Thermodynamic Analysis of Moisture Adsorption of Taraxacum Officinale’ Powder

  • Haytem Moussaoui
  • Zakaria Tagnamas
  • Younes Bahammou
  • Mounir Kouhila
  • Ali Idlimam
  • Abdelkader Lamharrar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32732/ase.2020.12.2.58
Keywords: Taraxacum Officinale; Moisture adsorption; Enthalpy; Entropy; Gibbs free energy.

Abstract

This work aims to model the adsorption isotherms and study the essential thermodynamic properties of Taraxacum Officinale’ powder during the moisture adsorption phenomenon at three temperatures 30, 40, and 50°C. The results have been determined by the application of the thermodynamics physical principles to the equilibrium data, which are experimentally measured. The estimated values of the isokinetic and harmonic temperatures and the Gibbs free energy change revealed that the sorption process is non-spontaneous and enthalpy driven.

Published
2020-12-25
Issue
Vol 12 No 2 (2020)
Section
Articles

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