Modelling the yield of Coriandrum sativum: article

The study of yield from Coriander seeds (Coriandrum sativum) and its modelling was conducted. The theoretical models applied for the yield modelling was Desorption model, Hot Ball Diffusion model, Brunner model and Esquivel Model. The experimental data was collected from Zoran Zekovic’s (2017) experiment on Supercritical fluid extraction of coriander seeds. The significance of this experimental result is the method of extraction via supercritical fluid extraction is becoming a trend in recent methods of extraction. The results obtained was then fitted into the models mentioned above, to determine which model would predict the best for yield from Coriander seeds. Model fitting was done by applying Microsoft Excel’s data tool, Goal seek. It was determined that the Brunner model which was based on Fick’s law, was giving the best fit when compared to the extraction results conducted.