. The viscosity ij of a sugar solution can be ex-
pressed by an empirical model, analogous to the Arrhenius equation (Chirife and
Buera, 1994):
Figure 4.8 Activation energies for viscous flow of sucrose solutions (Perry et al., 1984),
grape juice (Saravacos, 1970), and depectinized apple juice (Rao, 1999).
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 83
0.1 -L
30 40 50
Temperature (°C)
1000
0.1
0.01
0.001
0.001 10 1000 100000
1000
Carrageenan gum
solution
0.1
0.001 0.1 10 1000100000
Shear Rate (1/s)
Figure 4.11 Rheological data of 1% carrageenan gum solution at 25°C. (Data from Pren-
tice and Huber, 1983.)
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 87
1000
Figure 4.12 Rheological data of 1% xanthan gum solution at 25°C. (Data from Prentice
and Huber, 1983.)
1000
0.1
0.01
0.001 10 1000 100000
1000 -,
4 Pectin
— 2.5%
— 5.0%
a
a-
- 100
10
10 100 1000
Shear Rate, 1/s
Figure 4.14 Rheological data of aqueous pectin solutions (From Saravacos et al., 1967.)
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 89
Oil/water (o/w) food emulsions, like mayonnaise and salad dressings, are
non-Newtonian fluids with high consistency coefficients K and flow behavior in-
dices n lower than 1. Mayonnaise contains 70-80% oil particles (droplets) in the
size range 0.01-10 um, dispersed in an aqueous phase. Food emulsions are stabi-
lized by adsorption of biopolymers (gums, proteins, lecithin) on the particle sur-
faces (Rao, 1999). Because of their structure, emulsions may exhibit time-
dependent theological properties, as well as viscoelastic behavior.
Addition of sugar to emulsions changes significantly their theological prop-
erties. Thus, by adding 8% sugar to sunflower oil-water emulsions, the consistency
coefficient K of the power law model decreased from (2.6-3.6) to (0.6-2.2), while
the flow behavior index n remained nearly constant (n = 0.49). The activation en-
ergy Ea decreased from 31 to 10.7 kJ/mol (Maskan and Gogus, 2000).
Milk may be considered as dilute emulsion of fat globules in an aqueous
solution of lactose and other components. Single strength (non concentrated) milk
behaves as a Newtonian fluid with a viscosity higher than that of water (Kokini,
1992). Literature data on homogenized milk show viscosities decreasing from 3.4
to 0.6 mPa s, in the temperature range 0-80°C (Figure 4.15).
Concentration of milk by evaporation above 22.3%TS changes the rheology
to non-Newtonian (n = 0.89 at 42.4%TS), with a sharp increase of the activation
energy from 10 to 49 kJ/mol (Velez-Ruiz and Barbosa, 1998). The combined ef-
fect of temperature and concentration on the consistency coefficient K follows the
generalized model of Eq. (4-15). Freeze-concentrated milk showed a similar
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 91
rheological behavior (Chang and Hartel, 1997). The power-law model was found
applicable, with the flow behavior index decreasing from 1.0 to 0.89, and the acti-
vation energy increasing from 20 to 60 kJ/mol in the range of 20-40%TS.
Sodium caseinate suspensions behave as Bingham plastic materials, follow-
ing an empirical model similar to Eq. (4-15). The activation energy of casein sus-
pensions increased from 14.6 to 37.7 kJ/mol in casein concentrations 10-16%TS.
Buttermilk shows a thixotropic (time-dependent) behavior. The Herschel-Bulkley
model can be applied, using a structural correction factor (Butler and McNulty,
1995).
The flow properties of yogurt can be expressed by the power-law or the
Herschel-Bulkley model. However, since yogurt is a complex material, exhibiting
both fluid and semisolid (gel) properties, time-dependency (thixotropy) and vis-
coelasticity should be considered (Afonson and Maia, 1999). A strong degradation
of the yogurt may take place at high shear rate. The activation energy for viscous
flow at temperatures higher than 25°C increases sharply from 24 to 65 kJ/mol,
evidently due to action of thermophilic clotting bacteria (Benezech and Maingon-
nat, 1994).
The rheological properties of salmon surimi can be expressed by either the
Herschel-Bulkley or the Casson models, with the flow behavior index n in the
range of 0.58-0.75 (Bourami et al., 1997).
Table 4.3 shows typical rheological properties of food emulsions.
10 T-
20 40 60 80 100
Temperature (°C)
A. Edible Oils
Literature data on various edible oils and fats were obtained from Kokini
(1992), Noureddini et al. (1992), and Rao (1999). The oils are assumed to be New-
tonian fluids. The reported viscosities ranged from 1.6 to 451 mPa s at tempera-
tures from 0 to 121°C. The viscosities are plotted versus the temperature in Figure
4.16.
The following form of the Arrhenius equation was applied for the calcula-
tion of the activation energy for viscous flow Ea:
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 93
77/ = 77
/ . exp[—-(—
^ ^ -——)]
» (4-30)
where 77 and TJO are the viscosities at temperatures T and T0, respectively, and R is
the gas constant (8.314 J/mol K).
For a reference temperature T0 = 25°C, the estimated viscosity of an "aver-
age" oil is 7j0 = 55 mPa s, and the activation energy Ea = 45 kJ/mol. These values
are comparable to the values (77 = 52 mPa s and Ea = 53.2 kJ/mol) obtained on a
typical edible oil, in the cooperative COST 90 project (Prentice and Huber, 1983).
1000 TZ
a.
s
1. Applesauce
Rheological data (shear stress versus shear rate) were obtained in seven
laboratories on applesauce of 22.5°Brix (screen opening 0.6 mm) at 25°C (Prentice
and Huber, 1983). The regression line of the power-law model yielded the follow-
ing rheological constants: K= 26 A Pa s" and n = 0.286 (Figure 4.17).
1000
I Apple Sauce |
1
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
Shear Rate (1/s)
Figure 4.17 Rheological data of applesauce at 25°C. (Data from Prentice and Huber,
1983.)
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 95
(4-31)
n = n0-bC (4-32)
Table 4.4 Estimated Values of the Parameters of Eqs. (4-31) and (4-32)
Material K0. Pa s" B Em kJ/mol n0 b
Tomato 1.27 0.149 15.8 0.403 0.0028
Orange 9.28 0.077 35.0 0.950 0.0034
Pear 2.15 0.087 16.1 0.348 0.0000
Mango 1.85 0.089 32.1 0.332 0.0017
(Q Flow Behavior Index (-)
C Consistency Coefficient (Pa s")
3 o
o
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o
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M
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:
e
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20 40 60
Concentration (% solids)
i.o
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U
oa
20 40 60
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po
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to
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C. Chocolate
10000 -p=
I
1000
CO
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Figure 4.22 Rheological data of chocolate at 40°C. (Data from Prentice and Huber,
1983.)
Rheological Properties of Fluid Foods 101
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I. INTRODUCTION
105
106 Chapters
The diffusion of water in simple gases and liquids can be analyzed and pre-
dicted by molecular dynamics and empirical correlations, as discussed in Chapter
2. The transport of water and other small molecules in solids and semisolids is of
particular importance to foods and food processing systems. The mechanism of
water transport in solid materials is less well understood than in fluid systems, and
empirical approaches are often used to estimate the transport properties.
The transport of water is of fundamental importance to the drying of solids
(Keey, 1972). In the drying process, liquid water is removed first by a hydrody-
namic gradient and capillary forces. As drying progresses, water is removed by
vapor diffusion, and finally by desorption from the solids.
The transport of water in solids is usually assumed to be controlled by mo-
lecular diffusion, i.e. the driving force is a concentration gradient (dC/dz) or the
equivalent moisture content gradient (dX/dz). For simplified analysis and calcula-
tions, one-dimensional diffusion is considered, and the Pick diffusion equation is
applied:
(5-1)
dt dz 8z
D = (s/T)DAB (5-2)
where sis the bulk porosity and ris the tortuosity of the solids (T> 1). The tortu-
osity is a measure of the tortuous (complex) path of the diffusing molecules,
T=Lg/L, where Le is the equivalent length of the diffusion path, and L is the
straight-line thickness of the sample.
Equation (5-2) is applied to catalysts and other solids of fixed structure, and
a reliable tortuosity can be determined experimentally. However, determination of
tortuosity in food materials is difficult because food structure changes substan-
tially during food processing and storage. For this reason, the effective moisture
diffusivity is determined directly by experimental techniques.
Transport of Water in Food Materials 107
DK = 48.5d0(T/MA)"'2 (5-3)
where d0 is the pore (capillary) diameter, T is the temperature, and MA is the mo-
lecular weight of the diffusing species.
Equation (5-3) indicates that the Knudsen diffusion coefficient DK in gases
is a function of the square root of temperature, in contrast to the molecular diffu-
sivity D, which is proportional to the (3/2) power of the temperature equation (2-
28).
Other diffusion mechanisms, which are of minor importance to food sys-
tems at normal conditions, are:
• Surface diffusion (mass transport by surface concentration gradients)
• Molecular effusion (passage of molecules through a small aperture in a thin
plate into a vacuum)
• Thermal diffusion (mass transport due to a temperature gradient)
The capillaries in Knudsen diffusion are much longer than in molecular ef-
fusion. Knudsen diffusion may be prevalent in capillary systems under vacuum, as
in freeze-drying, where the mean free path of the molecules is very long.
(M/Me)=kf (5-4)
where M and Me are the moisture contents after sorption time t and at equilibrium,
respectively, k is a constant, and n is the diffusion index.
The diffusion index characterizes the type of diffusion in the material:
In the case of Fickian diffusion, the constant k of Eq. (5-4) is related to the
diffusivity D and the sample thickness L by Eq. (5-5), which is derived from Eq.
(5-9):
k = 4(D/nl2) (5-5)
1. Sorption Kinetics
a. Gravimetric Method
b. Chromatographic Method
2. Permeability
a. Time-Lag Method
b. Unsteady-State Method
3. Distribution of Diffusant
4. Drying Kinetics
a. Constant Diffusivity
b. Variable Diffusivity
1. Simplified Methods
2. Simulation Method
3. Numerical Methods
4. Regular Regime Method
A. Sorption Kinetics
The sorption kinetics and permeability methods were developed and are
applied extensively in polymer science for the determination of mass diffusivity of
gases and vapors in solid materials. Samples in the form of thin slabs (films) are
normally used for transient adsorption or desorption at constant gas or vapor pres-
sure and temperature.
1. Gravimetric Method
The principle of a gravimetric sorption apparatus is shown in Figure 5.1.
The apparatus consists of a constant temperature diffusion chamber, which con-
tains the sample, suspended from a quartz spring or (Cahn) electrobalance. The
chamber is first evacuated to a very low pressure to remove all solute from the
sample, and then the diffusant is introduced at a fixed pressure. The
sorption/diffusion process is followed by recording the sorbed mass (or moisture
content) versus time.
Transport of Water in Food Materials 111
B
V
(5-7)
dt ~ dz Bz
The initial and boundary conditions require that the initial concentration of
the sample is constant, the surfaces of the sample are kept constant, and the
amount of diffusant (solute) is a negligible fraction of the whole. Under these
conditions, which can be achieved readily in a well-designed sorption experiment,
the diffusion equation for a plane film, assuming a constant diffusivity D yields
the solution (Vieth, 1991)
112 Chapters
where A/ and Me are, respectively, the amounts of diffusant sorbed after time t (s)
and infinity (equilibrium), D is the diffusivity (m2/s), and L is the thickness of the
film (m). In gas sorption measurements, the pressure ratio (P/PJ can be used in-
stead of the mass ratio (M/MJ, assuming that the gas law applies.
In determinations of moisture diffusivity, the mass ratio (M/MJ is equal to
the ratio of moisture contents, Y = (X-Xe)/(X0-X<i}, which in high-temperature dry-
ing reduces to (X/X0), since Xe->0.
For small diffusivities and short times, Eq. (5-8) may be approximated by
the simplified equation (Crank, 1975; Vieth, 1991)
(5-9)
M xL'
Thus, a plot of (M/Mg) versus ft1'2) for the first period of sorption yields a
nearly straight line with a slope Qf4(D/7zL2)''2, from which the diffusivity D can be
estimated (Vieth, 1991). Alternatively, the sorption data can be plotted as (MM^
versus ft/L2)1'2, and the diffusivity D be determined from the simplified equation
(Crank, 1975; Saravacos, 1995)
D = 0.049 [ -4 ] (5-10)
1.0
M/Me
0.5
0.0
2U/2
HE (Dt/I/)
Figure 5.2 Adsorption of water vapor in a solid food sample. HE, half-equilibrium
time.
2. Chromatographic Methods
Gas chromatography methods, widely used in analytical chemistry, have
been proposed for the determination of sorption and diffusion properties of solid
materials (Vieth, 1991). Of particular interest to foods is inverse gas phase chro-
matography (IGPC), which can be used in the study of interaction of polymeric
materials with probes (Gilbert, 1984).
In IGPC, a polymeric material may be the stationary phase in a gas chroma-
tography (GC) column, and a known probe (solute) is introduced as a mobile
phase. A carrier gas transports the probe through the column where it interacts
with the polymeric material, which may be coated on a GC support, e.g. diatoma-
114 Chapters
V° = (273/T)¥a(\/Ws) (5-11)
where Vn is the net retention volume, Ws is the weight of the polymeric material,
and T is the temperature (K).
The partition coefficient Kp, defined as the ratio between the probe concen-
tration in the polymeric material and in the mobile phase, is given by the equation
Kf=(7°psT)/273 (5-12)
B. Permeability Methods
P =——-—— (5-13)
(AP/Az)
Transport of Water in Food Materials 115
where J is the mass flux (kg/m2s), AP is the pressure drop (Pa), and Az is the
thickness (m). _
The mass diffusivity D can be estimated from the permeability P, using the
following equation:
~ (5-14)
where S is the solubility (kg/m3 Pa) of the diffusant (solute) in the substrate.
The solubility S in a gas (vapor)/solid or gas (vapor)/liquid system is defined
by the equation:
S = CIP (5-15)
where C is the concentration of the solute in the liquid or solid substrate and P is
the partial pressure of the solute in the gas (vapor) phase.
Equation (5-15) is a form of the Henry's law, the solubility S being the in-
verse of the Henry's constant (S = 1/H). The constant S is also related to the di-
mensionless partition coefficient, defined as the ratio of concentrations of the sol-
ute in the two contacting phases.
The solubility S of water in food materials can be estimated from the slope
(dX/da) of the moisture sorption isotherm at a given temperature, either analyti-
cally (empirical sorption equation), or graphically. The moisture content X (kg
moisture / kg dry matter) at a given water activity should be converted to moisture
concentration C (kg/m3), using the density of the dry matter, approximately ps -
1500 kg/m3. The water activity a should be converted to partial pressure of water
P (Pa), i.e. P = aPm where P0 (Pa) is the vapor pressure of water at the given tem-
perature. Thus, the slope of the isotherm is converted to (dC/dP), which has the
units of the solubility S (kg/m3Pa).
/. Time-Lag Method
The diffusivity of a gas or vapor D and its solubility S in a polymeric film
can be estimated simultaneously from permeability measurements, using the time-
lag method (Crank and Park, 1968; Crank, 1975; Vieth, 1991).
The unsteady and steady-state permeation of a solute into a polymeric film
is usually measured in a time-lag diffusion cell, shown diagrammatically in Figure
5.3:
116 Chapter 5
I
~m www AP
-exp - (5-16)
6D
where Q is the accumulated amount of penetrant (solute), passing through the film
after time t, Cj is the solute concentration in the gas upstream (high pressure), and
L is the film thickness.
After a short transient period, a steady state is established, and Eq. (5-16) is
reduced to:
(5-17)
6D
Transport of Water in Food Materials 117
Figure 5.4 Estimation of the time lag (TL) from a plot of accumulated diffusant Q
versus time t.
A plot of (Q, t), after a short initial period, yields a straight line with an in-
tercept (TL, time lag) on the t axis, given by Eq. (5-18), from which the diffusivity
D can be estimated.
TL--1L (5-18)
6D
The time required to reach full steady-state diffusion has been found empiri-
cally to be equal to 3(TL).
Figure 5.4 shows a typical permeability plot (Q, t) for estimation of the time
lag.
2. Unsteady-State Method
The solubility 5 and diffusivity D of gases and vapors in polymers can be
determined also by unsteady-state measurements, using specialized sorption appa-
ratus (Crank, 1975; Vieth, 1991).
The polymeric material, usually a thin film of known thickness, is placed
into a closed sorption chamber, which is pressurized quickly to a known initial
pressure. The pressure in the chamber drops gradually, as the gas sorbs and dif-
fuses into the polymer film until equilibrium is established.
The solubility of the gas S in the polymer is estimated from a material bal-
ance in the closed system, resulting in the equation:
118 Chapters
Fv 273(Pi-Pl
S = ——— ———- (5-19)
r, T( P.
where Vv is the void volume, Vp is the volume of the polymer, T is the temperature
(K), and Pk Pe are the initial and equilibrium gas pressures, respectively.
A similar expression for the solubility S can be obtained with desorption
measurements. The polymer sample is first completely degassed, a fixed gas pres-
sure Pt is applied, the chamber is evacuated by rapid pump down to a lower pres-
sure, and the chamber is left to equilibrate to a final pressure Pe.
The desorption of a gas from a polymer film by pump down of a closed
chamber is described by the Pick law. Assuming that the required boundary condi-
tions are met, and that diffusivity D is constant, the solution of the diffusion equa-
tion yields the same equations of sorption kinetics (5-9) and (5-10), from which
the value of D can be calculated.
C. Distribution of Diffusant
C,
Figure 5.5 Moisture concentration (C) - distance (z) curves in two contacted cy-
lindrical samples.
The Pick diffusion equation for a semi-infinite solid yields the following
solution, assuming constant diffusivity (Crank, 1975):
-C
C
r = erfc (5-20)
c-c.
where C0 is the initial concentration of the diffusant in the sample, C is the concen-
tration after time t, Ce is the equilibrium concentration, and z is the distance of
penetration. The error functions erf and erfc (= 1-erf) are given in the literature.
The equilibrium concentration at the given temperature is taken from the isotherm
of the product or from empirical equations.
For variable diffusivity, the difrusivity D(Cj) at a specified concentration C/
can be evaluated by the equation:
1
(5-21)
120 Chapters
where z is the distance from the interface of the two cylinders, and t is the time at
which the concentration profile is determined. The integral and the gradient of z at
the specified concentration Cj can be determined by numerical or graphical eva-
luation of the concentration-distance curve. Thus, the diffusivity may be evaluated
as a function of concentration by repeated use of Eq. (5-21).
