In this study, mass
transfer during osmotic dehydration of blackberry in sugar solution was
investigated. The osmotic solution concentrations used were 40%, 50% and 60%
(w/w) sugar, osmotic solution temperatures used were 30 ℃, 40 ℃ and 50 ℃, the solution-to-blackberry mass ratio was 10:1
(w/w) and the process duration varied from 0 to 5 hr. A two-parameter
mathematical model developed by Azuara et al. was used for describing the mass
transfer in osmotic dehydration of blackberry samples and estimation of the
final equilibrium moisture loss and solid gain. The results showed that the
dehydration rate and solid gain rate of blackberry were increased with the
increase of osmotic concentration, osmotic time and temperature of the solution
under certain experimental conditions. Effective diffusivity of moisture as
well as solute was estimated using the analytical solution of Fick’s second law
of diffusion. For above conditions of osmotic dehydration, moisture and sugar
effective diffusivities were found to be in the range of 1.77×10-9-2.10×10-9and 1.36×10-9-1.60×10-9m2/s, respectively.
SONG Chun-fang et al
. Mathematical model of water and solute diffusion in blackberry during sugar osmotic dehydration process[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2018
, 44(2)
: 68
.
DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.014965