Modelagem e predição de atividade de agua em fluidos alimenticios

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

19/02/1999

RESUMO

Group-contribution methods were used for predicting water activity in juice of fruits, considering sugars and organic acids as their major constituents. Interaction parameters for new groups proposed for UNIF AC (glucose-ring, fructose-ring and cyclic OH) were fitted using the experimental water activity data for sugar solutions (glucose, frutose, sucrose and maltose) at 25, 30 and 35°C. Some interaction parameters for ASOG method were fitted considering their temperature dependence. For the UNIFAC and ASOG models the dissociation phenomena was considered in the modeling of the activity coefficients and water activity for the organic acid solutions at 25, 30 and 35°C. Interaction parameters for strong polar groups (COOH, OH and H2O) were fitted and other parameters were obtained from literature. UNIF AC method was sucess in predicting the water activity for organic acid solutions, while the ASOG method gave poor predictions. Complex mixtures containing water, sugars and organic acids were used to adjust interaction parameters between especific groups related to sugar and acids molecules, such as COOR and glucose ring, frutose ring and cyclic OH. The UNIF AC model with interaction parameters, obtained in this work as well as the literature ones, gave good predictions for the water activty model systems of citrus juice and fruit juice (orange, tangerine, lemon and grapefruit). Relative deviation were less than 0,35% for the model systems and 0,26-1,48% for the fruit juices.

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alimentos - atividade da agua açucar acidos organicos equilibrio liquido-vapor

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