SORPTION ISOTHERMS AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF POWDERED MILK

Abstract

Moisture sorption isotherms of powdered milk were obtained using the gravimetric static method at 30°, 40°, and 50°C. Peleg and Enderby equations were found to be the most suitable models for describing the sorption curves among six well-known tested equations. Thermodynamic properties such as differential enthalpy and entropy of sorption were determined from moisture adsorption and desorption data, using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. The experimental data showed that enthalpy-entropy compensation theory was applicable to the moisture sorption behavior of powdered milk.