Desorption Isotherms for Plantain at Several Temperatures
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1985
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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ife
Abstract
Moisture equilibrium data for desorption of water from ripe and unripe plantain were obtained at 40°, 50o, 60° and 70o over a range of relative humidities from 10 to 90 percent, using a static gravimetric method. Rite plantain exhibited higher equilibrium moisture content (EMC) than unripe plantain under the same conditions. A non-linear least squares regression programme was used to fit 5 desorption isotherm models to the experimental data and the parameters of the models evaluated. Using the modified Halsey model, the minimum standard error of estimates of the EMC was 1.9% for ripe and 1.4% for unripe plantain.
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Plantain, Ripe plantain, Unripe plantain
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Ajibola, O. O. (1985) Desorption Isotherms for Plantain at Several Temperatures. Ife Journal of Agriculture, 7 (1 & 2).