Modelling the thermal conductivity of starch-water gels
1997
Morley, M.J. | Miles, C.A.
The thermal conductivity of starch gels, ranging in water content from 51 to 97% by mass, was measured using the thermal probe method and the thermal conductivity of starch itself was determined using a revised analysis of the null point method of Sakiyama et al. (1993), taking into account the effect of hydration. The thermal conductivity of hydrated starch (mass fraction of water = 0.22) was found to be 0.364, 0.386 and 0.388 W m-1 K-1 at 10, 50 and 80 degrees C, respectively, and its density at 20 degrees C was estimated to be 1.38 x 10(3) kg m-3. The corresponding effective thermal conductivities and density of dry starch were estimated as: 0.293, 0.305 and 0.301 W m-1 K-1 and 1.54 kg m-3, respectively. The measured thermal conductivities of starch gels followed quite closely intermediate models such as the Maxwell model or the parallel-series model, but were inconsistent with either the parallel or series models alone.
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