Both Eqs. (5-20) and (5-21) yield mean diffusivity values for both samples of
the material. An alternative simulation method can be used to determine two sepa-
rate diffusivities D for the two samples (Karathanos et al., 1991). Equation (5-20) is
applied to both cylinders, and the calculated D values are optimized by minimizing
the sum of squares of the differences of predicted and experimental concentrations.
The diffusant concentration method is convenient for estimating the diffusiv-
ity of small molecules in solids, when diffusion is relatively slow, and thus concen-
tration profiles can be determined within reasonable time intervals. It has the advan-
tage of minimum disruption of the material structure during measurement, and it
has been applied to estimate the diffusivities of various components in food materi-
als (see Chapter 7).
Application of this method to measurements of moisture diffusivity in food
systems presents experimental difficulties, mainly due to changes of moisture con-
tent during the analytical procedure (slicing, etc). The method can be used at higher
temperatures and pressures, where the usual methods are difficult to apply (Kara-
thanos etal., 1991).
D. Drying Methods
The drying methods are used widely for the determination of moisture (wa-
ter) diffusivity of food materials, since drying and rehydration are common food
processes, and water transport properties are essential in modeling, calculations and
control of these operations. Most of the literature data were obtained from drying
experiments, and the measurement procedure is relatively simple. Historically, dry-
ing was the first method used for the determination of moisture diffusivity in solid
materials (Sherwood, 1931).
Drying of solids is usually divided into two stages, i.e. the constant rate and
the falling rate periods (Perry and Green, 1997). In the constant rate period, water
evaporates freely from the surface of the solid, and the drying rate is controlled by
the external conditions, i.e. air velocity, temperature, and humidity. In the falling
rate period, the main resistance to mass transfer is within the solid material, and the
transport of water from the interior to the surface of evaporation is controlled by
diffusion and other mechanisms, as discussed earlier in this chapter. Most food
materials have short constant rate periods and they dry entirely in the falling rate
period.
Transport of Water in Food Materials 121
AIR
11
w
I 1
Figure 5.6 Diagram of an experimental apparatus for determining the air-drying
rate. S, sample; W, balance; u, air velocity; T, temperature; RH, relative humidity.
/. Constant Diffusivity
The diffusion equation (5-1) is solved for the three basic shapes of the solids
(slab, infinite cylinder, and sphere), assuming constant diffusivity (D), and appro-
priate initial and boundary conditions (Sherwood, 1931; Crank, 1975). It is also
assumed that the solid is drying entirely in the falling rate period. For a slab or a
film of small thickness (compared to the other two dimensions) the diffusion of
moisture is described by the equation:
122 Chapters
(5-23)
where r is the sphere's radius. The diffusivity D is estimated from Eqs. (5-22) or Eq.
(5-23) by an approximate solution or by a numerical method. The units of D are
(m2/s), provided that time is in (s) and sample thickness in (m). Most diffusivities
are determined based on a mean value of the thickness L or the radius r of the sam-
ple during the drying process.
The first reported moisture diffusivities of food materials, obtained from dry-
ing data, assumed constant diffusivity (Saravacos and Charm, 1962a). However, it
was soon realized that diffusivity was a function of concentration (moisture con-
tent), evidently due to the complex structure of the food materials. In some cases,
e.g. drying offish muscle, the falling rate period may consist of two distinct parts.
The bimodal diffusion was evidenced in a plot of log 7 versus t, which yielded two
straight lines with two slopes, Kj > Ki, corresponding to two diffusivities, £>/ > D?
(Jason, 1958; Jason and Peters, 1973).
The slope K (1/s) of the semi-log plot of the drying curve is actually the dry-
ing constant, defined by the equation:
X,) (5-24)
at
(5-25)
7t
The drying constant K refers to specific drying conditions (temperature, air humid-
ity and air velocity) and sample thickness.
Transport of Water in Food Materials 123
2. Variable Diffusivity
The moisture diffusivity in drying food materials changes significantly with
the moisture content, due to structural changes of the material during drying, and
the changes of the drying mechanism and the water-substrate interaction. The
changes in difrusivity are evidenced by the non-linearity of the semi-log drying
curve (logY versus f). Although mathematical solution of the diffusion equation
requires a constant difrusivity, various approximate methods are applied to extract
effective moisture diffusivities from experimental drying curves, assuming that
water transport by all mechanisms is caused by a concentration gradient.
E. Simplified Methods
(dY/dt)
D = _1———i2L (5.26)
(dY/dFo),, ^ '
124 Chapter 5
logY
th
t o r Fo
Figure 5.7 Comparison of experimental (exp) and theoretical (th) diffusion curves.
F. Simulation Method
G. Numerical Methods
D = Do exp (5-27)
X
Transport of Water in Food Materials 125
where A' is the moisture content, Tis the temperature, and X0, T0 are adjustable con-
stants.
A large number of drying data is obtained from drying experiments at fixed
drying conditions, and fitted simultaneously to the diffusion equation by a non-
linear regression technique. Two iterative methods of calculation can be used, i.e.
the finite differences of Crank-Nicolson (Crank, 1975) and the control volume (Pa-
tankar, 1980).
A numerical method, based on the exponential function of moisture diffusiv-
ity, (Eq. 5-27), was applied to the air-drying of potato and carrot. Comparison with
the simplified method of drying constants gave acceptable agreement in the low
moisture range, where a complex transport mechanism has been evidenced (Kira-
noudisetal., 1994).
Specialized mathematical models for the effective moisture diffusivity D may
describe irregular changes during the drying process. For example, the bell-shaped
curve of (D, X) curve, observed in drying porous starch materials at low moistures
(X<1) can be represented by the gamma function (Karathanos et al, 1990):
1A-
(5-28)
where /I, j3 are constants, X is the moisture, Xz = X-XRH=O, and F(/3) is the gamma
function.
I. Shrinkage Effect
Most food materials undergo significant shrinkage during the drying process,
which is reflected in the calculated values of moisture diffusivity, since D is nor-
mally proportional to the square of the sample thickness. Shrinkage models and
experimental data are presented in Chapter 3 (Zogzas et al., 1994a; Krokida and
Maroulis, 1997). In general, shrinkage is a linear function of moisture content, and
it should be determined for each material under the appropriate drying conditions.
Moisture diffusivity values D, calculated for a mean sample thickness, can be con-
verted to values based on the dry solids of the material Ds, using the following
equation (Fish, 1958; Crank, 1975):
Ds = [(p/ps)(l+X)]2/3D (5-29)
where p and ps are the densities of the sample at moisture content X and dry-
ness, respectively. The volumetric shrinkage is assumed to be isotropic. Gekas and
Lamberg (1991) modified the Crank equation (5-29), assuming that shrinkage is not
isotropic, and the moisture diffusivity Df follows a fractal relationship:
Dr[(p/Ps)]2/dD (5-30)
where d is the fractal exponent, e.g. for drying of blanched potato d = 1.42.
Transport of Water in Food Materials 127
Model food systems are useful in understanding and predicting the behavior
of actual food materials in various heat and mass transport processes. Moisture
transport (diffusivity) has been found to vary widely in food materials, due mainly
to different physical structure.
Starch materials have been used in several simulations of food products,
since starch is a basic structural component of various foods of plant origin, e.g.
cereal and potato products. Other food biopolymers can also be used in food
simulations, like pectin, cellulose and various gums. Starch (usually corn or
potato) has the advantage of forming rigid gels when heated, resembling solid
food products. The use of food biopolymers in measurements of moisture
diffusivity can utilize the experience and advances of polymer science in the area
of physical and physicochemical properties.
0.001
0.1 0.2 0.3
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.8 Moisture diffusivity in potato starch gels. Sorption kinetics, 25°C.
(Data from Fish, 1958.)
0 1 2 3 4
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.9 Effective moisture diffusivity in drying slabs of starch gels at 40°C.
S, starch; SG, starch glucose. (Data from Saravacos and Raouzeos, 1983.)
130 Chapter 5
The moisture diffusivity D in the gelatinized starch was reduced sharply, es-
pecially at low moisture contents. The values of the gelatinized starch increased as
the moisture content X was increased, resembling the (D, X) curve obtained by
sorption kinetics of starch gels. The moisture diffusivity curves of Figure 5.12 can
be explained by the changes of bulk porosity s as a function of moisture content.
In the gelatinized high-amylopectin gel, the porosity increased only slightly during
the drying process, contrary to the sharp increase in the granular (non-gelatinized)
sample (Figure 3.7).
Extrusion cooking of starch material at high temperatures and relatively low
moisture contents, produces highly porous products with high moisture diffusivity.
Figure 5.13 shows typical moisture diffusivities in high-amylopectin extruded
starch, obtained from drying measurements of extruded cylindrical samples.
50
40
N 30 EX
o
I 20
a
10
GEL
Figure 5.13 Effective moisture diffusivity in drying of extruded (EX) and gelati-
nized (GEL) starch (AMIOCA) at 60°C. (Data from Marousis et al.,1991.)
Transport of Water in Food Materials 133
C. Effect of Sugars
Figure 5.14 Effect of sugars on moisture diffusivity in drying granular starch (HY-
LON) at 60°C. S, starch; SG, starch/glucose; SD, starch/dextrin. (Data from Ma-
rousisetal., 1989.)
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.16 Effect of gluten (SP) on the moisture diffusivity (D) of granular amy-
lopectin starch (S). Drying of spherical samples at 60°C. (Data from Marousis,
1989.)
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.17 Effect of vegetable oil (SO) on the moisture diffusivity (D) of granular
amylopectin starch (S). Drying of spherical samples at 60°C. (Data from Papan-
tonis, 1991.)
Transport of Water in Food Materials 137
Figure 5.18 Effect of inert silica particles (SI) on moisture diffusivity of granular
starch S (HYLON). Air drying at 60°C. (Data from Leslie et al., 1991.)
138 Chapters
F. Effect of Pressure
PD = constant (5-31)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0 10 20 30 40 50
P (bar)
Figure 5.20 Effect of mechanical pressure on the porosity e of granular starch (HY-
LON) at moistureX= 0.5. (Data from Marousis et al., 1990.)
140 Chapter 5
P (bar)
Figure 5.21 Effect of air pressure on the moisture diffusivity of granular starch
(AMIOCA) at moisture X= 0.4. Moisture distribution method at 60°C. (Data from
Karathanos et al, 1991.)
G. Effect of Porosity
(5-32)
Figure 5.22 shows that the effective moisture diffusivity increases sharply above e
= 0.40. The pore size distribution of dried starch materials is discussed in Chapter
3.
The high porosity, developed in the drying of granular starch, is visualized
by the formation of flow channels, through which water (liquid and vapor) is
Transport of Water in Food Materials 141
transported to the drying surface. Radial channels are formed in drying spherical
samples. Irregular cracks are formed in drying gelatinized starch (Figure 3.8).
The pore shape has a significant effect on the heat and mass transport prop-
erties of solids. Freeze-drying experiments have shown that moisture diffusivity is
higher in samples with long than small pores (Figure 5.23; Saravacos, 1965). The
CMC gel slab, which dried faster, had a fibrous structure with long pores oriented
along the diffusion path, while the starch gel sample had small spherical pores,
distributed evenly (Figure 3.9).
H. Effect of Temperature
D = Aexp(-ED/RT) (5-33)
The energy of activation for diffusion ED, estimated from diffusivity data at vari-
ous temperatures, is a good indication of the type of prevailing diffusion mecha-
nism in the material. In general, low ED values indicate a vapor diffusion, while
high values suggest liquid (activated) diffusion (Table 5.2). Higher ED values are
expected at low moisture contents, due to the stronger water-substrate interaction.
Table 5.2 Typical Energies of Activation for Diffusion of Water in Starch Materi-
als__________________________________________
Material____________________Activation energy, kJ / mol____
Granular starch 17.0
Granular starch/sugar 33.5
Gelatinized starch 43.4
Gelatinized starch/sugar 51.4
Granular starch/sodium chloride 61.0
142 Chapter 5
0.01
0.001
Figure 5.23 Freeze drying rates of model food gels. S, potato starch; CMC, car-
boxy methyl cellulose. Y = (X-Xe)/(Xo-Xe). (Data from Saravacos, 1965.)
Transport of Water in Food Materials 143
I. Drying Mechanisms
40
30
20
10
Most of the data on moisture diffusivity have been obtained from drying ex-
periments, since mass transfer within the food material is the rate-controlling resis-
tance. Two drying periods are usually observed, the constant rate and the falling
rate. The constant rate period is controlled by external conditions of heat and mass
transfer, and the interphase transport coefficients are discussed in Chapter 9.
In most foods, drying takes place mainly in the falling rate period, and inter-
nal mass transport becomes very important. Water is transported within the food
materials by a combination of several mechanisms, depending on the physical
structure of the product and the external drying conditions. The prevalent mecha-
nisms are molecular diffusion (liquid and vapor), capillary flow, and hydrody-
namic flow. Other mechanisms may be also involved, such as Knudsen diffusion,
surface diffusion, and thermal diffusion (Soret effect).
Transport of Water in Food Materials 145
Molecular diffusion, described by the Pick equation (5-1), is used widely for
the estimation of the effective moisture diffusivity D of foods, although water may
be transported by mechanisms other than diffusion. It is assumed that the driving
force for all water transport is the concentration gradient (dC/dz) or the moisture
content gradient (dX/dz). The methods of determination of D are discussed in Sec-
tion III of this chapter.
The drying curve (logY, t), obtained from drying experiments of specified
samples under controlled conditions, provides useful information on the mecha-
nism of moisture transport, and it is utilized for the determination of the effective
moisture diffusivity. The drying ratio is defined as Y = (X-Xg)/(X0-X' J, where X0,
X, and X e, respectively, are the moisture contents (kg/kg dm) at the beginning,
after time (t), and at equilibrium.
Semi-logarithmic plots of logY versus / may result in straight lines, an indi-
cation that the diffusion equation may be applied for the treatment of the drying
data. Low (negative) slopes d(logY)/dt of the drying curve indicate external resis-
tance to mass transfer, while high (negative) slopes characterize internal resistance
(Mulet, 1994).
The applicability of the diffusion equation to the transport of water during
drying of foods can be also tested by the following simple techniques: a) Increas-
ing the air velocity should not have a significant effect on the drying rate; b) the
Biot number Bi = kcL/D (where kc is the mass transfer coefficient, m/s, L is the
sample thickness, m, and D the diffusivity, m2/s) should be very high, e.g. Bi >
1000; and c) the drying time in the falling rate period should be proportional to the
square of the sample thickness (Saravacos and Charm, 1962).
A constant slope of the drying curve indicates a constant moisture diffusiv-
ity D, which can be estimated by analytical or numerical techniques. However, in
most foods, the slope is not constant, suggesting that D is a function of the mois-
ture content. In some cases, there are two straight lines with decreasing slopes,
from which two D values can be estimated (bimodal diffusion). An example of
bimodal diffusion is shown in Figure 5.25, and it refers to the air-drying of codfish
fillet (Jason, 1958). The fish slab had a thickness of 15 mm, and it was dried at
35°C and air velocity of 3.7 m/s. Two effective moisture diffusivities were esti-
mated from the two slopes (drying constants), D, = 3.4xlO'10 and D2 = 0.8x10"'°
m2/s.
The broken drying curve shows that, after some drying period, the moisture
diffusivity decreases significantly, evidently due to shrinkage of the fish muscle,
without pore formation. The increased resistance to moisture transfer at lower
moisture contents is shown from the increase of the energy of activation for diffu-
sion ED from 30 to 37 kJ/mol.
146 Chapter 5
0.01
0.001
Figure 5.25 Drying curve (bimodal diffusion) of codfish fillet at 35°C. Slab thick-
ness 15mm. Y=(X-Xe)/(Xo-Xe). (Data from Jason, 1958.)
Both plant and animal foods consist basically of cellular tissues of various
components, including water, biopolymers, sugars, salts, membranes, cell walls,
fibers, etc. In food processing, the heat and mass transport processes consider non-
living food materials, i.e. the physiological processes of the living cells are ne-
glected. The physiological processes are normally disrupted by heating, freezing,
and dehydration of the food products.
Mass transport in cellular foods can be analyzed thermodynamically by the
chemical potential approach, instead of the usual concentration gradient of Pick's
equation (Rotstein, 1987; Gekas, 1992; Doulia et al., 2000). The chemical poten-
tial of water ^ (kJ/mol) is related to the water activity aw by the equation:
=RTln(aw) (5-34)
where K(ju) is the effective mass conductivity based on the chemical potential
gradient, with units kg kmol/s kJ, and ps is the solids density, kg/m3. The chemi-
cal potential can be estimated from the water activity, using Eq. (5-34). Prediction
of water activity is discussed by Rahman (1995).
The effective mass conductivity K(p) is the summation of the mass conduc-
tivities of all cellular components in all phases, including gas diffusivities and
permeabilities. The required values of porosity, tortuosity, and sorption equilibria
are estimated from the physical properties of the food system.
Although the chemical potential approach is thermodynamically sounder
than the concentration gradient (diffusion) method, limited applications have been
reported in the literature, evidently due to the involved calculations and the lack of
reliable data on structural properties of the food material, such as porosity and
tortuosity.
where WL, and SGe are the equilibrium water loss and sugar gain, respectively (at
time t -> ac), and KWL, KSG are the corresponding constants. The rate constants KWL
and KSG are related to empirical parameters of sample size, solute concentration
and molecular weight, temperature, and flow conditions (speed of agitation).
The empirical models of Eqs. (5-36) and (5-37) were applied to the osmotic
dehydration of apple, banana, and kiwi. Glucose is a better osmotic agent than
sucrose, because of its lower molecular weight and the higher mobility. The os-
motic dehydration of fruit with sugars has significant effects on the moisture diffu-
sivity in the dried product. Determination of moisture diffusivity D from air-
drying data of osmotically treated apples yielded lower D values, evidently due to
the effect of dissolved sugars (Karathanos et al., 1995). The diffusivity - moisture
content curve (Figure 5.26) is similar to the curves of sugar containing starch ma-
terials (Figure 5.14). The dissolved sugar molecules precipitate in the pores of the
fruit during drying, reducing significantly the porosity of the dried product (Chap-
ter 3). Cylindrical apple samples 10 mm diameter were dried at 55°C and 2 m/s air
velocity.
Sorption kinetics data show a similar effect of sugars on the moisture diffu-
sivity D in osmotically treated apples (Bakalis et al., 1994). Figure 5.27 shows the
changes in D during adsorption of water vapor in dried apple samples 8 mm di-
ameter in humidified air. The D values obtained from sorption experiments were
significantly lower than the data obtained by the drying method, in a similar man-
ner with the data obtained on model food materials (see Section IV).
