Modeling of the controlled release of betacarotene into anhydrous ethanol from microcapsules

• Main Authors: Jucelio Kilinski Tavares (Author), Antônio Augusto Ulson de Souza (Author), José Vladimir de Oliveira (Author), Wagner Luiz Priamo (Author), Selene M.A. Guelli Ulson de Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this paper several models of the mass transfer process are described with the aim of simulating the release of active principles from matrix-type polymeric microcapsules. The following mathematical models, which are available in the literature, are applied in this study: Fick's second law (C...