Sorption isotherms data and mathematical models for pear bartlett (Pyrus sp.) with and without osmotic dehydrationThis research work obtains the experimental data of pears in natura and osmotically dehydrated (55°Brix and 40°C) for three different temperatures (40°C, 60°C and 80°C). The desorption isotherms were fitted by the most usual models: Langmuir, BET, linear BET, GAB, Halsey, Oswin, Peleg, Chung and Henderson. The average relative deviations between experimental and calculated data were obtained to select the best model. The best model, with a temperature parameter, obtained for with and without osmotic dehydration, was the Henderson. In relation to the isotherms models, without temperature parameter, the best models were Peleg, GAB and Oswin.
Equilibrium curves; osmotic dehydration; isotherms models
