Home > International Conference: Postharvest Unlimited > AIRFLOW PROPERTIES OF PACKAGED HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE – A PRACTICAL STUDY

Articles

AIRFLOW PROPERTIES OF PACKAGED HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE – A PRACTICAL STUDY

Article number

599_56

Pages

443 – 450

Language

English

Abstract

Horticultural produce is often stored in vented cardboard packages.
Vent design has a significant effect on the conditions the produce experiences.
Investigations into the importance of air interchange between package and external air and the effect of vent design were conducted.
A novel technique involving monitoring oxygen concentration following nitrogen flushing was employed to measure the interchange of air between the package and environment.
Air interchange was found to contribute significantly to heat transfer, and vent size and location found to significantly affect the rate of interchange.
The Colebrook-White & Darcy-Weisbach equations were tested and found to accurately predict flow in the channels formed between pallets.

Publication

International Conference: Postharvest Unlimited

Authors

N.J. Smale, D.J. Tanner, N.D. Amos, D.J. Cleland

Keywords

air interchange, frictional pressure loss, heat transfer, vent design

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.56

Online Articles (98)

2. POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ETHYLENE ON APRICOTS

L. Palou | C.H. Crisosto

3. IMPROVEMENT IN THE STORAGE QUALITY OF APPLES IN THE UK BY THE USE OF 1-MCP (SMARTFRESH™)

D.S. Johnson

4. EFFECT OF RIPENESS AT HARVEST ON RESPONSE OF PLUMS TO TREATMENT WITH 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE

L.J. Skog | B.H. Schaefer | P.G. Smith

5. EXTENDING THE SHELF-LIFE OF ‘TRIUMPH’ PERSIMMONS AFTER STORAGE, WITH 1-MCP

A. Tsviling | O. Nerya | A. Gizis | A. Sharabi-Nov | R. Ben-Arie

6. 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE DELAYS RIPENING PROCESS OF ‘BLACK DIAMOND’ PLUM

A. Salvador | J. Cuquerella | S. Úbeda

7. EFFECTS OF 1-MCP TREATMENTS ON FRUIT QUALITY AND STORABILITY OF DIFFERENT APPLE VARIETIES

G. Lafer

8. 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) INCREASED STORABILITY IN PLUM (PRUNUS SALICINA LINDL. CV. GOLDEN JAPAN)

D. Martinez-Romero | M. Serrano | F. Guillén | D. Valero

9. INDUSTRY GUIDELINES FOR HIGH OXYGEN MAP OF FRESH PREPARED PRODUCE

P.F. Day

10. THE EFFECT OF PACKAGING MATERIAL ON THE SENSORY PROPERTIES OF BROCCOLI

A. Jacobsson | T. Nielsen | K. Wendlin | I. Sjöm

11. EFFECT OF HIGH O₂ AND CO₂ ATMOSPHERE ON MICROBIAL AND SENSORIAL QUALITY OF FRESH PROCESSED “LOLLO ROSSO” LETTUCE

A. Allende | M. Del Carmen Barba | F. Artés Calero

12. IMPACT OF COATING AND FILM PACKAGING ON THE QUALITY DYNAMIC OF RADISH AND PEPINO

S. Huyskens-Keil | M. Schreiner | A. Krumbein | H. Prono-Widayat | P. Lüdders

13. POSTHARVEST QUALITY DYNAMIC OF FRESH-CUT ASPARAGUS (ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS L.) IN DIFFERENT FILM PACKAGING

R. Kadau | S. Huyskens-Keil | M. Großmann | C. Büttner

14. POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOUR OF TOMATOES IN DIFFERENT TRANSPORT PACKAGING UNITS

M. Linke | M. Geyer

15. USE OF INDIVIDUAL WRAP WITH A FOOD PACKAGING FILM TO EXTEND THE POSTHARVEST LIFE OF RADISHES

C.L.G. Chu | W.T. Liu | J.H. Ma

16. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN KNIFE SHARPNESS AND STORAGE TEMPERATURE ON BROWNING AT THE CUT SURFACE OF HAND-TRIMMED BOBBY BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS)

C.F.H. Bishop | B.W.W. Grout | A. Akrivousi | S.C. Makwabara

17. QUALITY CHANGES IN VACUUM PACKED CUT LETTUCE AS AFFECTED BY ASCORBIC AND PROPIONIC ACID TREATMENT

J. Pospišil | K. Kovacevic-Ganic | I. Kukec

18. HIGH OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN COMBINATION WITH ELEVATED CARBON DIOXIDE TO AFFECT GROWTH OF FRESH-CUT PRODUCE MICRO-ORGANISMS