Transport of Water in Food Materials 149
(S
S
1 2 3 4 5
X (kg/kg dm)
o.oi
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.28 Effect of drying method on the moisture diffusivity in apple. Sorption
kinetics on thin samples, 30°C. AD, air-dried; PD, puff-dried; FD, freeze-dried.
(Data from Saravacos, 1967.)
o.oi
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.29 Effect of drying method on the moisture diffusivity in potato. Sorp-
tion kinetics on thin samples, 30°C. AD, air-dried; PD, puff-dried; FD, freeze-
dried. (Data from Saravacos, 1967.)
152 Chapter 5
(S
E
o
0.01
0.00 0.10 0.20
X (kg/kg dm)
Figure 5.30 Moisture diffusivity of full-fat (F) and defatted (DF) soybeans. Sorp-
tion kinetics on thin slices at 30°C. (Data from Saravacos, 1967.)
Various physical treatments during the processing of foods may change their
physical structure, resulting in changes of moisture diffusivity. As discussed in
Section III, mechanical compression, gelatinization, coating, and mixing with hy-
drophilic food components may reduce substantially the moisture diffusivity, due
primarily to the reduction of porosity. On the other hand, puffing (extrusion, ex-
plosion puffing), vacuum and microwave treatment may increase porosity and,
therefore, moisture diffusivity.
Starch gelatinization reduces considerably moisture diffusivity in cooking
and boiling starch-based foods in water, creating an outside layer of slowly mov-
ing water. The water demand of the inner core may be considered as the driving
force for water transport inwards. The moisture diffusivity in such food systems
can be measured by the NMR technique (Takeuchi et al., 1997; Gomi et al., 1998).
Transport of Water in Food Materials 153
Figure 5.31 Effect of alkali/surfactant dip on the air-drying of grapes at 60°C. CL,
control (0.5% NaOH); TR, treated (0.5% NaOH +2% ethyl oleate).
Y = (X-Xe)/(Xo-Xe). (Data from Saravacos and Raouzeos, 1986.)
Figure 5.32 Effect of ethyl oleate on the drying rate at 60°C of granular starch
(HYLON). CL, control; TR, treated 0.2% ethyl oleate. 7 = (X-Xe)f(Xo-Xe). (Data
from Saravacos et al., 1988.)
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Table 5.3 Effect of Physical Structure on the Moisture Diffusivity of Food Prod-
ucts
Food Structure Porosity Activation energy Diffusivity
______________%_______kJ/mol_________xlQ-'V/s
Highly porous 90 10 50
Freeze-dried
Puff-dried
Fibrous
Porous 50 20 20
Granular
Vacuum-dried
Low porosity 20 30 5
Compressed
Gelatinized 10 45 1
Table 5.4 Typical Moisture Diffusivities of Cereal Grains and Rice at 30°C
(typical activation energy ED = 40 kJ/mol)
Food material Moisture Diffusivity
___________________kg/kg dm______xlQ-'V/s
Corn kernel 0.20 0.40
Corn pericarp 0.20 0.01
Wheat kernel 0.20 0.50
Rice 0.20 0.40
Table 5.5 Typical Moisture Diffusivities of Baked Products and Pasta at 30°C
(typical activation energy ED = 40 kJ/mol)
Food material Moisture Diffusivity
kg/kg dm xlO'10m2/s
Dough 0.40 5.0
Bread 0.30 2.0
Cookie 0.15 0.5
Pasta 0.15 0.3
Puffed pasta 0.15 1.2
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Moisture Diffusivity Compilation of
Literature Data for Food Materials
I. INTRODUCTION
163
164 Chapters
Moisture diffusivity data on foods in the literature are scarce because of the
effect of the following factors: (a) diverse experimental methods, (b) different
methods of analysis used, (c) Variation in composition of the material, and (d)
variation of the structure of the material.
Literature data for moisture diffusivity in foods materials were selected and
presented in the reviews of Bruin and Luyben (1980), Chirife (1983), Gekas
(1992), Marinos-Kouris and Maroulis (1995), Zogzas et al. (1996), Mittal (1999),
and Doulia et al. (2000). In addition to these reviews, an exhaustive literature
search was made in international food engineering and food science journals in
recent years, as follows (Panagiotou et al., 2001):
A total of 175 papers were retrieved from the above journals according the
distribution presented in Figure 6.1. The accumulation of the papers versus the
publishing time is presented in Figure 6.2. The search resulted in 1558 data con-
cerning the moisture diffusivity in food materials. The 1558 data retrieved from
the above search, plus 16 data from Bruin and Luyben (1980), 58 data from
Chirife (1983) and 141 data from Gekas (1992) were organized into a database
and analyzed. A total number of 1773 data was obtained. These data are plotted
versus moisture and temperature in Figures 6.3 and 6.4, respectively. These fig-
ures show a good picture concerning the range of variation of diffusivity, moisture
and temperature values. More than 95% of the data are in the ranges:
Figure 6.1 Number of papers on moisture diffusivity data in food materials pub-
lished in food engineering and food science journals during recent years.
1000 -1—
Figure 6.2 Accumulation of published papers on moisture diffusivity data for food
materials versus time.
166 Chapter 6
l.E-03
l.E-06 - =
•5 l.E-09
l.E-12
l.E-15
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Figure 6.3 Moisture diffusivity data for all foods at various moistures.
l.E-03
l.E-15
10 100 1000
Temperature (°C)
Figure 6.4 Moisture diffusiviry data for all foods at various temperatures.
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 167
The histogram in Figure 6.5 shows the distribution of the moisture diffusiv-
ity values retrieved from the literature. The results obtained are presented in detail
in Tables 6.1-6.3. More than 100 food materials are incorporated in these tables.
They are classified into 11 food categories. Table 6.1 shows the related publica-
tions for every food material. Table 6.2 summarizes the average literature value
for each material along with the corresponding average values of corresponding
moisture and temperature. Table 6.3 presents the range of variation of moisture
diffusivity for each material along with the corresponding ranges of moisture and
temperature.
1000
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Baked Products 33
Biscuit 4
Balasubrahmanyam and Datta, 1993 4
Bread 1
Zhouetal., 1994 1
Cookie 2
Gekas, 1992 1
Lomauroetal, 1985 1
Crackers 18
Kirn and Okos, 1999 18
Dough 8
Kamthanos et al., 1995 4
Zanonietal, 1994 4
Barley 16
Fasina et a!., 1998 7
Miketinac et al, 1992 9
Brown rice 36
Engelsetal, 1986 9
Gekas, 1992 7
Hendrickx et al, 1988 3
Lu and Siebenmorgen, 1992
Steffe and Singh, 1980
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 169
Corn 168
Bakker-Arkema et a!., 1987 6
Galan-Domingo and Martinez-Vera, 1996 3
Gekas, 1992 3
Harosetal, 1995 9
Jumah and Mujumdar, 1996 6
Martinet- Vera eta!., 1 995 5
Mouradetal, 1996 17
Muthukumarappan and Gunasekaran, 1994a, b, c 40
Parti and Dugmanics, 1990 8
Patil, 1988 8
Shivhare et al, 1992 10
Syariefetal., 1987 9
Tolabaetal, 1989 8
Tolabaetal, 1990 4
Verma and Prasad, 1999 7
Waltonetal, 1988 20
Zahedetai, 1995 5
Malt 4
Lopezetal, 1997 4
Milled rice 2
Zhangetal, 1984 2
Paddy rice 3
Base et al, 1987 3
Parboiled brown rice 6
Igathinathane and Chattopadhyay, 1999a, b 6
Parboiled paddy rice 6
Igathinathane and Chattopadhyay, 1999a, b 6
Parboiled rice 12
Chandra and Singh, 1984 6
Igathinathane and Chattopadhyay, 1999a, b 6
Pasta 51
Litchfield and Okos, 1992 11
Meat et al, 1996 4
Waananen and Okos, 1996 30
Xiongetal, 1991 6
170 Chapter 6
Rice 56
Engelsetal, 1986 6
Galan-Domingo and Martinez-Vera, 1996 3
Gekas, 1992 15
Hendrickx et al, 1986 3
Hendrickx and Tobback, 1987 6
Hendrickx etal, 1988 8
Steffe and Singh, 1980 10
Zahedetal, 1995 5
Rough rice 78
Bakker-Arkema et al, 1987 3
Chungu and Jindal, 1993 6
EceandCihan, 1993 6
Gekas, 1992 14
Lague andJenkins, 1991 6
Lu and Siebenmorgen, 1992 8
Sarkeretal, 1994 21
Steffe and Singh, 1980 9
Suarezetal, 1982 1
Tang and Sokhansanj, 1993 4
Wheat 58
Bakker-Arkema et al, 1987 3
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 2
Chirife, 1983 3
Devahastin et al, 1998 3
Gekas, 1992 4
Giner and Calvelo, 1987 4
Gineretal, 1996 4
Gong etal, 1997 4
Igathinathane and Chattopadhyay, 1997 4
Jar os et al, 1992 7
Jayas et al, 1991 9
Lomauro et al, 1985 1
Sapru and Labuza, 1996 1
Suarezetal, 1982 1
Sun and Woods, 1994 5
Zahedetal, 1995 3
Wild rice 3
Gekas, 1992 3
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 171
Dairy 32
Cheese 9
Change! al, 1998 2
Desobry and Hardy, 1994 5
Luna and Chavez, 1992 2
Dry milk 2
Gekas, 1992 1
Lomauroetal, 1985 1
Milk 6
Straatsmaetal., 1999 6
Skim milk 15
Ferrari et al, 1989 9
Kerkhof, 1994 6
Fish 63
Catfish 1
Chirife, 1983 1
Cod 6
Balaban and Pigott, 1988 4
Chirife, 1983 2
Dogfish 4
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 1
Chirife, 1983 3
Fish meal 15
Alvarez and Shene, 1996 8
Blasco and Alvarez, 1999 7
Haddock 2
Chirife, 1983 2
Halibut 2
Chirife, 1983 2
Herring 7
Chirife, 1983 7
Mackerel 1
Chirife, 1983 1
172 Chapter 6
Shark 12
Park, 1998 12
Squid 6
Teixeira and Tobinaga, 1995 1
Teixeira and Tobinaga, 1998 5
Swordfish 4
Chirife, 1983 4
Whiting 3
Chirife, 1983 3
Fruits 268
Apple 64
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 3
Chirife, 1983 6
Fuscoetai, 1991 2
Gekas, 1992 14
Lazarides et al., 1997 13
Lomauroetal, 1985 1
Nieto et al, 1998 6
Simaletal, 1997 11
Simaletal, 1998a, b 8
Apricot 10
Abdelhaq and Labuza, 1987 2
Vagenas and Marinos-Kouris, 1991 8
Avocado 11
Chirife, 1983 6
Gekas, 1992 5
Banana 55
Garciaetal, 1988 5
Gekas, 1992 6
Johnson et al, 1998 3
Mauro and Menegalli, 1995 9
Rastogietal, 1997 12
Son/cat el al., 1996 11
Waliszewskietal, 1997 9
Blueberries 29
Nsonzi and Ramas\vamy, 1998 11
Ramaswamy and Nsonzi, 1998 18
Coconut 6
Gekas, 1992 6
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 173
Grapes 52
Alvarez and Legues, 1986 18
Gekas, 1992 4
Mahmutogluetal, 1996 16
Simaletal, 1996 8
Vagenasetal, 1990 6
Mulberry 9
Mas/can andGogus, 1998 9
Peach 1
Gekas, 1992 1
Pineapple 20
Azuaraetal, 1992 6
Beristainetal, 1990 9
Rastogi and Niranjan, 1998 5
Raisins 11
Gekas, 1992 1
Karathanos et al, 1995 8
Lomauro et al, 1985 1
Sapru and Labuza, 1996 1
Legumes 29
Broad bean 7
Ptaszniketal, 1990 7
Fababean 2
Hsu, 1983a, b 2
Lentil 12
Tang and Sokhansanj, 1993 12
Navy beans 8
Radajewski et al, 1992 8
Meat 53
Beef 4
Gekas, 1992 2
Huang and Mittal, 1995 2
174 Chapters
Beef carcass 3
Mallikarjunan and Mittal, 1994 3
Broiled 3
McLendon and Gillespie, 1978 3
Bull 3
Gekas, 1992 3
Chicken 6
Ngadi et al, 1997 6
Ground beef 19
Gekas, 1992 1
Hallstrom, 1990 17
Lomauroetai, 1985 1
Heifer 7
Gekas, 1992 7
Pepperoni 5
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 3
Chirife, 1983 2
Sausage 1
Dincer and Yildiz, 1996 1
Turkey 2
Chirife, 1983 1
Gekas, 1992 1
Albumin-flour-bran 27
Strumitto et al, 1996 27
Amioca 59
Karathanos et al., 1990 16
Kostaropoulos and Saravacos, 1997 4
Marousisetal, 1989 20
Seowetal., 1999 10
Vagenas and Karathanos, 1993 9
Cellulose-oil-water 1
Chirife, 1983 1
Corn starch 2
Gekas, 1992 2
Flour 3
Gekas, 1992 1
Lomauroetai., 1985 2
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 175
Glucose-starch 7
Gekas, 1992 1
Gluten-starch 6
Xiong et a!., 1991 6
Hylon-7 59
Karathanosetal, 1990 9
Kostaropoulos and Saravacos, 1997 4
Marousisetal, 1989 18
Seawetal.,1999 11
Tsukadaetal, 1991 9
Vagenas and Karathanos, 1993 8
Polyacrylamide gel 6
Roques et a!., 1994 6
Potato starch 4
Gekas, 1992 4
Rice starch 23
GOBI; e/ a/., 1998 3
Takeuchi et al, 1997 20
Starch 5
Geto, 7P92 5
Nuts_______________________________79
Almond 2
Beviaetai, 1999 2
Hazelnuts 12
Lopezetal, 1998 12
Peanut pods 64
Chinnan and Young, 1977a, b 64
Peanuts 1
SuarezetaL, 1982 1
Other_______________________________45
Canola 24
Thakoretal., 1999 24
Chocolate 4
Biquet and Labuza, 1988 4
176 Chapter 6
Coffee 3
Gekas, 1992 3
Egg 6
Kincal, 1987 6
Sunflower seeds 4
Rovedo et al, 1993 4
Toria 4
Raoetal, 1992 4
Vegetables 470
Beet 1
Chirife, 1983 1
Broccoli 22
Sanjuanetal, 1999 10
Simaletal, 1998a, b 12
Carrot 106
Cordova-Quirozet al, 1996 1
Gekas, 1992 4
Kiranoudis et al, 1992 9
Kiranoudis et al., 1993 15
Kompany et al., 1993 10
Mabrouk and Belghith, 1995 8
Markov/ski, 1997 12
Muletetal., 1987 7
Mulet et al, 1989 12
Mulet, 1994 6
Rastogi and Raghavarao, 1997 12
Stapley et al, 1995 10
Cassava 10
Chavez-Mendez et al, 1998 2
Fuscoetal, 1991 8
Garlic 22
Madambaetal, 1996 5
Pezzutti and Crapiste, 1997 6
Pinagaetal, 1984 5
Vazquezetal, 1999 6
Okra 6
Gogus and Maskan, 1999 6
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 177
Onion 31
Baroni and Hubinger, 1998 9
Kiranoudis et al., 1992 9
Lewicki et al, 1998 9
LopezetaL, 1995 4
Paprika 3
Gekas, 1992 3
Pea 9
Medeiros and Sereno, 1994 9
Pepper 14
Carbonelletal, 1986 5
Kiranoudis et al, 1992 9
Pigeon pea 5
Shepherd and Bhardwaj, 1988 5
Potato 165
AfzalandAbe, 1998 12
Bonetal, 1997 6
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 4
Chirife, 1983 7
Costa and Oliveira, 1999 4
Fuscoetal, 1991 2
Gekas and Lamberg, 1991 4
Gekas, 1992 12
Kiranoudis et al, 1992 9
Lazarides and Mavroudis, 1996 6
Lazaridesetal, 1997 1
Magee and Wilkinson, 1992 8
Maroulis et al., 1995 15
McLaughlin and Magee, 1999 8
McMinn and Magee, 1996 12
Mishkinetai, 1984 9
Mulet, 1994 8
Pinthus et al, 1997 12
Rice and Gamble, 1989 3
Rovedo and Viollaz, 1998 3
Rovedoetal, 1995 3
Rubnov and Saguy, 1997 4
Yusheng and Poulsen, 1988 12
Zhouetal, 1994 1
178 Chapter 6
Soya meal 18
Alvarez and Blasco, 1999 12
Alvarez and Shene, 1996 6
Soybean 19
Barrozo et al, 1998 3
Deshpande et al., 1994 1
Gekas, 1992 1
Hsu, 1983a, b 8
Misra and Young, 1980 4
Oliveira and Haghighi, 1998 1
Suarezetal, 1982 1
Sugar beet 7
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 2
Chirife, 1983 3
Fuscoetal, 1991 2
Tapioca 4
Bruin and Luyben, 1980 1
Chirife, 1983 3
Tomato 16
Dincer and Dost, 1995 3
Hawladeretal., 1991 8
Karatas and Esin, 1994 5
Turnip 10
Lomauro et al., 1985 1
Moreiraetal, 1993 9
Yam 2
Hawladeretal, 1999 2
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 179
Baked Products 33
Biscuit 4
fondant coated 5.26E-09 0.12 85 4
Bread 1
- 5.00E-08 0.67 80 1
Cookie 2
oatmeal 3.99E-12 0.18 25 2
Crackers 18
- 6.08E-10 0.08 63 18
Dough 8
- 4.89E-10 0.48 122 8
Malt 4
- 8.73E-08 0.45 50 4
Milled rice 2
- 1.31E-10 0.32 60 2
Paddy rice 3
grains 1.53E-11 0.11 50 3
Parboiled brown rice 6
bran 3.52E-11 0.33 75 6
Parboiled paddy rice 6
husk 1.01E-IO 0.30 75 6
Parboiled rice 12
endosperm 3.21E-10 0.52 75 6
long grain 6.05E-11 0.50 60 3
short grain 1.37E-10 0.50 60 3
Pasta 51
- 1.94E-11 0.16 63 21
dense 4.76E-11 0.13 81 18
porous 1.21E-10 0.12 68 12
Rice 56
- 4.49E-1 1 0.26 37 13
cooking 4.13E-09 130 2
endosperm 9.94E-11 0.23 39 21
grains 1.05E-10 0.26 61 3
hull 1.20E-11 45 2
kernel 1.21E-10 0.23 40 12
testa 4.43E-11 40 3
Rough rice 78
- 3.71E-09 0.19 49 35
bran 8.68E-12 0.15 43 8
endosperm 1.73E-10 0.15 47 6
grains 1.30E-11 0.15 41 1
hull 1.06E-11 0.23 45 9
husk 2.56E-11 0.15 45 7
kernel 1.62E-08 0.28 60 12
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 181
Wheat 58
- 1.45E-10 0.23 49 26
bran 1.73E-10 0.35 30 2
endosperm 1.91E-10 0.50 30 2
