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- Title
The kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of ultrasound-extraction of minerals from aerial parts of white lady's bedstraw (Galium mollugo L.).
- Authors
Milić, Petar S.; Rajković, Katarina M.; Bekrić, Danijela M.; Stamenković, Olivera S.; Veljković, Vlada B.
- Abstract
he present paper deals with the extraction of some minerals (potassium, calcium and magnesium) from ground, dried aerial parts of white lady's bedstraw (Galium mollugo L.) using an aqueous ethanol solution (50% by volume) at different temperatures (from 23 to 40 °C) in the presence and absence of ultrasound. The main goal was to establish the kinetics and the thermodynamics of the two extraction processes. A phenomenological model involving simultaneous washing and diffusion was proved for both ultrasound-assisted and silent extraction of the minerals. The minerals extraction both in the presence and the absence of ultrasound is endothermic and irreversible since the enthalpy change and the entropy change are positive in the ranges of extraction temperature applied. The Gibbs free energy change for the extraction of minerals is negative, indicating that the process is feasible and spontaneous. The minerals yield increased by a factor of 1.02-1.06 and 1.14-1.27 in the absence and the presence of ultrasound, respectively for every 10 °C rise in temperature.
- Subjects
THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASONIC imaging; EXTRACTION (Chemistry); GALIUM (Plant genus); MINERAL analysis; AQUEOUS solutions; TEMPERATURE effect
- Publication
Chemical Engineering Research & Design: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part A, 2014, Vol 92, Issue 7, p1399
- ISSN
0263-8762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.cherd.2013.10.024