C. Van der Steen | F. Devlieghere | J. Debevere

19. EFFECTS OF PACKAGE AND TEMPERATURE EQUILIBRATION TIME ON PHYSIOCHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES OF

J. Feng | K.M. Maguire | B.R. MacKay

20. EFFECTS OF POSTHARVEST HEAT AND UV APPLICATIONS ON DECAY, CHILLING INJURY AND RESISTANCE AGAINST PATHOGENS OF CITRUS AND OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

S. Ben-Yehoshua

21. POSTHARVEST CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS IN NUTS AND FRUITS BASED ON RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY

22. BIOCONTROL OF FUNGAL ROT ON DIPHENYLAMINE TREATED APPLE FRUIT BY MEANS OF THE NATURAL ANTAGONIST CANDIDA SAKE (CPA-1)

A. Zanella | S. Degasperi | L. Lindner | K. Marschall | P. Pernter

23. TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY DURING SHIPMENT OF FRESH PRODUCE

D.J. Tanner | N.D. Amos

24. CHANGES IN WATER VAPOUR PERMEANCE OF ‘BRAEBURN’ APPLES AFTER HARVEST

K.M. Maguire | M.L.A.T.M. Hertog | N.H. Banks

25. PREDICTION OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF CA COOL ROOMS USING LUMPED PARAMETER APPROACH

H.B. Nahor | E.J. Teshome | Van Impe | J.F. | B.M. Nicolaï

26. PREDICTION OF POSTHARVEST WATER LOSS ACROSS THE CUTICLE OF APPLE (MALUS DOMESTICA BORKH.) BY MEANS OF FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING

E.A. Veraverbeke | P. Berboven | B.M. Nicolaï | P. Van Oostveldt

27. THERMAL PROPERTIES AND THERMAL IMAGE BRUISE DETECTION IN APPLES

J. Varith | G.M. Hyde | J.K. Fellman

28. INCREASING-HEIGHT MULTIPLE-IMPACT MEASUREMENT OF BRUISE THRESHOLD IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

G.M. Hyde | R.W. Bajema | J. Varith | A.L. Baritelle

29. PREDICTING FRUIT QUALITY AND MATURITY OF APPLES BY FLUORESCENCE IMAGING: EFFECT OF ETHYLENE AND AVG

C.J.G. Huybrechts | T. Deckers | R. Valcke

30. ACOUSTIC IMPULSE RESPONSE FOR DETECTING HOLLOW HEART IN SEEDLESS WATERMELON

B. Diezema Iglesias | M. Ruiz-Altisent | B. Orihuel

31. INVESTIGATING THE FIRMNESS OF STORED APPLES BY NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD

E. Róth | E. Kovács | J. Felföldi

32. T₁ RELAXATION TIME AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF CUCUMBER IN RELATION TO CHILLING INJURY

33. DETECTION OF MECHANICAL LOAD AND DAMAGE OF INDUSTRIAL TOMATOES DURING TRANSPORT

34. INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF WATER STATUS AND PRODUCE TEXTURE – AN EVALUATION OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHODS

W.B. Herppich | B. Herold | S. Landahl | J. De Baerdemaeker

35. NONDESTRUCTIVE TEXTURE ASSESSMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

I. Shmulevich

36. EFFECT OF SOME POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS AND CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (CA) STORAGE ON BASIC QUALITY CRITERIA OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES

B. Akbudak | A. Eris

37. USE OF A* AND B* COLOUR PARAMETERS TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF SOME GROWTH REGULATORS ON CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS DURING POSTHARVEST TOMATO RIPENING

A. López Camelo | P. Gomez | F. Artés-Calero

38. DISCRIMINATION OF PEACHES FOR FIRMNESS USING COLOR IMAGE ANALYSIS

G. Peri | G.L. Montel | G. Colelli

39. STARCH DEGRADATION ANALYSIS OF APPLE FRUITS MEASURED WITH A HYPERSPECTRAL (NIR) IMAGING SYSTEM

A. Peirs | N. Scheerlinck | B.M. Nicolaï | J. De Baerdemaeker

40. PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN STORED FLOWER BULBS AS-SESSED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

M. van Kilsdonk | C. Kollöffel | K. Nicolay | J. Doorduin

41. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TOMATOES (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) AS RELATED TO PUNCTURE INJURY SUSCEPTIBILITY