flakes 8.33E-14 0.50 25 1
grains 3.69E-11 0.15 66 10
hard 2.02E-09 0.17 20 2
kernel 6.54E-11 0.16 63 11
shredded 5.53E-12 0.11 25 1
soft 1.51E-10 0.15 50 3
Wild rice 3
broken 7.00E-13 25 1
unprocessed 4.00E-13 20 1
whole 2.00E-13 20 1
Dairy 32
Cheese 9
- 2.02E-08 0.58 9 9
Dry milk 2
nonfat 2.12E-11 0.12 25 2
Milk 6
powder 6.58E-10 0.30 40 6
Skim milk 15
- 1.36E-10 0.56 46 15
Fish 63
Catfish 1
- 8.00E-1 1 30 1
Cod 6
- 2.78E-10 3.00 42 5
muscle 3.40E-10 30 1
Dogfish 4
- 1.48E-10 30 4
Fish meal 15
- 7.97E-10 0.40 118 15
Haddock 2
- 6.00E-11 30 1
muscle 3.30E-10 30 1
182 Chapter 6
Halibut 2
- 5.80E-11 30 1
muscle 2.50E-10 30 1
Herring 7
- 6.53E-11 30 7
Mackerel 1
- 3.50E-11 30 1
Shark 12
muscle 1.80E-10 1.31 30 12
Squid 6
mantle 8.91E-11 1.50 34 6
Swordflsh 4
- 3.45E-10 48 2
salted 2.95E-10 48 2
Whiting 3
- 4.80E-11 30 1
muscle 1.76E-10 28 2
Fruits 268
Apple 64
- 6.64E-10 2.80 47 64
Apricot 10
- 1.39E-07 2.88 53 10
Avocado 11
- 6.35E-10 50 11
Banana 55
- 1.4 IE-09 1.63 53 49
plantain 6.51E-10 0.90 55 3
ripe 1.43E-09 3.00 60 3
Blueberries 29
- 2.12E-10 1.75 45 29
Coconut 6
- 9.77E-10 0.60 83 6
Grapes 52
- 1.37E-10 53 18
red 1.79E-10 60 2
seedless 2.03E-10 1.49 60 32
Mulberry 9
- 1.18E-09 1.50 70 9
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 183
Peach 1
- 8.00E-12 30 1
Pineapple 20
- 1.47E-09 4.50 40 20
Raisins 11
- 1.67E-10 0.37 37 11
Legumes 29
Broad bean 7
seeds 6.53E-07 0.26 30 7
Fababean 2
- 1.78E-07 0.75 30 2
Lentil 12
cotyledons 2.25E-11 0.13 40 3
hilum 7.22E-09 0.15 40 3
seedcoat 1.57E-12 0.18 40 6
Navy beans 8
• 4.56E-08 0.28 50 8
Meat 53
Beef 4
- 5.56E-10 30 1
meatball 3.20E-10 1.40 140 2
raw l.OOE-11 30 1
Beef carcass 3
bone 5.48E-12 1
fat 3.07E-11 1
muscle 5.83E-10 1
Broiled 3
waste 9.81E-06 0.30 21 3
Bull 3
- 7.40E-1 1 0.76 27 3
Ground beef 19
- 3.03E-11 0.16 25 2
heat treated 1.48E-10 0.80 51 8
raw 8.61E-11 1.13 43 9
184 Chapter 6
Heifer 7
heat treated 1.69E-10 1.00 51 4
raw 8.33E-11 1.00 43 3
Pepperoni 5
- 5.20E-11 12 2
sausage 5.33E-11 0.19 12 3
Sausage 1
- 1.31E-07 0.32 180 1
Turkey 2
- 8.00E-15 0.04 22 2
Rice starch 23
full heated 9.75E-10 1.63 50 13
nonheated 2.1 IE-09 1.50 57 10
Starch 5
- 4.23E-10 0.60 42 5
Nuts 79
Almond 2
- 2.32E-12 0.05 281 2
Hazelnuts 12
shelled 4.03E-09 0.15 55 6
unshelled 6.16E-09 0.15 55 6
Peanut pods 64
hull 4.69E-11 0.60 35 32
kernel 7.28E-11 0.60 35 32
Peanuts 1
- 4.00E-11 0.10 50 1
Other 45
Canola 24
embryo 3.58E-09 0.02 80 12
kernel 5.09E-09 0.02 80 12
Chocolate 4
dark 1.03E-13 2.00 20 4
Coffee 3
extract 1.08E-10 50 3
Egg 6
fresh 1.44E-11 1.00 36 3
incubated 1.61E-11 0.80 36 3
Sunflower seeds 4
hull 4.40E-10 0.07 45 2
kernel 1.20E-10 0.07 45 2
Toria 4
seeds 9.80E-11 0.10 65 4
186 Chapter 6
Vegetables 467
Beet 1
- 1.50E-09 65 1
Broccoli 22
stems 1.29E-09 8.80 62 22
Carrot 106
- 2.05E-09 4.60 53 106
Cassava 10
roots 6.30E-10 0.63 67 10
Garlic 22
- 1.74E-10 0.80 50 22
Okra 6
- 2.24E-09 2,00 70 6
Onion 31
- 1.0 IE-09 1.65 64 31
Paprika 3
- 2.17E-10 48 3
Pea 9
- 2.74E-10 0.97 48 9
Pepper 14
- 6.22E-09 3.70 70 9
redpo-wder 2.09E-10 0.06 49 5
Pigeon pea 5
kernel 5.07E-11 0.20 70 5
Potato 165
- 1.32E-09 3.17 58 148
restructured product 2.02E-09 105 16
tissue 1.67E-09 1.85 65 1
Soya meal 18
- 1.16E-08 0.10 162 18
Soybean 16
- 9.0 IE-08 0.56 47 13
grains 1.12E-09 0.60 48 2
Sugar beet 7
roots 6.59E-10 2.60 57 7
Tapioca 4
roots 6.00E-10 1.05 78 4
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 187
Tomato 16
- 7.57E-10 10.00 64 11
concentrate droplets 1.87E-09 0.50 77 5
Turnip 10
- 1.64E-09 6.33 57 10
Yam 2
_ 1.27E-09 0.10 45 2
188 Chapter 6
^ (6-1)
l +X " l +X
where D (m2/s) the effective moisture diffusivity, DXo (m2/s) the moisture diffusiv-
ity of the dried material (phase a), DXj (m2/s) the moisture diffusivity of the wet
material (phase b), X (kg/kg db) the material moisture content, and T (°C) the ma-
terial temperature.
Assume that the diffusivities of both phases depend on temperature by an
Arrhenius-type model:
= u exp - — (6-2)
R(T T
198 Chapters
x, , -r R , T T
(6-3)
where Tr= 60°C a reference temperature, R = 0.0083143 kJ/mol K, the ideal gas
constant, and D0,DI,E0,EI are adjustable parameters of the proposed model. The
reference temperature of 60°C was chosen as a typical temperature of air-drying of
foods.
Thus, the moisture diffusivity for every material is characterized and de-
scribed by four parameters with physical meaning:
The resulting model is summarized in Table 6.4 and can be fitted to data us-
ing a nonlinear regression analysis method. The model is fitted to all literature data
for each material and the estimates of the model parameters are obtained. Then the
residuals are examined and the data with large residuals are rejected. The proce-
dure is repeated until an acceptable standard deviation between experimental and
calculated values is obtained (Draper and Smith, 1981).
Among the available data only 19 materials have more than 10 data, which
come from more than 3 publications. The procedure is applied to these data and
the results of parameter estimation are presented in Table 6.5 and in Figure 6.6. It
is clear that moisture diffusivity is larger in wet materials.
Moisture Diffusivity Data Compilation 199
X
£> = • Do exp exp
l +X RT T \+x t
RT T
l.E-06
• Moisture - infinite
l.E-07 Q Moisture - zero
S" l.E-08
S,
•I" l.E-09
IS l.E-10
l.E-11
l.E-12
T S .a a a
8 1 11 = t •= •! a
i a o o ,2
£ o- JJ
3 | «
100
• Moisture = infinite
o 13 Moisture = zero
E
i-:
^
>.
£*
I
. * I 1
o o S.
l.E-06
l.E-07
.E-06
:ratui•e (°C) = 60
-f
.E-07 —
l.E-08
Hylon-7
l.E-10
.E-ll
l.E-12
0.1 1 10
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-06
l.E-07
l.E-08
f l.E-09 4
l.E-10
l.E-1
l.E-12
l.E-06
Temperature (°C) = 60 -4
l.E-07
l.E-06
1
H Vegetables
l.E-07
l.E-08
l.E-12
0.1 10
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-06
l.E-07
l.E-12
0.1 1 10
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-06
l.E-07
l.E-12
0.1 10
l.E-06
- r
——|Cere al products (corn)
Jtr
h- Temperature (°C) = 60
f
.E-07
l.E-12
0.1
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Garlfc.E-06
real products
——————— | C( t~r
Temperature (°C) = 25
i i
.E-07 -
-
.E-08 - ——
.E-09 -
— Rice kernel
Corn i
.E-10 -j ^^ •"
r^j i Vheat
•"^^
j !
Lx^' Rough rice '
x
X ^|x-
.E-ll -——^^^r —————— F asta
^^^ Pact n
F.n a
0.1 1 10
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-06
1^«™-™-™M™«»™I»™
Cereal products
Temperature (°C) = 60
.E-07
l.E-08
£
£ l.E-09
wheat
l.E-10 -I
Rough rice
Pasta
l.E-11
l.E-12
0.1 1 10
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Fruits Apple
Total Number of Papers 8
Total Experimental Points 64
Points Used in Regression Analysis 36 (56%)
Standard Deviation (sd, rti'/s) 1.92E-10
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 457
Parameter Estimates
Di (m2/s) 7.97E-10
Do (mj/s) 1.16E-10
Ei (kJ/mol) 16.7
Eo (kJ/mol) 56.6
.E-06
Temperature (°C)
— 140
— «60
l.E-07 A 80
l.E-08
•I" l.E-09
l.E-10
l.E-11
l.E-12
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-08 - 1
——————————
h-
•f l.E-09 - —————————— —————— -1
1 ^>•
^^ ^
^^
=^
1 ~~~~
^ !• •• *
•*
i 1
l.E-10 -
1
=1IE I
J r^ i
01
-_
~*—» ———
'-
l.E-11 -
l.E-12 ————————————————————————————————————
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Fruits Banana
Total Number of Papers 4
Total Experimental Points 49
Points Used in Regression Analysis 15 (31%)
Standard Deviation (sd, rrvVs) 1.77E-10
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 15
Parameter Estimates
Di (m'Vs) 2.03E-09
Do(m'Vs) 4.66E-10
Ei (kJ/mol) 9.9
Eo (kJ/mol) 4.6
l.F-06 ———————————
—— Tern perature (°C) —
'
• 60
l.E-07 - -4- A 80 ———
——— ———
l.E-08 -
(i
Diffusivity (m2/s)
Sm.
^
h=Hs_^M ^s.
BH Si
• |—
o
MD
m
-1——————f ———
I "
*
^-
hn
0
—— ———
l.E-11 -
l.E-12 -
01 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Vegetables Potato
Total Number of Papers 13
Total Experimental Points 148
Points Used in Regression Analysis 66 (45%)
Standard Deviation (sd, m2/s) 4.02E-10
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %)______122
Parameter Estimates
Di (m2/s) 1.57E-09
Do (m2/s) 4.31E-10
Ei (kJ/mol) 44.7
Eo (kJ/mol) 76.9
l.E-06
Temperature ( C)
• 40
• 60
l.E-07 A SO
l.E-12
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Vegetables Carrot
Total Number of Papers 12
Total Experimental Points 106
Points Used in Regression Analysis 98 (92%)
Standard Deviation (sd, m2/s) 1.69E-09
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %)_____18699
Parameter Estimates
Di (m"/s) 2.47E-09
Do(rrrVs) 1.54E-09
Ei (kJ/mol) 13.9
Eo(kJ/mol) 11.3
I.F-Ofi
l.E-07
l.E-08
• l.E-09
l.E-10
l.E-11
l.E-12
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Vegetables Onion
Total Number of Papers 4
Total Experimental Points 31
Points Used in Regression Analysis 22 (71%)
Standard Deviation (sd, m'Vs) 1.58E-09
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 575
Parameter Estimates
Di (m"/s) 1.45E-09
Do (mVs) O.OOE+00
Ei (kJ/mol) 70.2
Eo (kJ/mol) 10.4
1.E-06
l.E-
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
Vegetables Garlic
Total Number of Papers 4
Total Experimental Points 22
Points Used in Regression Analysis 19 (86%)
Standard Deviation (sd, m'Vs) 7.43E-1 1
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 385
Parameter Estimates
Di (m"/s) 5.33E-10
Do(nWs) 1.68E-11
Ei(kJ/moI) 15.4
Eo(kJ/mol) 7.1
l.E-06 - —j —
l.E-08 -
W5
"E,
•f l.E-09 -
la r-
1
3 i~~*
r*~m
5 «• ~
*•?
*—• ^ -}
l.E-10 , ^ •if* •*
«• -
1
*~\fff* ^*^ ——
———— •—————
l.E-11 - 1
l.E-12 - —— — — - - - - - -
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
!
)
———— B40 ———
• 60
l.E-07 - A 80 ———
i i
l.E-08 -
tfi
1
-
\
i
•1" l.E-09 -
V)
———4,
S ———*-• k A I\
\
»
l.E-10 - ^fc
J —f—
1
— •-
1 1
l.E-11 - 1
1
———— I EE^ 1——
l.E-12 -
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-08 -
5"
= \
^^
+*
•f l.E-09 -- _>1
M - .^T —*
**?—-———— < k—
^*
a
i
\±*
L****T
•^M
;\^^j^^
J
l.E-10
i
1 —« t-
1 11
l.E-11 -
Figure 6.25 Moisture diffusivity of corn (dent) at various temperatures and mois-
ture contents.
222 Chapter 6
l.E-08 -
k—
•—
"E I
Jj
1
li
•f l.E-09 -
1 ^•^ r^
1 \
l.E-10 -
• "* | => 1 3
l.E-11 T
l.E-08 -
•f l.E-09 -
ia
4
l.E-10 - -f-
=^1
• J ^^It 4=^
l.E-11 - _•
l.E-12 -
0.1 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-08 -
ff> :
(S
•f l.E-09 -
•a
1
'
Q
l.E-10 -
i—————
•
——i
l.E-11 '| ^
*
l.E-12 -
01 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
l.E-08 -
Sfl
ts
•f l.E-09 -
'&
3
l.E-10 -
-jfr-
^**^&k *—
=^TJ
l.E-ll ^^
' •————
l.E-12 -
01 1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg/kg db)
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Diffusivity and Permeability of Small
Solutes in Food Systems
I. INTRODUCTION
237
238 Chapter 7
Table 7.1 shows some typical values of diffusivity in gases, liquids, and sol-
ids (see also Table 2-4).
The diffusivity of solutes in fluid foods is of the order of 1x10"9 m2/s, while
in solid and semisolid foods the diffusivity varies widely in the range 10'14 to 10~8
m2/s, due to heterogeneous structure, which involves diffusion in gas and liquid
phases. Diffusion in polymers varies from 10"18 to 10'10 m2/s, due to different
structures (rubbery and glassy states).
Diffusivity in D, m / s
Gases IxlO' 5
Liquids IxlO' 9
Polymers (rubbery) IxlO' 14 - IxlO' 10
Polymers (glassy) IxlO' 18 - IxlO' 12
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 239
B. Measurement of Diffusivity
The measurement of diffusivities of small molecules in solid food materials
is discussed in Chapter 5, in connection with the transport of water (moisture).
Some of these methods are also used for the determination of the diffusivities of
small solutes in polymers and food solids, especially the sorption kinetics, the
permeability and the concentration-distribution techniques. Additionally, two
more experimental methods, used for the measurement of diffusivities of solutes in
gases, liquids, and membranes, are important for mass transfer in food systems,
i.e. the diaphragm cell and the Taylor dispersion method.
A magnetic
stirrer
glass
"frit
stirring
B bars
After a certain time t of diffusion, the contents of the two compartments are
analyzed for the concentration of the solute, and the diffusivity D is estimated
from the equation:
where C/o, C?ft C/ C2 are, respectively, the initial and final solute concentrations in
compartments 1 and 2, and jBis the calibration constant, related to the dimensions
of the cell:
where A is the area available for diffusion, / is effective thickness of the dia-
phragm, and F; and V2 are the volumes of the two cell compartments.
The two compartments are placed vertically, so that the diaphragm surface
for diffusion is horizontal. Usually, 1 and 2 indicate the bottom and top cell com-
partments, respectively. The horizontal position of the diaphragm is necessary to
assure uniform concentration gradient and prevent free convection, which might
develop in a vertical or inclined position. The accuracy of the method depends on
the accuracy of determination of the concentration differences between the com-
partments, and not on the concentrations themselves.
where Mis the total solute injected, r is the tube radius, z is the diffusion distance,
and £ is a dispersion coefficient given by the equation:
where u is the average velocity of the flowing solvent. Since the refractive index is
a linear function of concentration, the refractive index profile can be used for the
determination of the diffusivity.
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 241
A. Dilute Solutions
Table 7.2 shows some typical diffusivities of solute gases in dilute aqueous
solutions (Cussler, 1997) (see also Table 2-4). The diffusivity of water and oxygen
in dilute ethanol solutions at 25°C is 1.24 x 1Q"9 and 2.64 x 10~9m2/s, respectively.
Table 7.3 shows some typical diffusivities of solutes in dilute water solu-
tions, which are of interest to food systems (Cussler, 1997; Schwartzberg and
Chao, 1982).
The diffusivity of low-molecular weight solutes is in the same range with
the self-diffusivity of water (1 x 1Q"9 m2/s). The diffusivity, in general, decreases
as the molecular size of the solute is increased. High-molecular weight food com-
ponents, such as proteins and polysaccharides, have diffusivities close to that of
water in a solid starch/sugar gel (see Chapter 5).
D = (kBr>/(6xtiBr) (7-6)
where r is the particle radius, rjB is the viscosity of the solvent (water), T is the
absolute temperature, and kB = 1.38xlO"22 J/molecule K is the Boltzmann constant.
The Stokes-Einstein equation is based on hydrodynamic and not molecular
forces, and it is applicable to solutes of molecular size five times larger than the
solvent. For smaller molecules, the Wilke-Chang equation gives better prediction
(Cussler, 1997). In both equations, the diffusivity is inversely proportional to the
viscosity of the solution. In very viscous solutions, the diffusivity becomes inde-
pendent of viscosity, e.g. the D of sugar in a gel is nearly equal to the D in water.
