Abstract
An original kinetic study of both oil coalescence phenomena and potential extra virgin olive oil extraction yield (i.e. apparent Extractability Index) was carried out at different malaxation time-temperature conditions using Abencor lab equipment to process olives (Frantoio cv) of a known degree of ripeness.The apparent Extractability Index was modelled at every malaxation temperature by pseudo first-order kinetics, where the yield rate constant was temperature dependent following the Arrhenius equation (k0 = 7.50 107 min−1; Ea = 54512 J/mol). Oil droplet coalescence, which was expressed as a relative variation in the percentage of oil droplets with a diameter of >30 μm, proved to be an time-dependent phenomenon only; the pseudo zero-order kinetics modelling was statistically significant, where the coalescence rate constant was equal to 0.033 min−1. The above kinetics were applied in order to propose a synoptic chart to predict the potential effect of malaxation in isothermal conditions on EVOO extraction yield.
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