Kaur, Baldeep ORCID: 0000-0002-1762-3058 and Bradley, Michael (2024) Moisture migration dynamics in speciality sugars. In: Sorption Symposium Europe 2024, 18th - 20th Sep., 2024, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

All materials tend to attain equilibrium moisture content when in contact with the ambient environment. The moisture content of conditioned sugar is typically below 0.5%. Speciality sugars, such as, demerara sugar is very sensitive to moisture due to its unique composition. The type of sugarcane used to produce demerara sugar also affects the physical characteristics and crystal structure formation due to the presence of impurities. The surface moisture on freshly formed demerara crystals dries off during conditioning, whereas the inherent moisture does not dry off completely during standard conditioning process. When the freshly conditioned demerara sugar is stored in the bulk bags, the inherent moisture slowly migrates to the surface of crystal resulting in the stickiness between the crystals which results in caked bulk bags. The moisture migration dynamics in demerara sugar impacts the quality of sugar when stored and/or transported in bulk quantities. This research explores moisture migration related para

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sorption, moisture migration, speciality sugars
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG) Faculty of Engineering & Science > Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2024 16:22
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48380

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