B. Concentrated Solutions
The diffusivity of solutes in liquids D varies considerably with the concen-
tration, sometimes with maximum or minimum values at certain concentrations.
The D can be estimated from the diffusivity at infinite dilution Dm using a correc-
tion factor to account for the effect of chemical activity on the transport rate (Reid
etal., 1987; Cussler, 1997):
D = D0(l+dlna/dlnC) (7-7)
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 243
where a is the activity and C is the concentration of the solute in the solution.
The diffiisivity of the mixture at infinite dilution D0 can be estimated from
the diffusivities at infinite dilution of the solute and the solvent, and the corre-
sponding mole fractions (x/ and *?):
D = DT(d\na/d\nQ (7-9)
l.E-09 T
l.E-14
30 35 40
Temperature (°C)
Figure 7.2 Arrhenius plots of diffusivity of solutes (water and carbon dioxide) in a poly-
meric material showing breaks at the glass transition temperature (Tg).
B. Glass Transition
Mass transport (diffusion) of solutes in polymers is affected strongly by the
thermodynamic state of the material. The molten polymer is a viscous fluid of
non-Newtonian characteristics, which upon cooling forms two amorphous solid
states, the rubbery, and, at lower temperature, the glassy state. The glass transition
temperature Tg, a second-order transformation, is an important characteristic of the
polymeric materials (Roos, 1992).
The nonequilibrium rubbery and glassy states are affected strongly by the
presence of solutes, such as gases, water and organic solvents, which reduce, in
general, the glass transition temperature.
The mechanical and transport properties of polymers at temperatures below
and much above Tg, are affected by the temperature, following the familiar Ar-
rhenius equation. However, in the temperature range Tg to (rg+100°C) the Wil-
liams-Landel-Ferry (WLF) equation is more appropriate (Levine and Slade, 1992):
where aT is a scaling parameter, or the property ratio at T and Tgi e.g. relaxation
time, viscosity, or diffusivity, and C/ and C2 are characteristic parameters of the
WLF equation, determined experimentally. In normal systems the values C\ =
17.44 and C2 = 51.6 are used.
The WLF equation predicts a sharp change of the scaling factor as the tem-
perature is increased immediately above Tg, e.g. the viscosity decreases 3 to 5 or-
ders of magnitude at temperatures 20-3 0°C above Tg. The WLF equation can be
used to nonpolymer systems, which exhibit a glass transition temperature, such as
sugar solutions, which are of interest to foods (Roos, 1992)
The effect of water on the glass transition temperature of polymers and other
food components, exhibiting glass transition, is of particular importance to food
processing and food quality. The Tg of dry food components is relatively high but
it decreases continuously even below 0°C as the moisture content is increased.
Figure 7.3 schematically shows the change of Tg of a food biopolymer as a func-
tion of moisture content (Roos, 1992).
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 247
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D. Prediction of Diffusivity
The experimental data of diffusivity of small solutes in polymers are often
correlated by empirical equations as a function of concentration and temperature,
in a similar manner with the data on moisture diffusivity (see Chapters 5 and 6).
Although satisfactory prediction is presently not feasible, some theoretical ap-
proaches have been used for this purpose, i.e. the dual-sorption model, the free-
volume model, and the molecular simulation method.
1. Dual-Sorption Model
This model has been applied to the sorption and diffusion of small mole-
cules (mainly gases) in glassy polymers. The glassy matrix is assumed to contain
some microcavities or "holes", created when the polymer melt or rubber is
quenched (cooled rapidly). The solute is dissolved in the glassy polymer by two
parallel mechanisms, i.e. dissolution in the polymer mass according to the Henry
law, and filling of the "holes" according to the Langmuir model (Frisch and Stern,
1983; Vieth, 1991).
The Henry law for dissolution is written in the form:
CD = SDp (7-11)
where CD is the concentration of the solute in the polymer, p is the partial pressure
of the solute (gas), and SD is the solubility, which is equal to \/H, where H is the
Henry constant.
The Lagmuir equation for filling the holes takes the form:
CH = (C'bp)l(\+bp) (7-12)
where C'is a "hole saturation" constant, and b is a "hole affinity constant", repre-
senting the ratio of rate constants of gas adsorption and desorption in microcavi-
ties.
The two populations are assumed to be in local equilibrium, and the overall
solubility Sp, derived from the last equation, is given by:
The effective diffusivity D and the solubility S of the solute in the polymer
are determined experimentally from sorption and permeability measurements (see
Chapter 5). The effective diffusivity D is related to the diffusivities in the dis-
solved state DD and in the holes DH by the overall flux equation:
The dissolved solute can diffuse readily, while only part of the solute in the
"holes" is available for diffusion, i.e. DD > DH (partial-immobilization model).
where Tgt, Tg2 are the glass transition temperatures of 1 and 2, and Klh K2i, KI2
and K22 are free-volume parameters of 1 and 2, determined experimentally.
The diffusivity (D = £>;) of trace amounts of a solute (1) in a glassy polymer
(2) is given by the simplified equations:
and
Tg2)} (7-18)
where /L= 1 - (a2-a2g), and a2wd a2g are the thermal expansion coefficients of
the rubbery and glassy states of the polymer.
The free-volume theory predicts the following changes of diffusion coeffi-
cient (Duda and Zielinski, 1996): Strong effect of temperature and concentration
250 Chapter 7
near the glass transition temperature; increase with the size of solute molecule;
plasticizers increase the available free volume, decrease the Tg, and increase the
diffusivity; addition of impermeable fillers reduces D by increasing the tortuosity
of the diffusing solute.
Yildiz and Kokini (1999) modified the free-volume theory to account for
the effect of temperature and water activity on the retention and release of flavor
compounds in food polymers. The diffusivity of hexanol, hexanal, and octanoic
acid in uncooked soy flour was predicted to decrease sharply as the temperature is
reduced in the rubbery state until the Tg, leveling-off at lower temperatures (glassy
state). The diffusivity of flavor compounds in gliadin was predicted to increase
sharply from about 1 x 10~18 m2/s to 1 x 10~10 m2/s, as the water activity was in-
creased from 0.2 to 0.8 (at 25°C). Cross-linking of food polymers, e.g. by cooking
of soy flour, predicts significant increase of diffusivity (i.e. reduced retention) of
flavor compounds (e.g. hexanal).
3. Molecular Simulation
Molecular simulations can describe sorption and diffusion phenomena in
polymer systems, based on chemical constitution of the components. Most of the
simulation work is related to simple amorphous rubbery and glassy systems, in
which solute transport is assumed to follow the solution-Fickian diffusion mecha-
nism of mass transport (Theodorou, 1996).
Molecular simulations are essentially solutions of the statistical mechanics
of a model of given molecular geometry and interaction parameters. They involve
the generation of configurations of the system, from which structural, thermody-
namic and transport properties can be extracted. Molecular dynamics (MD) as-
sumes that the penetrant (solute) moves into channels of the sorption sites, created
by small fluctuations in the polymer configuration.
Transition state theory (TST) provides a more approximate treatment of the
penetrant diffusion process, assuming a jumplike transport mechanism. The com-
puter time required for the extensive computations can be reduced by certain ap-
proximations, which are less severe than the ones used in the dual-sorption and
free-volume models. Computer calculations involve the estimation of the Henry
constant, the geometric characteristics of the accessible volume in the polymer
matrix, and its distribution and rearrangement with thermal action, using Monte
Carlo algorithms.
Molecular dynamics simulations have successfully predicted the self-
diffusion coefficient in glassy and rubbery polymers, interacting with penetrant
solutes. The objective of molecular simulations is to develop the field of applied
"molecular engineering of materials" for producing materials with tailored separa-
tion and barrier properties.
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 251
A. Diffusivity of Salts
Table 7.4 shows typical diffusivities of sodium chloride in model food gels
and food materials. The diffusivity depends strongly on the physical structure of
the food material.
The diffusivity D of salt in dilute gels (Gros and Ruegg, 1987) is very close
to the D of salt in aqueous solutions, i.e. 12.5 * 10"10 m2 / s (see Table 2.4). Similar
high diffusivities are observed in high-moisture foods of gel structure, like pickles
(Pflug et al., 1975). Evidently, the salt ions can migrate in such gels at rates similar
to the diffusion in liquid water.
The salt diffusivity in Swiss cheese (Gros and Ruegg, 1987) is considerably
lower than in gels (1.9x 10"10 m2/s), evidently due to the higher solids concentra-
tion and the presence of fat globules in the material. Higher salt diffusivity values
D were reported by Pajonk et al. (2000) in brining Swiss cheese. The D value de-
creased from about 7 x 10"10 to 2 x 10"10m2/s when the brine concentration was
increased from 0 to 20% NaCl. The diffusivity of salt in white feta cheese was
determined as 2.3 x 10"10 m2/s (Yanniotis et al., 1994).
The salt diffusivity in fresh meat muscle is 2.2 x 10"'° m2/s, while it is con-
siderably higher (4.0x 10~10 m2/s) in meat flesh that has been frozen and then
thawed (Dussap and Gros, 1980; Fox, 1980). The relatively low D of salt in the
meat is caused by the resistance of the cellular structure to mass transfer. The salt
diffusivity in fish is, in general, similar to the D in meat, e.g. 2.3 x 10"10 m2/s in
herring (Rodger et al, 1984).
The diffusivity of salt in fresh green olives is quite low (0.38 x 10"'° m2/s),
evidently due to the presence of skin and to high oil concentration. Treatment of
the olives with 1.8% caustic soda increases the D value to 1.95 x 10"10m2/s (Dru-
sasetal., 1988).
The diffusivity of sodium hydroxide in tomato skin, measured with a modi-
fied diffusion cell (Figure 7.1), was found to be 0.02 x 10"10m2/s (Floras et al.,
1989). A higher value was found for the diffusivity of the same alkali in the skin
of pimiento pepper (0.055 x 10~10m2/s).
Diffusivities of other salts of interest to foods (chlorides, nitrites, nitrates,
etc.) are similar to the D values of sodium chloride. A bibliography on the diffu-
sivity of salt in foods was prepard by Ruegg and Schar (1985).
of significant open space in food solids, such as pores, cracks, and channels, com-
plicates the diffusion process, since a portion of the solutes can diffuse quickly in
the gas phase, while the rest diffuses very slowly from the sorbed or trapped state.
The diffusivity in the gas phase is about five orders of magnitude (x 105) higher
than in the solid phase.
The free-volume model, suggested for the prediction of diffusivities in
polymers, was applied by Yildiz and Kokini (1999) for the prediction of diffusiv-
ity of flavor components in solid foods. Application of this model assumes that the
food material behaves as a homogeneous polymer material of low porosity, such
as uniform protein, carbohydrate or lipid films.
The molecular simulation model (Theodorou, 1996), requiring extensive
computer calculations, when developed and applied further in the polymer field,
could be adapted to food materials in the future.
Table 7.5 shows some typical diffusivities of organic solutes in food materi-
als, which are useful in calculations involving solvent extraction (leaching) and
liquid infusion operations (Schwartzberg and Chao, 1982). The diffusivity of sug-
ars in gels (e.g. agar) is similar to the diffusivity in water solutions, Table 7.3
(Warin et al., 1997).
The diffusivity of solutes in solid foods D is considerably lower than in di-
lute water solutions, shown in Tables 7.2 and 7.3, due to blockage of diffusion
paths, occlusion (trapping), and sorption by the food biopolymers. The D in solids
is related to the diffusivity of the solutes in water Dw by an empirical relation
analogous to Eq. (5-2):
D = (ew/r)Dw (7-19)
where ew is the volume fraction of free water in the solid (analogous to porosity),
and T is the tortuosity of the diffusion path.
The free water fraction in the solid can be estimated from the moisture con-
tent and the sorption isotherm, but the tortuosity factor must be estimated indi-
rectly from the measured D. Both parameters are not constant during food process-
ing and storage, due to the significant changes of the food structure.
The effect of solids content on the diffusivity of organic compounds in
foods, is illustrated by the diffusivity of cyclohexanol in potato, which decreases
from 6 x 10'10 to 2 x 10~10 m2/s in high solids potato (Loncin, 1980). The activation
energy for diffusion is analogous to that of water in potato, 35.7 kJ/mol.
The diffusivity of a solute may be reduced significantly by the presence of
another solute, diffusing simultaneously in a solid food material (multicomponent
diffusion). Thus, the individual diffusivity of citric acid (1) in prepeeled potato is
reduced from /)/ = 4.3 x 10~10 to D12 = 6.6 x 10"" m2/s in the presence of ascorbic
acid (2), diffusing simultaneously. At the same time, the diffusivity of ascorbic
acid is reduced from D2 = 5.4 x IQ' 10 to D2, = 8.3 x IQ"11 m2/s (Lombardi et al,
1996). The diffusivities of the two solutes in dilute water solutions (w) are D!w =
6.6 x 10'10andZ)2w= 8.4 x I(r10m2/s.
aAw=yApAo/Pwo (7-20)
where yA is the activity coefficient of A, and pAO, pHO are the vapor pressures of A
and water, respectively, at the given temperature.
The activity coefficient of a component YA is related to the concentration Q
and the chemical activity aA by the equation:
aA = /ACA (7-21)
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 255
50 100
Evaporation (%)
l.E-09
l.E-10
l.E-11
l.E-12
20 40 80
Sugar(%)
D. Flavor Encapsulation
Encapsulation and controlled release of solutes is used widely in pharma-
ceuticals, medicinal products, flavors, and pesticides. Controlled release is based
on relaxation-controlled dissolution of the coating material, which consists usually
of a glassy polymer (Cussler, 1997).
Encapsulation of flavors, acidulants (citric and ascorbic acid), salts, and en-
zymes is used to prevent or control the diffusion of the solutes in various food
processing and food utilization operations (Karel, 1990). Encapsulation can be
achieved by entrapment in glassy polymers or in sugar crystals, in fat-based matri-
ces, or by incorporation in liposomes (e.g. lecithin).
Release of encapsulated solutes is achieved by temperture and moisture con-
trol, enzymatic release, grinding etc. The role of glass transition temperature Tg to
solute release is important, since diffusivity rises sharply above Tg. The WLF
equation (7-10) relates the diffusivitiy to the temperature and the Ts. The "collapse
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 259
temperature" is related to T& and both temperatures decrease as the moisture con-
tent is increased.
Spray- and freeze-drying are used to encapsulate flavor solutes in polymer
matrices, using high initial drying rates to form a dried polymer layer, which re-
duces diffusivity.
The transport of small solutes, such as water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide
through polymer films and protective coatings is of fundamental importance to
food packaging and food processing. The permeability of these materials is based
on the principles of diffusion of solutes in polymer systems. The permeability of
synthetic membranes is important to separation processes used in food processing,
such as reverse osmosis, gas separation, and ultrafiltration.
The structural and physicochemical factors, which affect the diffusivity of
solutes in polymers, are also important in characterizing the performance of pack-
aging films and food coatings. Control of such factors as glassy/rubbery state,
cross-linking, and polymer orientation, can determine the permeability of these
materials.
A. Permeability
The permeability P of a film or thin layer of thickness z is related to the dif-
fusivity D and the solubility S of the penetrant (solute) in the material, according
to the equation:
where J is the mass transfer rate (kg/m2s), Aplz is the pressure gradient (Pa/m), and
5 is the gas/liquid equilibrium constant, S = C/p where C is the concentration
(kg/m3) and p the pressure (Pa). The solubility S is equal to the inverse of the
Henry constant (S=1/H), and it has units (kg/m3Pa); it can be determined as the
slope of the sorption isotherm (C versus p).
From equations (7-22) it follows that:
P = DS (7-23)
The permeability has SI units (kg/m s Pa) or (g/m s Pa), but various other
units are used in packaging, reflecting the measuring technique or the particular
food/package application (Hernandez, 1997; Donhowe and Fennema, 1994).
260 Chapter 7
The units of permeance (kg/m2 s Pa) are identical to the units of the mass transfer
coefficient kp. The units of WVTR are (kg/m s) (Saravacos, 1997).
The SI units are useful in relating and comparing the literature data on P and
WVTR to the fundamental mass transport property of diffusivity D (m2/s).
The permeability of polymer films and coatings can be determined by
measurements of sorption kinetics and diffusion, discussed in Chapter 5, in rela-
tion to water transport. Conversion of solubility S and diffusivity D data to perme-
ability P though Eq. (7-23) is possible, when the material behaves like a homoge-
neous medium and Fickian diffusion can be assumed.
Simplified permeability measurement methods are used for packaging and
coating films (barriers), and most of the literature data are reported in units related
to the special methods used (ASTM, 1990, 1994). The measured permeabilities
represent an overall transport property of the material, based on the applied pres-
sure gradient. Since the polymer film may have structural inhomogeneities, such
as pores, channels, cracks, and pinholes, mass transport may involve, in addition
to molecular diffusion, Knudsen diffusion and hydrodynamic or capillary flow
(Hernardez, 1997). In such cases, the simplified relationship between diffusivity
and permeability Eq. (7-23) is not applicable.
Permeability is affected significantly by environmental condition, such as air
relative humidity (RH), which may increase sharply the permeability of most
packaging and coating films.
The total permeability PT of a multilayer laminate is related to the perme-
abilities and the thicknesses of the individual films (P, z/) by the equation (Cook-
seyetal., 1999)
/V=[(Sr,)]/[W/)] (7-25)
The total permeance PMT or transmission rate TRT can be calculated from the
equation:
PMT=l/I,(z,/Pd (7-26)
C. Food Coatings
The permeability of edible food coatings to water is of particular interest to
food quality, since their primary function is to act as barriers to moisture transport
during storage. Food coatings can also control the transport of gases (mostly oxy-
gen), flavor components and lipids in food systems. Edible coatings, used as barri-
ers in foods, include proteins (wheat gluten, caseinates, whey protein, corn zein),
polysaccharides (starch, dextrins), pectins, lipids, and chocolate. Composite coat-
ings, containing a food biopolymer (e.g. protein) and a hydrophobic material, like
lipid, fatty acid, chocolate, and beeswax, usually have very low water permeabil-
ities.
The food coatings are prepared as solutions or dispersions/emulsions of the
primary biopolymer in solvents (ethanol, alkalis, or acids). They contain various
plasticizers, such as glycerine and sorbitol, which improve the physical and me-
chanical properties of the coating. They are applied to the various fresh and proc-
essed foods, like fruits and vegetables by dipping in an emulsion, spraying or
foaming and brushing.
