Research Article
Mathematical Modeling of Moisture Sorption Isotherms and Determination of Isosteric Heats of Sorption of Ziziphus Leaves
Table 3
Results of fitting of the desorption isotherms of Ziziphus spina-christi leaves.
| Models names | (°C) | Parameters | | | (%) | | | | |
| GAB | 30 | 0.0125 | 0.684 | 3.171 | — | 0.98 | 0.028 | 14.74 | 40 | 0.0125 | 0.487 | 4.324 | — | 0.97 | 0.030 | 18.40 | 50 | −0.707 | −0.438 | 0.678 | — | 0.96 | 0.037 | 22.76 |
| BET | 30 | 0.0184 | 15.422 | — | — | 0.98 | 0.027 | 14.44 | 40 | 0.0192 | 13.474 | — | — | 0.97 | 0.028 | 18.19 | 50 | 0.0963 | 17.708 | — | — | 0.99 | 0.017 | 17.30 |
| Henderson | 30 | 11.054 | 17.086 | −29.39 | — | 0.99 | 0.019 | 10.97 | 40 | 34.723 | 1.838 | −38.65 | — | 0.99 | 0.017 | 8.90 | 50 | 10.513 | 1.195 | −49.05 | — | 0.98 | 0.020 | 17.99 |
| Chung and pfost | 30 | 7.683 | −29.09 | 15.607 | — | 0.97 | 0.107 | 57.06 | 40 | 8.256 | −39.074 | 17.287 | — | 0.97 | 0.024 | 11.34 | 50 | 8.180 | −48.768 | 18.330 | — | 0.93 | 0.040 | 28.41 |
| Halsey | 30 | −6.516 | 0.063 | 2.092 | — | 0.98 | 0.028 | 9.08 | 40 | −6.646 | 0.058 | 2.140 | — | 0.98 | 0.019 | 6.98 | 50 | −9.262 | 0.102 | 1.558 | — | 0.99 | 0.009 | 6.99 |
| Oswin | 30 | 0.142 | 0.356 | — | — | 0.99 | 0.017 | 9.17 | 40 | 0.132 | 0.341 | — | — | 0.99 | 0.010 | 4.91 | 50 | 0.095 | 0.500 | — | — | 0.99 | 0.009 | 8.38 |
| Peleg | 30 | 0.108 | 0.216 | 0.251 | 2.544 | 0.99 | 0.010 | 5.51 | 40 | 0.200 | 0.544 | 0.262 | 9.730 | 0.99 | 0.012 | 6.15 | 50 | 0.343 | 6.529 | 0.120 | 0.474 | 0.99 | 0.004 | 3.16 |
| Adam and Shove | 30 | 0.023 | 0.178 | −1.128 | 1.261 | 0.98 | 0.018 | 19.80 | 40 | 0.019 | 0.209 | −1.163 | 1.226 | 0.98 | 0.013 | 15.34 | 50 | 0.0165 | 0.044 | −1.076 | 1.3137 | 0.97 | 0.013 | 21.09 |
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