Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 2000, 276-281 Quality changes in edible oils at high temperature 277 rate, the w n rate constant, and theoretical savoriness values in accordance with the established descriptive function of Ŝ (t):where:V(t) -process rate, w n -transformation rate constant, w n > 0, n -non-dimensional descriptive function order, process path indicator, n ≥ 0, S(t) -savoriness. For the a and b processes, of the same orders n, the affinity ratio K a b was calculated. This ratio tells how many times faster the process a occurs than the process b under the given conditions:The values of n order and the w n rate constant were established by the method of substituting the components of the equation according to [19]. For all the processes under examination, the e m [%] parameter was calculated. It is an average deviation of the experimental values of the J(t) peroxide number or the savoriness S(t) from the theoretical values of Jˆ(t) or Ŝ (t), respectively. The kinetic parameters calculated for particular processes were collected in Tabs 1 and 2. They specify initial values of the J(0) and S(0) parameters, n orders, w n process rate constants, e m [%] parameter and the time of reaching critical values by the peroxide number and savoriness, t k [h] as well as the statistical parameters (variance, standard deviation, variability coefficient, correlation coefficient).
Results and discussion
Analysis of peroxide numberThe peroxide number values were obtained and are presented in Fig. 2. The resulting J(t) peroxide numbers change in the range from the J(0) initial value to the J(t) k final value and amount to the following for particular oils: In the initial oxidation stage, during the first 30 min, the curves have the form of aw, and later turn into dw. This phenomenon can be explained by the fact that hydroperoxides decompose quickly at 140°C [4,10,14]. The Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 2000, 276-281 shape of the curve depends on the hydroperoxide generation and on the decomposition rates. In the early stage, the hydroperoxide concentration is not high and, thus, the aw shape is generated, but later the bond decomposition rate significantly contributes to the shape of the empirical curve.At lower temperatures, aw curves occur. They are characterized by the acceleration of the rate in time [14], however, with the increase of temperature and reaction rate increase, the orders of aw become lower and lower. Higher rates develop on milder n paths. The order values of the aw type decrease and an increase of the order values of the dw type is subsequently observed. The series of process paths, arranged from fast increasing to slowly increasing ones, are as follows:...3aw > 2aw> 1aw > 0w > 1dw > 2dw > 3dw...The curves from the n order of 3aw, 2aw etc. turn to a linear relationship of 0w and further into subsequent orders of the dw type [9].For the analysis, only the initial sections of the dw type curves describing the peroxide number changes were taken. These sections are important for the consumer, i.e. the J(t) ...