M. Desmet | J. Lammertyn | B.E. Verlinden | B.M. Nicolaï

42. APPLE COLOUR MEASUREMENTS. SOME METROLOGICAL APPROACHES

E. Madieta

43. NIR/MIR DUAL-SENSOR VISION SYSTEM FOR APPLE DEFECT AND STEM-END/ CALYX ON-LINE RECOGNITION

Y. Tao | X. Cheng | Y.R. Chen | Y. Luo

44. DETECTING INTERNAL BREAKDOWN IN NECTARINES AND PEACHES USING OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS

R. Hernández-Martínez | V. Quenon | Jancsók | J. De Baerdemaeker

45. TIME-RESOLVED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY CAN DETECT INTERNAL DEFECTS

P. Eccher Zerbini | M. Grassi | R. Cubeddu | A. Pifferi | A. Torricelli

46. PREDICTION OF POSTHARVEST MATURITY AND SIZE OF VICTORIA PLUMS BY VIBRATION RESPONSE

G.B. Bengtsson | F. Lundby | J-E. Haugen | B. Egelandsdal | J.A. Marheim

47. OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE INTERNAL QUALITY OF BELGIAN ENDIVE (CICHORIUM INTYBUS L.)

V. Quenon | P.T. Jansok | J. De Baerdemaeker

48. QUALITY CHANGES IN SHREDDED GREEN PAPAYA UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE

C. Techavuthiporn | K.L. Kyu | S. Kanlayanarat

49. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF BICOLOURED APPLES: SENSORY AND INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

50. DETECTION TECHNIQUE FOR TOMATO BRUISE DAMAGE BY THERMAL IMAGING

V. Van Linden | R. Vereycken | C. Bravo | H. Ramon | J. De Baerdemaeker

51. PREDICTION OF TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY BETWEEN HAZELNUTS DURING THE ROASTING PROCESS

A.D. Demir | K. Cronin | P. Baucour

52. CFD MODEL VALIDATION FOR A VENTILATED INSTALLATION

T. Zerihun Desta | A. Van Brecht | J. Meyers | M. Baelmans | D. Berckmans

53. SIMULATION OF GASES IN FRUIT STORAGE CHAMBERS WITH LATTICE BOLTZMAN

54. DEPENDENCE OF STIFFNESS OF APPLES ON AND OFF THE TREE ON THEIR MATURITY AND WATER POTENTIAL

S. Landahl | V. Van Linden | J. De Baerdemaeker

55. MODELLING OF THE FRUIT CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF THE POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES

P. Merész | E. Kovács | E. Kövári

56. MODELLING TURBULENT AIR FLOW IN COOL ROOMS FOR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

P. Verboven | M.L. Hoang | B.M. Nicolaï

57. AIRFLOW PROPERTIES OF PACKAGED HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE – A PRACTICAL STUDY

N.J. Smale | D.J. Tanner | N.D. Amos | D.J. Cleland

58. RELATION BETWEEN CULTIVAR AND KEEPING QUALITY FOR BATCHES OF CUCUMBERS

R.E. Schouten | L.M.M. Tijskens | O. van Kooten | G. Jongbloed

59. MODELLING THE O₂ AND CO₂ PERMEANCE OF CONFERENCE PEAR

R.E. Schouten

60. MODELLING POSTHARVEST QUALITY BEHAVIOUR AS AFFECTED BY PREHARVEST CONDITIONS

L.M.M. Tijkens | R.H. Veltman | E. Heuvelink | M. Simcic

61. QUALITY CONTROL IN THE STORAGE OF POTATOES FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING

G.J.C. Verdijck | L.M.M. Tijskens

62. MODELING OF RESPIRATION AND MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING OF MANGO “NAM DOK MAI”

A. Charoenchaitawornchit | S. Kanlayanarat | A. Tongta

63. GENERALISED LINEAR MIXED MODEL FOR MULTICATEGORICAL RESPONSES: THE EFFECT OF UV-C TREATMENT ON STRAWBERRY SEPAL QUALITY

J. Lammertyn | D. Marquenie | B.M. Nicolaï | B. De Ketelaere | G. Molenberghs

64. RESPONSES OF APPLE FRUIT TO LOW O₂ CONCENTRATIONS INVOLVED IN MEMBRANE LIPID METABOLISM

Y.M. Jiang | J. Streif | A.A. Saquet | F. Bangerth

65. CHANGES IN THE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY OF HUNGARIAN-TYPE SWEET PEPPER DURING MATURATION

