Publications in year 2013

Vol. 27, Issue 4



Characteristics of rapeseed oil cake using nitrogen adsorption

International Agrophysics
Year : 2013
DOI : 10.2478/intag-2013-0002
Volumen : 27
Issue : 3
Pages : 329 - 334
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Authors: Z. Sokołowska1, G. Bowanko1, P. Boguta1, J. Tys1, K. Skiba2

1Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland
2Polish Patent Office, Niepodległości 188/192, 00-950 Warsaw, P.O. Box 203, Poland
Abstract :

Adsorption of nitrogen on the rapeseed oil cake and rapeseed oil cake with wheat meal extrudates was investigated. The results are presented as adsorption-desorption isotherms. The Brunauer-Emmet and Teller equation was used to analyse the experimental sorption data. To obtain estimates of the surface area and surface fractal dimension, the sorption isotherms were analyzed using the Brunauer-Emmet and Teller and Frenkel-Halsey-Hill equations. Mesopore analysis was carried out using the Dollimore and Heal method. The properties and surface characteristic of rapeseed oil cake extrudates are related to different basic properties of particular samples and duration of the extrusion process. Extrusion conditions lead to essential differences in particular products. For all kinds of rapeseed oil cakes the amount of adsorbed nitrogen was different, but for the rapeseed oil cake extrudates a large amount of adsorbed nitrogenwas observed. The average surface area of the rapeseed oil cake extrudates was about 6.5-7.0 m2 g-1, whereas it was equal to about 4.0-6.0 m2 g-1 for rapeseed oil cake with the wheat meal extrudates. In the case of non-extruded rapeseed oil cake and wheat meal, the dominant group included ca. 2 and 5 nm pores. The values of surface fractal dimension suggested that the surface of the extrudates was more homogenous than that of the raw material. Duration of the extrusion process to 80 s resulted in a decrease in the specific surface area, surface fractal dimension, and porosity of the extrudates.

Keywords : rapeseed oil cake extrudates, nitrogen sorption, specific surface area, fractal dimension, porosity
Language : English