Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

3 0
Reconstituted cane at 30 o C
3 0
Reconstituted dry leaf at 30 o C
3 0
Reconstituted green leaf at 30 o C
m, m h and ms/%
2 0
10
mh
ms
m
Expt
2 0
10
2 0
10
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
3 0
Reconstituted cane at 45 o C
4 0
Reconstituted dry leaf at 45 o C
4 0
Reconstituted green leaf at 45 o C
m, m h and ms /%
2 0
10
3 0
2 0
10
3 0
2 0
10
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
3 0
Reconstituted cane at 55 o C
4 0
Reconstituted dry leaf at 55 o C
4 0
Reconstituted green leaf at 55 o C
m, m h andms /%
2 0
10
3 0
2 0
10
3 0
2 0
10
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
3 0
Reconstituted cane at 60 o C
6 0
Reconstituted dry leaf at 60 o C
5 0
6 0
Reconstituted green leaf at 60 o C
5 0
m, m h andms /%
2 0
10
4 0
3 0
2 0
10
4 0
3 0
2 0
10
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0
0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 1. 0
a w
Figure 6.15. Amounts of adsorbed hydrated water (m h ), dissolved water (m s ) , total
adsorbed water (m) and the predicted equilibrium moisture content of reconstituted cane
stalk, dry leaf and green leaf aged 36 weeks at various temperatures.
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