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LIST OF MAIN SYMBOLS<br />

Symbol<br />

Description and unit (none unless specified in brackets)<br />

a Adsorbed water (% fibre) in Freundlich isotherm equation<br />

a w<br />

Water activity = p'/p o<br />

A Surface area for adsorption (m 2 g -1 )<br />

A m Area of a water molecule (1.06 x 10 -19 m 2 molecule -1 )<br />

b, c, d, f Constants in sorption models<br />

b o , c o Constants<br />

BFW Brix-free water (% db)<br />

D' df<br />

D' dF<br />

D' gf<br />

D' gF<br />

D' rf<br />

D' rF<br />

D' sF<br />

D' sp<br />

D' ss<br />

EMC<br />

Dry mass fraction of dry leaf fines<br />

Dry mass fraction of dry leaf fibre<br />

Dry mass fraction of green leaf fines<br />

Dry mass fraction of green leaf fibre<br />

Dry mass fraction of rind fines<br />

Dry mass fraction of rind fibre<br />

Dry mass fraction of stalk fibre<br />

Dry mass fraction of stalk pith<br />

Dry mass fraction of stalk skin<br />

Equilibrium moisture content (% db for all isotherm models and decimal<br />

in the Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer isotherm model )<br />

GCV Gross calorific value (kJ kg –1 )<br />

H 1 Heat of sorption of the monolayer (kJ mol –1 )<br />

H L Latent heat of vaporisation of pure water (43.53 kJ mol –1 at 35 o C)<br />

H m Heat of sorption of the multilayer (kJ mol –1 )<br />

H R<br />

m<br />

mˆ<br />

m df<br />

m dF<br />

m dl<br />

m gf<br />

Equilibrium relative humidity (decimal)<br />

Measured EMC (% db)<br />

Predicted EMC (% db)<br />

Measured Brix-free water value of dry leaf fines (% db)<br />

Measured Brix-free water value of dry leaf fibre (% db)<br />

Estimated Brix-free water value of reconstituted dry leaf (% db)<br />

Measured Brix-free water value of green leaf fines (% db)<br />

(xlv)

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