Table 7.9 shows typical water permeabilities of food coatings (McHugh and
Krochta, 1994):
Diffusivity and Permeability of Small Solutes in Food Systems 263
D. Permeability/Diffusivity Relation
The simple permeability/diffusivity/solubility relation of Eq. (7-23) is useful
for estimating the permeability P from diffusivity D and solubility S data of poly-
mer films, and for comparison of P and D data. This relation applies to systems
behaving as homogeneous materials, in which solute transport is by Fickian mo-
lecular diffusion. It does not hold for heterogeneous materials, consisting of pores,
channels and capillaries, in which a significant portion of mass transfer takes place
by mechanisms other than molecular diffusion. Table 7.10 shows some typical
diffusivity and permeability data for packaging films and food coatings. The com-
parison is facilitated by using consistent (SI) units (Saravacos, 2000).
A typical application of the permeability-diffusivity relation is given for
chocolate film, using published data of Biquet and Labuza (1988): Typical perme-
ability P and diffusivity D values for a chocolate coating about 0.6 mm thick at
20 0 C:P = 0.11 x 10-'°g/msPaandZ)=l x 10-13m2/s. The solubility S of water in
the chocolate material can be estimated from the sorption isotherm at 20°C. It is
defined by the Henry equation, C = S p, where C is the concentration (kg/m3) in
the material andp is the partial pressure of water (Pa). Thus, the solubility is equal
to the slope of the isotherm (S = C/p). Considering the initial sorption stage, water
activity a,v 0 to 0.1, S = (1.7 kg water/100 kg solids)/Ap where Ap = a,vp0 or Ap =
0.1 PO, and PO is the vapor pressure of water at 20°C (p0 = 2340 Pa), and Ap =
234Pa. The concentration of water in the chocolate material is converted to consis-
tent (SI) units, as follows: Assume density of dry chocolate 1600 kg/m3; therefore,
the volume of 100 kg dry material will be 100/1600 = 0.0625 m3. The water con-
centration in the chocolate becomes C = (1.7/0.0625) = 27.2 kg/m3, and the solu-
bility S = 27.2/232= 0.116 kg/m3 Pa.
Using the measured diffusivity of the system (D = 1 x 10~13 m2/s), the per-
meability of the chocolate film according to Eq. (7-23) will be P = D S = 0.116 x
10"13kg/ms Pa, or P = 0.116 x 10"'°g/ms Pa, which is very close to the measured
permeability.
264 Chapter 7
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I. INTRODUCTION
q/A=A(TrT2)/x (8-1)
where qlA is the heat flux (W/m), x is the thickness of the material (m), T, and T2
are the two surface temperatures of the material, and A is the surface of the mate-
rial normal to the direction of heat flow (m2). The S.I. units of A are W/mK. Equa-
tion (8-1) is the basis for the direct measurement of A (guarded hot-plate method).
The thermal diffusivity a of a material can be estimated from the thermal
conductivity A using the equation:
a = JJpCp (8-2)
where p is the density (kg/m3) and Cp is the specific heat (J/kgK) of the material.
The S.I. units of a are m2/s.
269
270 Chapter 8
A(gas)//l(liquid)=l/10 (8-3)
£>(gas)/£>(liquid) = 10000/1 (8-4)
A. Thermal Conductivity
Two experimental methods are normally used for the measurement of the
thermal conductivity (X), i.e. the guarded hotplate and the heated probe. Other
methods, suggested for food materials, are the Fitch method and its modifications,
the thermal comparator method, and the temperature history method (Rahman,
1995).
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 271
2. Heated Probe
The heated probe method is faster and it requires less sample material. For
these reasons it is used more widely than the guarded hot-plate method. The hot
probe is a transient method, based on the measurement of the sample temperature
as a function of time, while the sample is heated by a known line heat source. As-
suming that the line heat source is an infinite medium, and that the heat flow is
radial, the temperature T at a point very close to the line source, after a time t will
be (Rahman, 1995):
hot plate
/ , sample
quard rings ••f'H.4.-^ *-:; -a.-^:-; "'. s-y "£• ' %-'•-"-'"- •<<.':£ ":- iffigam /
Jjpyjij*
cold plate
81_ AAAAAA^
(8-5)
where ft is a constant, and q is the heat flow per unit length of the line source
(W/m).
The temperature difference (ArP=T2-T1) after times t} and tt of heating will
be:
Thus the thermal conductivity A can be obtained from the slope (qttnX) of a se-
milog plot of T versus t.
The heated probe method requires short measurement times (less than a
minute), and relatively small samples.
heated wire
thermocouple
seal
stainless
steel
needle
filling
material
seal
Figure 8.2 shows schematically a heated probe used for thermal conductivity
(Drouzas and Saravacos, 1988; Sweat, 1995). A stainless steel needle (or syringe)
is used to house the line source (a heated constantan wire) and the thermocouple
(chromel-constantan). Time-temperature data of the probe, inserted in the sample,
are used to calculate /I from Eq. (8-7), which is derived directly from (8-6):
where / is the electrical current (A) and R' is the specific electrical resistance of
the heating wire (H/m). The heated probe is calibrated with glycerin solutions or
with known insulating materials.
B. Thermal Diffusivity
The thermal diffusivity a is usually estimated indirectly from the thermal
conductivity A, the density p and the specific heat Cp of the material, according to
Eq. (8-2).
Direct measurement of a can be made using various methods, discussed by
Rahman (1995). All methods are based to some simplified solutions of the un-
steady-state heat conduction equation (Fourier):
(8-8)
/. Dickerson Method
The simplest experimental method is the transient method of Dickerson
(1965), modified by Poulsen (1982), and used by Drouzas and Saravacos (1985).
The principle of the method is to obtain time-temperature data in a cylindrical
sample of material, as shown in the diagram of Figure 8.3.
The transient heating time t in the cylindrical container is given by the semi-
empirical equation (Ball and Olson, 1957):
t=f\Qg\j(Ts-T0)l(Ts-T)} (8-9)
thermocouples
constant
temperature"
sample
For a long cylindrical container with high surface heat transfer coefficients
h, i.e. for Biot numbers Bi > 40 (Bi = MX), the parameter/of the heating source is
given by the equation:
/= 0.398(r2/a) (8-10)
where j3 = r/2(af)1'2
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 275
Thus, a can be calculated from Eq. (8-11), using the corresponding A value
from a parallel measurement with the normal probe.
The exact distance r of the two thermocouples is critical in the modified
probe method and a calibration of the system may be required. A comparison of
the direct probe method with the indirect calculation of a indicated a better accu-
racy of the indirect method (Drouzas et al., 1991).
A. Unfrozen Foods
Table 8.1 shows typical values of thermal conductivity of foods: Kostaro-
poulos (1971), Mohsenin (1980), Rahman (1995), Sweat (1995), and Singh
(1995). Sections IV and V of this chapter contain some mathematical models and
statistical compilations of thermal conductivity and diffusivity.
B. Frozen Foods
The thermal conductivity of frozen foods is significantly higher than the A. of
unfrozen materials, due to the higher /I of ice. The /I of a frozen food of 85% mois-
ture content decreases gradually from about 1.5 W/mK at -40°C to 0.5 W/mK at
0°C, as shown in the diagram of Figure 8.5. A sharp drop of A is observed near
0°C, due to the melting of ice.
An analogous variation of the thermal diffusivity a of the frozen foods is ob-
served below the freezing point (Figure 8.6). The a of a typical frozen food de-
creases from about 1x10'6 m2/s at -40°C to 1x10'7 m2/s above 0°C. The sharp drop
near the freezing point is due to the sharp increase of cp, which incorporates the
heat of melting, near 0°C (Singh, 1995).
0.050
0.000
0.1 10 100 1000
Pressure (mbar)
Figure 8.4 Effect of air pressure on thermal conductivity of porous food material.
l.OE-06
10 20 30 40 50 60
Moisture Content (%)
Figure 8.7 Thermal diffusivity versus moisture content of porous food material.
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 279
D. Empirical Rules
A preliminary checking of thermal transport property data can be made, us-
ing the empirical rules, suggested by Kostaropoulos (1981):
I. Thermal Conductivity
2. Thermal Diffusivity
i Foods, X w >30%
ctj^ 1.4xlO" 7 r
A. Composition Models
Several composition models have been proposed in the literature, most of
which are summarized by Miles et al. (1983), Sweat (1995), and Rahman, (1995).
The most promising seems to be the model proposed of Sweat (1995):
where Xm Xp, Xf and Xa are the mass fractions of water, protein, fat, and ash, re-
spectively.
The above model was fitted to more than 430 liquids and solid foods with
satisfactory results. It is not accurate for porous foods containing air, for which
structural models are needed.
The thermal conductivity of water in the above equation was fitted to about
0.58W/mK which is less than the thermal conductivity of pure water, 0.605W/mK.
Either the selected data are biased, or they indicate that the effective thermal con-
ductivity of water in foods is less than the thermal conductivity of pure water
(Sweat, 1995).
The key to the accuracy of the above equation is having accurate values for
the thermal conductivity of "pure" components. This is easy for the water and oil
fractions but very difficult for the other fractions. In fact, the thermal conductivity
of proteins and carbohydrates probably varies according to their chemical and
physical form.
However, it is not needed to find more accurate additive composition mod-
els, because of the inherent inaccuracy in the composition models, which they
don't take into account the geometry of the component mixing. As in the case of
air-containing foods, structural models must be used. The temperature effect is not
included in the above equation. Thus, it is valid at the fitting region approximately
at 25°C. The temperature effects of the major food components are summarized by
Rahman (1995) in Table 8.2 and in Figure 8.8.
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 281
X=bo+biT+b2T2+b3T:1 bo b, b2 b,
0.75
u
3
•U
B
O
U
"5
E
0.25
50 100
Temperature (°C)
B. Structural Models
For heterogeneous foods, the effect of geometry must be considered using
structural models. Utilizing Maxwell's and Eucken's work in the field of electric-
ity, Luikov et al. (1968) initially used the idea of an elementary cell, as represen-
tative of the model structure of materials, in order to calculate the effective thermal
conductivity of powdered systems and solid porous materials. In the same paper, a
method is proposed for the estimation of the effective thermal conductivity of mix-
tures of powdered and solid porous materials.
Since then, a number of structural models have been proposed, some of
which are given in Table 8.3. The series model assumes that heat conduction is
perpendicular to alternate layers of the two phases, while the parallel model as-
sumes that the two phases are parallel to heat conduction. In the random model,
the two phases are assumed to be randomly mixed. The Maxwell model assumes
that one phase is continuous, while the other phase is dispersed as uniform
spheres. Several other models have been reviewed by Rahman (1995), among
others.
In the mixed model (also called and Krischer model) heat conduction is as-
sumed to take place by a combination of parallel and perpendicular heat flow. This
model recognizes that there are two extremes in thermal conductivity values, one
being derived from the parallel model and the other from the series model, whilst
the real value of thermal conductivity should be somewhat in between these two
extremes. A conceptual diagram is shown in Figure 8.9. The distribution factor/is
a weighting factor between these extremes. It characterizes the structure of the
material and it should be independent of material moisture content and tempera-
ture,
/ Series Structure
GRANULAR MATERIAL
Particles
GRANULE (PARTICLE)
Series
1 \-e) g
Random
Mixed (Krischer )
=
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 287
0.125
Parallel
Maxwell (Continuous phase 1)
Random
Maxwell (Continuous phase 2)
Series
0.025
0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75
Void Fraction
0.125
0.025
0.00 0.25 0 . 5 0 0.75 1.00
Void Fraction
Figure 8.12 The mixed (Krischer) model for various values of distribution factor.
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 289
A total number of 146 papers were retrieved from the above journals ac-
cording to the distribution presented in Figure 8.13. The accumulation of the pa-
pers versus the publishing time is presented in Figure 8.14. The search resulted in
1210 data concerning the thermal conductivity in food materials.
290 Chapter 8
Figure 8.13 Number of papers on thermal conductivity data in food materials pub-
lished in food engineering and food science journals during recent years.
160
120
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L.
1
sa
Z
o
Figure 8.15 Thermal conductivity data for all foods at various moistures.
0.01
0.1 1 10 100 1000
Temperature (oQ
Figure 8.16 Thermal conductivity data for all foods at various temperatures.
292 Chapter 8
These data are plotted versus moisture and temperature in Figures 8.15 and
8.16, respectively. These figures show a good picture concerning the range of
variation of thermal conductivity, moisture and temperature values. More than
95% of the data are in the ranges:
The histogram in Figure 8.17 shows the distribution of the thermal conduc-
tivity values retrieved from the literature. Most of the K values are between 0.1 and
1.0 W/mK. Thermal conductivities higher than that of water (0.62 W/mK at 25°C)
are characteristic of frozen foods of high moisture content, since the thermal con-
ductivity of ice is about 2 W/mK.
The results obtained are presented in detail in Tables 8.4-8.6. More than 100
food materials are incorporated in the tables. They are classified into 11 food cate-
gories. Table 8.4 shows the related publications for every food material. Table 8.5
summarizes the average literature value for each material along with the corre-
sponding average values of corresponding moisture and temperature. Table 8.6
presents the range of variation of thermal conductivity for each material along
with the corresponding ranges of moisture and temperature.
1000
•a
I
'= 100
o
L.
10
£
Baked products 60
Bread 14
Zanonietal, 1995 5
Zanonietal., 1994 3
Goedeken et a!., 1998 6
Dough 20
Bouvier et al, 1987 3
Zanonietal, 1995 8
Griffith etal., 1985 9
Soy flour 11
Maroulisetal.,1990 7
Wallapapan et al., 1982 4
Cake 2
Zanonietal., 1995 2
Yellow batter 1
Baiketal, 1999 1
Cup batter 12
Baiketal., 1999 12
Cereal products 76
Barley 9
Alagusundaram et al., 1991 9
Corn 21
Bekeetal, 1994 9
Changetal, 1980 3
Okos etal, 1986 9
Rice 13
Okos etal, 1986 4
Ramesh, 2000 9
Wheat 10
Changetal., 1980 3
Okos etal., 1986 7
Corn meal 7
Laietal, 1992 4
Kumaretal, 1989 3
294 Chapter 8
Iclli batter 4
Murthyetal, 1997 4
Maize 11
Halltdayetal, 1995 9
Tolabaetal.,1988 2
Oat 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Dairy 136
Cheese 23
Lunaetal., 1985 1
Tavmanetal., 1999 22
Milk 84
Duaneetal., 1992 1
Duaneetal, 1993 1
Duaneetal, 1994 1
Me Proud eta!., 1983 1
Hori, 1983 6
Zieglereta!., 1985 3
Ready etal, 1993 9
Tavmanetal, 1999 9
Okosetal.,1986 53
Cream 1
Duaneetal, 1998 1
Butter 5
Tavmanetal, 1999 2
Okosetal.,1986 3
Yogurt 19
Kirn etal, 1997 9
Tavmanetal., 1999 10
Whey 4
Okosetal.,1986 4
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 295
Fish 83
Cod 5
Sam et a!., 1987 5
Mackerel 5
Sametal., 1987 5
Squid 16
Rahman et al, 1991 12
Rahman, 1991 4
Carp 2
Hung el al., 1983 2
Surimi 30
Wangetal., 1990 21
AbuDaggaetal, 1997 9
Cake 1
Borquezetal, 1999 1
Shrimp 13
Karunakar et al, 1998 13
Calamari 2
Rahman, 1991 2
Salmon 9
Sametal., 1987 9
Fruits 143
Apple 82
Ramaswamy elal, 1981 11
Mattea et al., 1989 3
Telis-Romero et al, 1998 3
Rahman, 1991 2
Constenlaetal, 1989 9
Bhumblaetal, 1989 25
Ziegleretal, 1985 3
Mattea etal, 1986 3
Madambaetal, 1995 2
Sheen etal, 1993 1
Buhrietal, 1993 1
Okos etal, 1986 10
Chenetal, 1998 9
Banana 1
Njieetal, 1998 1
296 Chapter 8
Peach 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Strawberry 5
Delgado et al, 1997 3
Bhumbla et al., 1989 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Raspberry 2
Bhumbla etal, 1989 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Grape 8
Bhumbla et al, 1989 1
Okosetal.,1986 7
Plantain 6
Njieetal, 1998 6
Raisin 4
Vagenas et al., 1990 4
Pear 15
Matteaetal, 1989 3
Rahman, 1991 2
Dincer, 1997 1
Mattea et al., 1986 3
Okosetal.,1986 6
Orange 15
Telis-Romeroetal, 1998 9
Bhumbla etal, 1989 1
Ziegler et al, 1985 4
Okosetal.,1986 1
Bilberry 2
Bhumbla et al, 1989 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Cherry 2
Bhumbla etal, 1989 1
Okosetal.,1986 1
Legumes 9
Lentils 9
Alagusundaram et al, 1991 9
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 297
Meat 134
Beef 75
Hung etai, 1983 4
Marinos-Kouris et al, 1995 2
Me Proud et al., 1983 2
Perezetal, 1984 9
Rahman, 1991 2
Baghe-Khandan et al, 1982 30
Sanzetal, 1987 25
Califano et al, 1997 1
Chicken 9
Rahman, 1991 2
Sanzetal, 1987 7
Sausage 13
Sheen etal, 1990 2
Ziegleretal, 1987 10
Akterian, 1997 1
Turkey 12
Sanzetal, 1987 12
Mutton 10
Sanzetal, 1987 10
Pork 11
Sanzetal, 1987 11
Pork/soy 4
Muzillaetal, 1990 4
Potato starch 2
Okosetal.,1986 2
Starch 61
Renaudetal, 1991 24
Njieetal, 1998 1
Maroulis et al, 1991 6
Morley et al, 1997 6
Wangetal.,1993 18
Lanetal, 2000 6
Sucrose 33
Renaudetal., 1991 30
Ziegleretai., 1985 3
Gelatin 26
Renaudetal, 1991 24
Okosetal.,1986 2
Ovalbumin 36
Renaudetal, 1991 24
Cornillon et al, 1995 12
Tylose 6
Phametal, 1990 6
Agar-water 2
Delgado et al, 1997 1
Barringer et al, 1995 1
Bentonite-water 1
Sheen et al, 1993 1
Gelatin-water 1
HalUdayetal.,1995 1
Amylose 4
Voudouris et al, 1995 4
Cellulose gum 2
Saravacos et al,1965 2
Pectin 5% 2
Saravacos et al.,1965 2
Pectin 10% 2
Saravacos el al.,1965 2
Pectin 5%-glucose 5% 2
Saravacos et al.,1965 2
Gelatin-sucrose-water 2
Hallidayetal, 1995 2
Glycerin 3
Ryniecki et al, 1993 3
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 299
Nuts 1
Macadamia 1
Rahman, 1991 1
Other 134
Coconut 10
Duane et a!., 1995 1
Chenetal, 1998 9
Coffee 10
Sagaraetal., 1994 10
Soybean 12
Okos et al, 1986 12
Palm kernel 1
Duane etal, 1996 1
Lard 1
Duane et al., 1997
Agar-water
Wang etal, 1992
Water-NaCI
Lucas etal, 1999
Water-sucrose
Lucas etal, 1999 1
Rapeseed 52
Bilanskietal, 1976 18
Moyseyetal, 1977 10
Okos eta!., 1986 24
Tobacco 3
Casadaetal, 1989 3
Sorghum 7
Changetal, 1980 3
Okos etal. ,1986 4
Sugar 15
Okos etal, 1986 15
Albumen 2
Okos etal, 1986 2
NaCl 3
Okos etal, 1986 3
300 Chapter 8
Honey 12
Okos et al.,1986 12
Albumine 3
Okos eta!., 1986 3
Vegetables 154
Carrot 5
Niesteruk, 1998 1
Njie et al, 1998 1
Rahman, 1991 2
Buhri et al, 1993 1
Cassava 6
Njieetal, 1998 6
Garlic 3
Madamba et al, 1995 3
Onion 7
Rapusasetal, 1994 7
Pea 12
Sastry et al, 1983 3
Alagusundarametal, 1991 9
Potato 45
Niesteruk, 1996 1
Niesteruk, 1997 1
Niesteruk, 1998 1
Hungetal.,1983 2
Luelal, 1999 1
Njieetal, 1998 2
WangetaL, 1992 16
Rahman, 1991 2
Matteaetal, 1986 3
Hallidayetal, 1995 9
Madamba eta!., 1995 2
Buhri eta!., 1993 1
Cratzeketal.,1993 4
Sugar beet 7
Niesteruk, 1998 4
Okos etal, 1986 3
Turnip 1
Buhri et al, 1993 1
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Foods 301
Yam 6
Njieetal., 1998 6
Beetroot 2
Niesteruk, 1998 2
Parsley 1
Niesteruk, 1998 1
Celery 1
Niesteruk, 1998 1
Tomato 31
Dincer, 1997 1
Choietd.,1983 9
Filkovaetal, 1987 3
Okos eta!., 1986 9
Drouzasetal., 1985 9
Cucumber 1
Dincer, 1997 1
Spinach 10
Delgado et al, 1997 10
Mushrooms 9
Shrivastavaetal, 1999 9
Rutabagas 1
Buhri et al, 1993 1
Radish 1
Buhrietal, 1993 1
Parsnip 1
Buhri etai, 1993 1
Kidney bean 4
Zuritz et al, 1989 4
302 Chapter 8
Pectin 5%-glucose
5% 0.04S 0.050 0.02 0.14 41 41
Freeze-dried gel 0.048 0.050 0.02 0.14 41 41
Glycerin 0.450 0.490 3.35 4.26 20 20
0.450 0.490 3.35 4.26 20 20
Gelatin-sucrose-
water 0.396 0.487 0.65 2.22 15 15
- 0.396 0.487 0.65 2.22 15 15
Note: Thermal conductivities higher than that of water (0.62 W/mK at 25°C) are characteristic of frozen
foods of high moisture content, since the thermal conductivity of ice is about 2 W/mK
326 Chapter 8
1 X
A, Y { 1 / ~r
x :(T) (8-13)
"
= A0 exp (8-14)
R(T T
exp (8-15)
The resulting model is summarized in Table 8.7 and can be fitted to data using a
nonlinear regression analysis method.
