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Journal of Food Engineering, Vol.255, 61-68, 2019
Modeling of aerosol coating of sugar crystals based on study of physical and chemical properties of stevioside solutions
The aim of the work was to simulate aerosol coating of sugar crystals with stevioside to create a product with a reduced calorific value based on the sweetness equivalent to sucrose. Research methods used -experimental physicochemical analysis of properties of stevioside solutions and solubility of sucrose in aqueous stevioside solutions; mathematical modeling of kinetic equations of sucrose dissolution in an unsaturated aqueous film on crystals; numerical analysis of differential equations models with lumped parameters for the evaluation of process of dissolution of sucrose ina film on crystals. Results achieved: experimental estimates of the refractive index were obtained at T = 298 K for aqueous c = 0-65% and ethanol c = 0-54% stevioside solutions, as well as for aqueous stevioside solutions in the temperature range T = 288-333 K and the following parameters: density c = 10-70%, dynamic viscosity c = 30-65%, surface tension c = 65%, temperature dependence of the activation energy of viscous flow c = 30-65%, solubility of sucrose from the concentration of stevioside c = 5-50%, surface tension coefficient of water-sugar solutions for c = 0.3-30 mol/m(3) stevioside and c = 30-66% sucrose. The design scheme of the apparatus for aerosol coating of sugar crystals with stevioside is shown.