期刊
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
卷 13, 期 3, 页码 4691-4702出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2019.11.004
关键词
Sorption equilibrium; Water activity adsorption; Advanced model; Van der Waals law; Thermodynamic functions
资金
- Deanship of Scientific Research at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, through the research funding program [FRP-1440-10]
In this paper, water sorption isotherms into date kernels give interesting insights about the sorption mechanism. The equilibrium adsorption data expressing the change in moisture content of date kernels were collected at three different temperatures using the static gravimetric technique. The adsorption isotherm profiles demonstrated that this process was performed via an infinite number of layers. A modified form of the Brunauer, Emett and Teller (BET) model is obtained based on the use of the real gas law and statistical physics treatment so the interaction between molecules is considered. This advanced model is used to fit experimental isotherms by numerical simulation. The sorption mechanism is theoretically explained by the parameters that could be related to the water adsorption process. Based on fitting results, we find that the number of molecules per site (parameter n) has a linear tendency with temperature thanks to the thermal agitation effect. A deeper analysis of adsorption energy demonstrates that the water vapors are physisorbed in the date kernels. Through the exploitation of our model, three classic thermodynamic functions are investigated to interpret the macroscopic aspect of the adsorption mechanism. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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