The model is fitted to all literature data for each material and the estimates
of the model parameters are obtained. Then the residuals are examined and the
data with large residuals are rejected. The procedure is repeated until an accepted
standard deviation between experimental and calculated values is obtained (Draper
and Smith, 1981).
Among the available data only 13 materials have more than 10 data, which
come from more than 3 publications. The procedure is applied to these data and
the results of parameter estimation are presented in Table 8.8 and in Figure 8.18. It
is clear that thermal conductivity is larger in wet materials.
Figures 8.19-8.36 present retrieved thermal conductivities from the literature
and model-calculated values for selected food materials as a function of moisture
content and temperature. Thermal conductivity A, tends to increase with the mois-
ture content X and the temperature T.
The thermal conductivity parameters /10 and A/, shown in Figure 8.18, vary
in the range of 0.05 to 1.0 W/mK. It should be noted that the thermal conductivity
of air is about 0.026 W/mK, while that of water is 0.60 W/mK. Values of thermal
conductivity of foods higher than 0.60 W/mK are normally found in frozen food
materials (Aice=2 W/mK).
The thermal conductivity increases, in general, with increasing moisture
content. Temperature has a positive effect, which depends strongly on the food
material. The energy of activation for heat conduction E is, in general, higher in
the dry food materials.
328 Chapter 8
X .
X0exp +——X.exp
RT T, l +X RT T
No. of No. of 4 4, E; E0 sd
Material Papers Data (W/mK) (W/mK) (kJ/mol) (kJ/mol) (W/mK)
Cereal products
Corn 3 15 1.580 0.070 7.2 5.0 0.047
Fruits
Apple 12 68 0.589 0.287 2.4 11.7 0.114
Orange 4 13 0.642 0.106 1.3 0.0 0.007
Pear 5 15 0.658 0.270 2.4 1.9 0.016
Model foods
Amioca 5 29 0.718 0.120 3.2 14.4 0.037
Starch 4 24 0.623 0.243 0.3 0.4 0.006
Hylon 3 21 0.800 0.180 9.9 0.072
Vegetables
Potato 12 37 0.611 0.049 0.0 47.0 0.059
Tomato 5 28 0.680 0.220 0.2 5.0 0.047
Dairy
Milk 5 33 0.665 0.212 1.7 1.9 0.005
Meat
Beef 6 37 0.568 0.280 2.2 3.2 0.017
Other
Rapeseed 3 35 0.239 0.088 3.6 0.6 0.023
Baked products
Dough 3 15 0.800 0.273 2.7 0.0 0.183
330 Chapter 8
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Moist ure=zero
.t! 0,1
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O 0 Moisture=zero
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Moisture (kg/kg db)
Fruits APPLE
Total Number of Papers 12
Total Experimental Points 73
Points Used in Regression Analysis 68 (93%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.11
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 142
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.59
Xo (W/mK) 0,29
Ei (kJ/mol) 2.45
_____Eo (kJ/mol) 11.7
1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg.kg db)
Fruits ORANGE
Total Number of Papers 4
Total Experimental Points 15
Points Used in Regression Analysis 13 (87%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.01
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 2
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.64
/u>(W/mK.) 0.11
Ei(kJ/mol) 1.26
_____Eo (kJ/mol)______0.0
Fruits PEAR
Total Number of Papers 5
Total Experimental Points 15
Points Used in Regression Analysis 15 (100%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.02
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 10
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.66
Xo (W/mK) 0.27
Ei (kJ/mol) 2.45
Eo(kJ/mol) 1.9
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Total Number of Papers 12
Total Experimental Points 45
Points Used in Regression Analysis 37 (82%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.06
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %)_____2209
Parameter Estimates
W(W/mK) 0.61
Xo (W/mK) 0.05
Ei (kJ/mol) 0.00
Eo (kJ/mol) 47.0
Vegetables TOMATO
Total Number of Papers 5
Total Experimental Points 31
Points Used in Regression Analysis 28 (90%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.05
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %) 25
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.68
Xo (W/mK) 0.22
Ei(kJ/mol) 0.17
____Eo (kJ/mol)______5.0
1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg.kg db)
Temperature °C -j
• 40
1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg.kg db)
Temperature °C -
• 40 M
1
• 60 IT
Dairy MILK
Total Number of Papers 5
Total Experimental Points 84
Points Used in Regression Analysis 33 (39%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.01
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %)______6
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.67
Xo(W/mK) 0.21
Ei(kJ/mol) 1.73
_____Eo (kJ/mol)______1.9
_______________Meat____BEEF
Total Number of Papers 6
Total Experimental Points 75
Points Used in Regression Analysis 37 (49%)
Standard Deviation (sd, W/mK) 0.02
Relative Standard Deviation (rsd, %)______15
Parameter Estimates
Xi (W/mK) 0.57
Xo (W/mK) 0.28
Ei(kJ/mol) 2.15
_____Eo (kJ/mol)______3.2
1.0 10.0
Moisture (kg.kg db)
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Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients
in Food Systems
I. INTRODUCTION
Heat and mass transfer coefficients are used in the design, optimization, op-
eration and control of several food processing operations and equipment. They are
related to the basic heat and mass transport properties of foods (thermal conductiv-
ity and mass diffusivity), and they depend strongly on the food/equipment inter-
face and the thermophysical properties of the system. Table 9.1 shows some im-
portant heat transfer operations, which are used in food processing. In all of these
operations, heat must be supplied to or removed from the food material with an
external heating or cooling medium, through the interface of some type of process-
ing equipment. Some operations, such as evaporation, involve mass transfer, but
the controlling transfer mechanism is heat transfer (Heldman and Lund, 1992;
Valentas etal., 1997).
Table 9.2 shows some mass transfer operations that are applied to food
processing. They are characterized by the removal or separation of a component of
the food material by the application of heat, e.g. drying, or other driving potential,
such as osmosis, reverse osmosis, adsorption, or absorption (King, 1971;
Saravacos, 1995). Heat and mass transfer coefficients are empirical transfer con-
stants that characterize a given operation from theoretical principles, but they are
either obtained experimentally or correlated in empirical equations applicable to
particular transfer operations and equipment.
Heat transfer coefficients and heat transfer, in general, are used more exten-
sively than mass transfer data in most food processing operations. In many cases,
mass transfer correlations are similar to correlations developed earlier in heat
transfer. In some operations, simultaneous heat and mass transfer may control the
process, e.g. in the drying of solids.
359
360 Chapter 9
A. Definitions
The heat transfer coefficient h (W/m2K) at a solid/fluid interface is given by
the equation:
q/A=h(AT) (9-1)
where qlA is the heat flux (W/m2) and /IT is the temperature different (°C or K). A
similar definition is applicable to liquid/fluid interfaces.
Heat transfer is considered to take place by heat conduction through a film
of thickness L of thermal conductivity /I, according to the equation:
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 361
Thus, the heat transfer coefficient is equivalent to h=UL. However, Eq. (9-2) is
difficult to apply, since the film thickness L cannot be determined accurately be-
cause it varies with the conditions of flow at the interface.
The overall heat transfer coefficient U (W/m2K) between two fluids sepa-
rated by a conducting wall is given by the equation
\/U=\/h,+x/X+l/h2 (9-4)
where x is the wall thickness (m), and X is the wall thermal conductivity (W/mK).
In industrial heat exchangers, the thermal resistance of fouling deposits must be
added in series to the resistances of Eq. (9-4).
The overall heat transfer coefficients are specific for each processing
equipment and fluid system, and it is determined usually from experimental meas-
urements.
(9-5)
dt dX1
The heat transfer coefficients of air and water in some important operations
can be estimated from simplified dimensional equations, applicable to specific
equipment geometries and system conditions (Perry and Green, 1984; Geankoplis,
1993):
a. Natural convection of air:
Horizontal tubes, h = 1 .42 (A T/d0) 1/4 (9-6)
Vertical tubes, h=\A2 (AT/L)W (9-7)
b. Air in drying (constant rate):
Parallel flow, h = 0.0204G0'8 (9-8)
Perpendicular flow, h=l.ll G°'37 (9-9)
c. Falling films of water:
/j = 9150r 1/3 (9-10)
d. Condensing water vapors:
Horizontal tubes, h = 10800 / [(Nd0f\AT)l/3] (9-11)
Vertical tubes, h = 13900 / [Lw(AT)m] (9-12)
where AT is the temperature difference (K), d0 is the outside diameter (m), L is the
length (m), G is the mass flow rate (kg/m2s), F is the irrigation flow rate of the
films (kg/m s) and N is the number of horizontal tubes in a vertical plane.
A. Definitions
Mass transfer in industrial and other applications is usually expressed by
phenomenological mass transfer equations, instead of the basic mass diffusion
model. The mass transfer equations use lumped parameters and average concentra-
tion, while the diffusion model has distributed parameters for the dependent vari-
able (concentration), which can vary with the independent variables of distance
and time (Cussler, 1997).
The mass transfer coefficients are functions of the mass diffusivity, the vis-
cosity, the velocity of the fluid, and the geometry of the transfer systems. The
mass diffusivity, in the diffusion model, is a fundamental property based on mo-
lecular interactions and on the physical structure of the material.
The mass transfer coefficient kc (m/s) in a process is defined in an analo-
gous manner with the heat transfer coefficient:
J = kcAC (9-13)
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where J is the mass flux (kg/m2s) and AC is the concentration difference (kg/m3).
In contrast to heat transfer where the driving force is the temperature differ-
ence AT, m mass transfer the driving force can be expressed by the concentration
difference AC, the difference of mass fraction AY, or the pressure difference AP.
Thus, three mean mass transfer coefficients can be defined by the following equa-
tion (Saravacos, 1997):
The units of the three mass transfer coefficients depend on the units of AC, AY and
AP and they are usually kc (m/s), kY (kg/m2s) and kp (kg/m2sPa). In food engineer-
ing and especially in drying calculations, the symbol hM is used instead of kY, with
the same units (kg/m2s).
In an analogy with the overall heat transfer coefficient K, the overall mass
transfer coefficient is used to express mass transfer through the interface of two
fluids, according to the equation:
l/K=\fkci+\/kc2 (9-15)
where kcl and kC2 are the mass transfer coefficients of the two contacting fluids. It
should be noted that in mass transfer there is no wall resistance and the two fluids
at the interface are assumed to be in thermodynamic equilibrium.
Volumetric mass transfer coefficients (kcv) may be used in some industrial
operations, defined by the equation:
kcv=a.kc (9-16)
where a = A/Vis the specific surface of the transfer system (m2/m3). Thus the units
of kcv will be (1/s) and of h
drying conditions. As an illustration, the mass transfer coefficient in the air drying
of spherical starch samples 21 mm diameter at 60°C, 10% RHand 2 m/s air veloc-
ity was determined as kc= 34 mm/s (Saravacos et al, 1988).
It should be noted that the drying rate of wet high moisture samples is close
to the evaporation of water from a free surface. However, in drying food materials,
some resistance to mass transfer is usually present at the interface and in the inte-
rior of the product, resulting in significantly lower drying rates. Thus, the mass
transfer coefficient in drying grapes is lower, e.g. 7 mm/s or 13 mm/s, depending
on skin resistance to moisture transfer.
The mass transfer coefficient during drying kY or hM can be estimated simul-
taneously with the heat transfer coefficient h and the moisture diffusivity D from
drying data (Marinos-Kouris and Maroulis, 1995). The experimental drying data
are fitted by regression analysis to a heat and mass transfer model, assuming cer-
tain empirical relationships. The results, obtained for the heat and mass transfer
coefficients, are much lower than the values of evaporation of water from free
surfaces, since during drying the heat and mass transfer interface moves inside the
porous solid food material, becoming much larger than the outside surface of the
material.
C. Empirical Correlations
Tables 9.5 and 9.6 show some empirical correlations of the mass transfer
coefficient (kc) in fluid/solid and fluid/fluid systems. Fluid/solid systems are com-
mon in drying of solids, solvent extraction of solids and adsorption operations.
Fluid/liquid interfaces are important in aeration, de-aeration, and carbona-
tion/decarbonation of liquid foods.
1. Film Theory
The mass transfer coefficient kc is a function of the first power of the diffu-
sion coefficient £>:
hc =D/L (9-17)
where L (m) is the film thickness, which is difficult to determine accurately, since
it is a function of the flow conditions, the geometry of the system, and the physical
properties of the fluid.
2. Penetration Theory
The mass transfer coefficient kc is a function of the square root of the mass
diffusivity D:
kc=2(Du/nLf2 (9-18)
where L is the depth of penetration (m) and u is the velocity (m/s) of penetration.
The contact time between the diffusivity components and the fluid is defined as
u/L, and it is difficult to determine experimentally.
kc=(Drf2 (9-19)
where T is the average time for a fluid element in the interface region.
JH=JM (9-21)
where jH= 5^/'r2/3,yw= StMSc2n and StH= h/upCp, StM= kc/u or StM= h^up
The Colburn analogy in air/water mixtures (applications in drying and air
conditioning) is simplified, since the Pr and Sc are approximately equal (Pr = Sc
= 0.8). Therefore, we may have StH = StM or h/upCp = kC/u or h/pCp =kc,
In terms of the mass transfer coefficient hM, the last relationship becomes:
h/Cp = hM (9-22)
(9-25)
where the Graetz number Gz = GrCp/AL, and G is the mass flow rate (kg/m2s).
The apparent viscosities at the bulk of the fluid and at the wall tja and ^ are
determined for the given shear rate y using the Theological constants K and n of the
fluid for a mean temperature. Heat transfer in agitated vessels is expressed by the
empirical correlation (Saravacos and Moyer, 1967):
where the coefficient C = 0.55 for Newtonian and C = 1.474 for non-Newtonian
fluids.
The Reynolds number is estimated as Re = (d2Np)lrja where d is the diameter
of the impeller, and rja is the apparent viscosity estimated at the agitation speed TV
as r\a = Ky"'1 where K and n are the Theological constants of the fluid at the mean
temperature. The shear rate y for the pilot-scale agitated kettle, described in this
reference (0.40 m diameter, anchor agitator), was calculated from the empirical
relation 7= 13N.
The heat transfer coefficients h at the internal interface of the vessel for a
sugar solution and for applesauce increased linearly with speed of agitation
(RPM), as shown in Figure 9.1.
Figure 9.2 shows that the overall heat transfer coefficient U in the agitated
kettle decreases almost linearly when the flow consistency coefficient K is in-
creased.
10000
1000 --
Figure 9.1 Heat transfer coefficients in agitated kettle. S, sucrose solution 40° Brix;
A, applesauce; RPM, 1/min
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 371
1600
1300
1000
10
K (Pa s")
Figure 9.2. Overall heat transfer coefficient (U) of fruit purees in agitated kettle.
K, flow consistency coefficient.
4n
Re = - (9-27)
l3n + l
372 Chapter 9
4n
Gr 22
-2 V ;
where K and n are the rheological constants of the fluid at a mean temperature, and
fi = (A V/AT)IV, 1/K (natural convection).
Heat transfer in cans in an agitated retort (Steritort) is considered as the sum
of the contributions of both natural and forced convection:
-1 = 1 + - + — + FR (9-33)
U h k h,
The fouling resistance 7-7? becomes important in the evaporation of liquid foods
containing colloids and suspensions, which tend to deposit on the evaporator
walls, reducing significantly the heat transfer rate.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 373
10000
Figure 9.3 Overall heat transfer coefficients U in evaporation of clarified CL and unfil-
tered UFT apple juice at 55°C.
