Michel  Dirand, Danielle  Barth, Ali  Ahmed, Cesar  Kapseu, Gilles Bernard  Nkouam, 
    Sorption Isotherms of Sheanuts Kernel and Canarium Pulp: Application to Products Dehydration,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 6,Issue 2,
    2011,
    Pages 127-129,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2011.127.129,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2011.127.129)
    Abstract: A comparative study of sorption isotherms of sheanuts kernel 
  and Canarium pulp was conducted at 25, 35, 45 and 55°C. A semi-empirical 
  model was used to determine monolayer energy while an empirical method was used 
  to estimate hysteresis loop energies. Results indicate that Canarium has a thinner 
  hysteresis loop which decreases with increasing temperature. On the contrary, 
  sheanuts kernel hysteresis loop was constant through out the temperature range 
  studied. The estimated energies of the monolayer intermolecular attraction gave 
  a difference of 0.67-0.02 kJ mol&#8226;<SUP>1</SUP> for Canarium which was lower 
  than that of sheanut kernel (1.09-0.29 kJ mol&#8226;<SUP>1</SUP>). The energy 
  of the hysteresis loop of sheanut kernel (103.60-63.89 kJ mol&#8226;<SUP>1</SUP> 
  from 25-55&deg;C) was higher than that of Canarium pulp (10.18-2.94 kJ mol&#8226;<SUP>1</SUP> 
  from 25-55&deg;C). It appears that dehydration of sheanuts kernel requires more 
  energy than Canarium pulp.
    Keywords: Canarium schweinfurthii Engl;Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn;dehydration;isotherms;energies;hystersis loop