Water Activity- Sucrose And Water

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Water activity in aqueous solutions of sucrose: an improved temperature dependence
Maciej STARZAK
School of Chemical Engineering University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa

Mohamed MATHLOUTHI
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Industrielle Université de Reims, Champagne-Ardenne Reims, France

Outline
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Previous studies Experimental database Selection of thewater activity model Relationships between experimental variables and activity coefficients 6. Data regression 7. Results 8. Recommended equation for water activity coefficient

Water activity formulae popular amongst food technologists

Norrish, 1966 Chen, 1989

ln γ A = α x γA

2 B

1000 + M A m = n 1000 + M A m ( A + Bm ) ln γ A = α x + β x
2 B 3 B

Miyawaki, 1997

Models used topredict water activity coefficient
n Redlich-Kister expansion - empirical (includes Margules equation) n UNIQUAC - phenomenological (two-fluid theory) n group contribution methods (UNIFAC, ASOG)

Starzak & Peacock, 1997

Q 2 2 ln γ A = xB (1 + bxB + cxB ) RT
Based on 1197 experimental points (56 data sets), mainly VLE data (BPE, vapour pressure, ERH, isopiestic solutions)

Catté et al.,1994
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3

Starzak & Peacock, 1997

UNIQUAC
Water activity coefficient

1.2 1.1 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0

Margules eq.

Water activity coefficient

1.1 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4

0

20

40

60

80

100

20

40

60

80

100

% mas. sucrose

% mas. sucrose

Water activity coefficient (boiling curve)
1.8

Water activity coefficient onthe boiling curve

1.6

1193 points

Starzak & Peacock, 1997

1.4

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

% mass sucrose

Theoretical models of activity for highly concentrated sucrose solutions

§ §

Van Hook, 1987: - sucrose hydration - sucrose association (clustering) Starzak & Mathlouthi, 2002: - water association -sucrose hydration - sucrose association (clustering)

Previous studies (small exptl. databases)
Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Le Maguer, 1992 (UNIQUAC) Caté et al., 1994 (UNIQUAC) Peres & Macedo, 1996 (UNIQUAC) Peres & Macedo, 1997 (UNIFAC) Spiliotis & Tassios, 2000 (UNIFAC)

Objective of this study:
q an empirical activity equation q wide range of temp. & concentrations q large database

Thermodynamic datatypically used to determine the activity coefficient
q VLE data (BPE, VPL, ERH,

osmotic coeff. by isopiestic method) q q SLE data (FPD, sucrose solubility) Termochemical data (heat of dilution, excess heat capacity)

EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE
Data type VLE FPD Solubility Heat of dilution Heat capacity Total
Experimental points Literature sources

1507 213 265 283 70 2338

64 13 34 10 4 125 Distribution of experimental data

Distribution of experimental data

Selection of water activity model
n-suffix Margules equation

ln γ A =
Advantages: Drawbacks:

∑α
k =2

n

k

x

k B

linear with respect to its coefficients lack of sound theoretical foundation

General temperature dependence
αk 0 α k (θ ) = + α k1 + αk 2 ln θ + α k 3θ + α k 4θ 2 + α k 5θ 3 θwhere θ = T T0
Disadvantage: large number of parameters

Simplified temperature dependence

ln γ A = a(θ ) ∑ bk − 2 x
k =2

n

k B

a0 2 3 a(θ ) = + a1 + a2 ln θ + a3θ + a4θ + a5θ θ
Advantage: reduced number of parameters

Disadvantage: temperature effect pattern independent of composition

Sucrose activity coefficient

ln γ B =

∑β
k =2

n

k

x

k A

Gibbs-Duhemequation

d ln γ A d ln γ B xA = xB d xA d xB

Expansion coefficients of sucrose activity

l  β k = (−1) ∑   Al , l³ k  k 
n k

k³ 2

where

l +1 Al = αl − αl +1 , l = 2,3,..., n − 1 l An = α n

Expansion coefficients of sucrose activity, n = 7
β2 = β3 = β4 = β5 = β6 = β7 = 3 5 7 α 2 + α3 + 2α 4 + α5 + 2α6 + α7 2 2 2 8 35 − α3 − α 4 − 5α 5 − 8α6 − α7 3 3 15 35 α 4 + α5 +...
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