A total number of 54 papers were retrieved from the above journals. The
data refer to 7 different processes (Table 9.8) and include about 40 food materials
(Table 9.9). Most of the data were available in the form of empirical equations
using dimensionless numbers. All available empirical equations were transformed
in the form of heat transfer factor versus Reynolds number (jH = aRe"). This equa-
tion was also fitted to all data for each process and the resulting equations charac-
terize the process, since they are based on the data from all available materials.
The results are classified by process and material and are presented in Table
9.10. All the equations are presented in Figure 9.4 to define the range of variation
of they'// and Re. The range of variation by process is also sketched in Figure 9.5.
The above results are presented analytically for each process in Figures 9.6-9.11.
The effect of food material is obvious in these diagrams. The results of fitting the
equation to all data for each process is summarized in Table 9.11 and in Figure
9.12.
Heat transfer coefficient values for process design can be obtained easily
from the proposed equations and graphs. The range of variation of this uncertain
coefficient can also be obtained in order to carry out valuable process sensitivity
analysis. Estimations for materials not included in the data can also be made using
similar materials or average values. It is expected that the resulting equations are
more representative and predict more accurately the heat transfer coefficients.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 375
Table 9.10 Parameters of the Equation jH = aRe" for each Process and each Mate-
rial
Process/product/reference a „ mm Re max Re
Baking
Cakes
Baiketal., 1999 0.801 -0.390 40 3,000
Blanching
Green Beans
Zhangetal., 1991 0.00850 -0.443 150 1,500
Cooling
Apples
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.0304 -0.286 4,000 48,000
Apricots
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.114 -0.440 2,000 25,000
Figs
Dincer, 1995 8.39 -0.492 3,500 9,000
Grapes
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.472 -0.516 1,300 17,000
Model Food
Alvarez et al., 1999 2.93 -0.569 2,000 12,000
Peaches
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.186 -0.500 3,700 43,000
Raspberries
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.0293 -0.320 1,300 16,000
Strawberries
Fikiinetal., 1999 0.136 -0.440 1,900 25,000
Tomatoes
Dincer, 1997 0.267 -0.550 1,000 24,000
378 Chapter 9
Convective
Barley
Sokhansanj, 1987 3.26 -0.650 20 1,000
Canola Seeds
Langetal., 1996 0.458 -0.241 30 50
Carrot
Mulct etal., 1989 0.692 -0.486 500 5,000
Corn
Fortes etal., 1981 1.06 -0.566 400 1,100
Torrezetal., 1998 4.12 -0.650 20 1,000
Graves
Ghiausetal, 1997 0.665 -0.500 8 50
Vagenas et al, 1990 0.741 -0.430 1,000 3,000
Maize
Mourad et al., 1997 11.9 -0.901 150 1,500
Malt
Lopezetal., 1997 0.196 -0.185 60 80
Potatoes
Wangetal., 1995 0.224 -0.200 2,000 11,000
Rice
Torrezetal., 1998 4.12 -0.650 20 1,000
Soybean
Taranto et al., 1997 2.48 -0.523 200 1,500
Wheat
Langetal., 1996 149 -0.340 50 100
Sokhansanj, 1987 3.26 -0.650 20 1,000
Fluidized bed
Corn Starch
Shu-De etal., 1993 0.101 -0.355 3,200 13,000
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 379
Rotary
Fish
Sheneetal, 1996 0.00160 -0.258 80 300
Soya
Alvarez et al., 1994 0.00960 -0.587 10 100
Sheneetal., 1996 0.000300 -0.258 20 80
Susar
Wangetal., 1993 0.805 -0.528 1,500 17,000
Freezing
Beet
Heldman, 1980 0.650 -0.418 80 25,000
Calcium alsinate sel
Sheng, 1994 48.6 -0.535 300 600
Hamburser
Floresetal, 1988 8.87 -0.672 7,500 150,000
Toccietal., 1995 4.67 -0.645 9,000 73,000
Meat carcass
Mallikarjunan et al., 1994 0.228 -0.269 1,800 20,000
Meatballs
Toccietal., 1995 0.536 -0.485 3,400 28,000
Storage
Potatoes
Xuetal., 1999 0.658 -0.425 70 90
Wheat
Changetal, 1993 0.0136 -0.196 1,500 10,000
380 Chapter 9
Sterilization
Aseptic
Model food
Balasubramaniam et al, 1994 0.500 -0.507 5,000 20,000
Sastryetal., 1990 0.448 -0.519 2,400 45,000
Zuritzetal, 1990 3.42 -0.687 2,000 11,000
Non-food material
Kramers, 1946 0.748 -0.512 3,000 85,000
Ranzetal.,1952 0.662 -0.508 3,000 85,000
Whitaker, 1972 0.517 -0.441 3,000 85,000
Paniculate liquid foods
Mankadetal., 1997 0.225 -0.400 140 1,500
Sannervik et al., 1996 0.0493 -0.199 1,800 5,200
Spherical particles
Astrometal., 1994 2.26 -0.474 4,300 13,000
Retort
Newtonian liquids
Anantheswaran et al., 1985 2.74 -0.562 11,000 400,000
Particulate liquid foods
Sablanietal, 1997 0.564 -0.403 30 1,600
Corn cream
Zamanetal., 1991 0.108 -0.343 130,000 1,100,000
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 381
Process a « mm Re max Re
The data of Tables 9.10 and 9.11 demonstrate the importance of the flow
conditions (Reynolds number, Re) and the type of food process and product on the
heat transfer characteristics (heat transfer factor, jH). As expected from theoretical
considerations and experience in other fields, the heat transfer factor, jH decreases
with a negative exponent of about -0.5 of the Re. The highest jH values are ob-
tained in drying and baking operations, while the lowest values are in storage and
blanching. Granular food materials, such as corn and wheat appear to have better
heat transfer characteristics than large fruits (apples).
Regression analysis of published mass transfer data show the similarity be-
tween the heat transfer factory'// and the mass transfer factor jM (see section VI of
this chapter).
382 Chapter 9
JH
0.01
0.001
0.0001
0.00001
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000
Re
Figure 9.4 Heat transfer factor jH versus Reynolds number Re for all the examined proc-
esses and materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 383
JH 0.01
0.001
0.0001
10 1 000 10 000 100 000 1 000 000
Re
Figure 9.5 Ranges of variation of the heat transfer factor^ versus Reynolds number Re
for all the examined processes.
384 Chapter 9
0.001
1 000 10000 Re 100000
Figure 9.6 Heat transfer factory'// versus Reynolds number Re for cooling process and
various materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 385
JH 0.1
0.01
10 100 1000 10000
Re
Figure 9.7 Heat transfer factor jH versus Reynolds number Re for convective drying
process and various materials.
386 Chapter 9
J H 0.l
0.01
0.001
100 000
Figure 9.8 Heat transfer factor jH versus Reynolds number Re for freezing process and
various materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 387
Storage i
0.1
JH
0.01
WlhesiT
0.001
10 100 1000 10000 100000
Re
Figure 9.9 Heat transfer factory'// versus Reynolds number Re for storage process and
various materials.
388 Chapter 9
0.1
Sterilization Aseptic
Spherical
Parti i :les
JH
0.01
Non-Foa4
Matcri
Partiqulatg Upii
Fo )di
V
Moi lei F( od
0.001
1000 10000 100 000
Re
Figure 9.10 Heat transfer factory'// versus Reynolds number Re for sterilization aseptic
process and various materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 389
0.1
Sterilization Retort
\
Part culat? Lii
Fi oils
JH 0.01
0.001
100 1000 10000 100000 1000000
Re
Figure 9.11 Heat transfer factory// versus Reynolds number Re for sterilization retort
process and various materials.
390 Chapter 9
JH
0.01
0.001
0.0001
10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000
Re
Figure 9.12 Estimated equations of heat transfer factory'// versus Reynolds number Re for
all the examined processes.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 391
_____Process____________No. of Equations
1 Drying
Convective 6
Spray 1
2 Freezing
Forced Convection 6
3 Storage
Forced Convection 1
4 Sterilization
______Forced Convection________________1^
_____Total No. of Equations__________15
392 Chapter 9
Process a n mm Re max Re
Table 9.15 Parameters of the Equation jM = aRe" for each Process and each Ma-
terial
Drying
Convective
Corn
Torrezetal., 1998 5.15-0.575 20 1,000
Graves
Ghiausetal., 1997 0.004 -0.462 10 40
Vagenasetal, 1990 0.741-0.430 900 3,000
Maize
Mouradetal., 1997 34.6 -1.000 5 15
Rice
Torrezetal., 1998 5.15-0.575 20 1,000
Carrot
Muletetal., 1987 0.69 -0.486 500 5,000
Spray
Milk
Straatsma et al., 1999 2.947 -0.890 1 2
Freezing
Meat
Toccietal., 1995 2.496 -0.495 2,500 70,000
Storage
Potatoes
Xuetal.,1999 0.667 -0.428 50 55
Sterilization
Model food
Fuetal.,1998 11.220 -1.039 6,500 26,000
394 Chapter 9
10
^
V
\\ V
Sr—
"*^ N^
% 5fc
s
»
s,,v
\
k
Nt,""•
'V
ss
ss S
*^
0.1 0
JM-1.llRe' '
x^
•^
^
N.
JM ;., ^
»' ^"V
0.01 1s ^
— S iir-5*
!l ^*;-
\__ 5 _ *
«^s
^> sS <v s
*','^n
0.001 \ ^
_ __ . , __
-^
\
S
V
0.0001
1 10 100 1 000 10 000 100 000
Re
Figure 9.13 Mass transfer factory^ versus Reynolds number Re for all the examined
processes and materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 395
10
TJfyfitg
\ Con-wclti
0.1 \
JM
nezjir
0.01
0.001
izat
0.0001
10 100 1000 10 000 100 000
Re
Figure 9,14 Ranges of variation of the mass transfer factor JM versus Reynolds number
Re for all the examined processes.
396 Chapter 9
10
Convective Drying
\Miize
0.1
JM
5 Gra«s
0.01
0.001
10 100 1000 10000
Re
Figure 9.15 Mass transfer factor jM versus Reynolds number Re for convective drying
process and for various materials.
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Food Systems 397
10
\s I\
t
j
^1 s, V—— j 1
\ i
\
s. ^> j 1
=
i
0.1 St nv>r a
ST _ . ——— —— J
*"*"-^
: ^1
\ =f-
\V F •e izil 2(
1 1 1 i j
JM
i
1 S
0.01
1
1 1
0.001
1
V"
\
X
y
I
1 ..tod \'n ttrJ
0.0001
1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Re
Figure 9.16 Estimated equations of mass transfer factory^ versus Reynolds number Re
for all the examined processes.
398 Chapter 9
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Appendix: Notation
A transport area, m
a constant of Redlich-Kwong Eq. (2-12)
Bi Biot number
b constant of Redlich-Kwong Eq. (2-12)
cp heat capacity at constant pressure kJ/kmol K
cv heat capacity at constant volume kJ/kmol K
C concentration, kg/rrr3
D mass diffusivity, m2/s
D diameter, m
d diameter, m
De Deborah number
DPM dipole moment, debye
E modulus of elasticity, Pa
E activation energy, kJ/kmol
ED energy of activation for diffusion, kJ/mol
Ea activation energy for viscous flow, kJ/mol
F force, N
Fo Fourier number
G shear modulus, Pa
G' storage modulus, Pa
G " loss modulus, Pa
G mass flow rate, kg/m2s
Gz Graetz number
h height, m
h heat transfer coefficient, W/m K
JA mass flux of A, kg/m2s or kmol/m2s
JH heat transfer factor
JM mass transfer factor
K flow consistency coefficient, Pa sn
K drying constant, 1/s
Kp partition coefficient
kB Boltzmann constant, kB= R/N= 1.38xlO"23 J/molecule K
kc mass transfer coefficient, m/s
L length, m
M mass, kg
M torque, N m
M molecular weight, kg/kmol
MA molecular weight of A
N Avogadro's number, 6.022xl023 molecules/mol
Nu Nusselt number
n flow behavior index
403
404 Appendix: Notation
n index
P pressure, Pa or bar
P permeability, kg / m s Pa
PM permeance, kg/ m2s Pa
Pr Prandtl number
Q volumetric flow rate, m3/s
Q accumulated quantity, kg/m2
q heat transport rate, W
r radius, m
R gas constant, 8.314 kJ/kmol K
Re Reynolds number
rt inside radius, m
r0 outside radius, m
5 solubility, kg/m3Pa
Sh Sherwood number
t time, s
T temperature, K, C
f kBT/s
Tg glass transition temperature, K, °C
U velocity, m/s
M velocity, m/s
u(r) potential energy (Lennard-Jones potential), J
V molar volume, cm3/mol, m3/mol
V volume, m3
W weight, kg
WVTR water vapor transmission rate, kg/m s
X transport property
X moisture content, kg/kg dm
compressibility factor
Greek
a thermal diffusivity, m2/s
a relative volatility
Y activity coefficient
F film flow rate, kg/m s
3.141
s porosity
rj viscosity, Pa s
rj shear viscosity, Pa s
77' dynamic viscosity, Pa s
T;,, apparent viscosity, Pa s
77,. relative viscosity
9 collision frequency, 1/s
9 angle of cone/plate
/I thermal conductivity, W/m K
Am mean free path, m
ju chemical potential, kJ/mol
v momentum diffusivity (kinematic viscosity), m2/s
p density kg/m3 or mol/m3
<r collision diameter, m
T tortuosity
r shear stress, Pa
TO yield stress, Pa
<j) interaction parameter
<j> volume fraction
W generalized transport rate
co acentric factor
or frequency of oscillation. 1/s
/2 collision integral
/3 rotational velocity, 1/s
Subscripts
A component A(diffusant)
B component B (medium)
b boiling
c critical
D diffusion
e equilibrium
G gas
id ideal
K Knudsen
L liquid
0 dilute, initial
P particle
r reduced
res residual
V viscosity
Index
Ash, 281
Avocado, 172, 182, 191
B
Absorption, 228, 234, 360 Baking, 373, 377, 381
Acentric factor, 11-12 Baking ovens, 369
Acetic acid, 242, 267 Banana, 50-56, 182, 191, 201, 215,
Activation energy, 72, 82-84, 91, 95, 306,318
198,249,253 Barley, 179, 188, 302, 314, 378
Adsorption, 113,228,231,360 Beef, 183, 192, 275, 307, 319, 329,
Agar, 298, 299, 309, 312, 321, 324 348, 354, 379
Agitated kettle, 370, 371 Beef carcass, 183, 192
Albumen, 313, 325 Beer, 84
Albumin, 184, 193 Beeswax, 263
Albumine, 313, 325 Beet, 186, 195,300,311,323
Almond, 175, 185, 194,226 Bentonite, 298, 355
Amioca, see Amylopectin Bilberry, 296, 306, 318
Ammonia, 241 Bingham plastic, 68-69, 91
Amylopectin (Amioca), 128-132, Biopolymers, 30, 150, 254, 372
140,184, 193,201-204,308, Biot number, 145, 273, 363
320, 342 Bird-Carreau model, 73
Amylose (Hylon), 128-132, 134, Biscuit, 168, 179, 188,302,314
137,154,184,193,201-204, Blanching, 360, 375,377, 381
308, 320, 343 Bluebenies, 172, 182, 191
Apparent viscosity, 69,79, 370 Boiling water, 369
Apparent density, 50, 55 Boltzmann constant, 9, 17, 241
Apple, 50-56, 149-151,182, 191, Boundary layer theory, 368
201,213,253,275,305,317, Bread, 156, 168, 179, 188, 293, 302,
329, 337, 377 314
Apple juice, 80-82, 373 Brine, 252
Apple sauce, 72, 89, 92, 94 Broad bean, 173, 183, 192
Apple slices, 253 Broccoli, 176, 186, 195
Apricots, 157, 172, 182, 191, 377 Broiled meat, 173, 183, 192
Arrhenius equation, 16, 71, 78-80, Brown rice, 168,169, 179,180,
82,93, 128, 141,245,260 188-189
Aseptic processing,369, 375, 381 Bull, 174, 183, 192
407
408 Index
[Diffusivity, mass]
permeability methods, 114
distribution of diffusant, 118 Edible oils, 72, 78-79, 92-93
drying methods, 120 Egg, 175, 185, 194,229
flavors, 254-258 Einstein equation, 66
in fluid foods, 241-243 Elastic materials, 65, 244
in polymers. 243 Empirical rules, 279
organic components, 252 Emulsions, 90, 92, 262
salts, 251 Enclosed water density, 50, 55
small solutes, 237 Enzyme inactivation, 360
Diffusivity, moisture Ethanol, 12, 13, 17, 20, 84, 241-242,
baked products, 168, 179, 188 255
cereal products, 168,179,188, 201, Ethyl acetate, 255
209-212 Ethyl butyrate, 255
dairy products, 171,181, 190 Ethyl oleate, 153, 154
fish, 171,181, 190 Ethylene, 12-13, 20, 241
fruits, 172, 182, 191, 201, 205, 206 Eucken factor, 15
legumes, 173, 183, 192 Evaporation, 254-257, 360, 372
meat, 173, 183, 192 Evaporators, 369
model foods,127-143,174, 184, Excess contributions, 14
193,201,203,204 Extensional viscosity, 64
nuts, 175, 185, 194 Extraction, 33-34, 252-253, 360
other, 175, 185, 194 Extrusion, 130-131
vegetables, 176, 186, 195,201 Eyring theory, 16, 18
Dilatant fluid, 69
Dimensional equations, 363 Fababean, 173, 183, 192
Dimensionless numbers, 14, 362, Falling films, 364, 367
363,366-367,371,374 Falling rate period, 120-122, 144-
Distillation, 266, 360 145,369
Distribution of diffusant, 110, 118 Fat, 232-233, 281, 304, 307, 316,
Dogfish, 171, 181, 190 319,355
Dough, 168, 179, 188,229,293, Fiber, 101,281
302,314,329,347,352-353, Fibrinogen, 242
356 Pick diffusion equation, 8, 106, 118-
Dried fruit, 275 119,145-147,237,243
Dry milk, 181,190 Fickian diffusion, 107-108, 243,
Dry solids apparent density, 55 250,260
Dry solids true density, 55 Figs, 376-377
Drying Kinetics, 110, 159-160, 162, Fish, 122, 145,157,181,190,252,
227, 230-232, 234 275,304,316,379
Dual-sorption model, 248, 262 Flavor, 254-259, 261-262
Dynamic viscosity, 73 Flavor encapsulation, 258
410 Index
x y
Xanthan gum, 85, 87 Yam, 187, 196, 311, 323, 355
Yellow batter, 293
Yogurt, 91, 101, 294, 304, 316, 353