T. Zsom | C. Balla | P. Merész

66. USE OF NITRIC OXIDE TO EXTEND THE POSTHARVEST LIFE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE

R.B.H. Wills | M.C. Bowyer

67. INTERNAL FLESH BROWNING OF ‘ELSTAR’ APPLES AS INFLUENCED BY PRE- AND POSTHARVEST FACTORS

J. Streif | A.A. Saquet

68. EFFECT OF ANTHOCYANIN, POLYPHENOL OXIDASE, AND THE PH OF PERICARP ON THE FRESH APPEARANCE OF LYCHEE

S.K.E. Leung | C.L.G. Chu | M. Kawaji

69. FIRMNESS AND CELL WALL HYDROLASE ACTIVITIES IN HEAT-TREATED DURIAN FRUIT

S. Ketsa | W. Imsabai | W.G. van Doorn

70. AN ESTIMATION PROCEDURE OF EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY IN PEAR TISSUE BY MEANS OF A NUMERICAL WATER DIFFUSION MODEL

T.A. Nguyen | P. Verboven | N. Scheerlinck | E. Veraverbeke | B.M. Nicolaï

71. THE EFFECT OF SUCROSE PULSING ON SENESCING CLIMACTERIC CUT FLOWERS

C.S. Whitehead | L. O'Reilly | J. Weerts | M.M. Zaayman | W. Gaum

72. VITAMIN C MAPPING AS A NEW METHOD TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN OF CORE BREAKDOWN IN ‘CONFERENCE’ PEARS

C. Franck | M. Baetens | J. Lammertyn | B.M. Nicolaï | M.W. Davey

73. REGULATORY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE FROM CO₂-TREATED CHERIMOYAS

R. Maldonado | A. Diego Molina-Garcia | M.I. Escribano

74. EFFECT OF MATURITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS ON RISHITIN ACCUMULATION AND DISEASE RESISTANCE TO BOTRYTIS CINEREA IN UV-C TREATED TOMATO FRUIT

M.T. Charles | R. Corcuff | D. Roussel | J. Arul

75. USE OF OZONATED WASHING WATER FOR THE SURFACE DECONTAMINATION OF PERISHABLE PRODUCE

76. EFFECT OF HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE-BEESWAX EDIBLE COMPOSITE COATINGS ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF ‘FORTUNE’ MANDARINS

M.B. Perez-Gago | C. Rojas | M.A. del Rio

77. APPLICATION OF EDIBLE COATINGS TO IMPROVE SHELF-LIFE OF MEXICAN GUAVA

78. THE EFFECT OF HEAT PRE-TREATMENT ON QUALITY AND SHELF-LIFE OF FRESH-CUT APPLES

79. THE EFFECT OF HEAT TREATMENTS AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE APPLICATIONS ON QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT MANGO

80. THE INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL HARVESTING ON THE QUALITY OF CHESTNUTS: EXPERIENCES IN THE MONTI CIMINI AREA

D. Monarca | M. Cecchini | D. Antonelli

81. CHARACTERIZATION OF YEAST ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS CITRUS GREEN MOULD BY ELECTROPHORETIC KARYOTYPING

G. Arras

82. PREDICTING THE COMBINED EFFECT OF A MILD HEAT AND PULSED WHITE LIGHT TREATMENT ON THE INACTIVATION OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA AND MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA

83. INVESTIGATIONS OF HARVEST MATURITY AND SUITABILITY FOR STORAGE OF SOME APPLE CULTIVARS IN LATVIA

I. Drudze

84. INFLUENCE OF ORCHARD, HARVEST DATE AND CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE, ON STORAGE QUALITY OF “ROCHA” PEAR

C.J.O. Ribeiro | A. Nazaré-Pareira | J. Sobreiro | R.H. Veltman

85. VOLATILE COMPOSITION OF “RENETTA CANADA” FRUIT AT HARVEST AND AFTER CA STORAGE BY SPME AND GC/MS

L. Thedy | A. Ferfandino | A. Mombelloni | R. Pramotton

86. ORGANIC & INTEGRATED GROWN PEARS – ASPECTS OF POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOUR

J. Balas

87. A RESEARCH ON CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (CA) STORAGE OF CV. “ELSTAR” ON ROOTSTOCK OF MM 106

B. Akbudak | M.H. Ozer | U. Erturk

88. QUALITY CHANGES OF SOME APPLE CULTIVARS STORED IN NORMAL ATMOSPHERE FOR LONG PERIODS

U. Erturk | B. Akbudak | M.H. Ozer

89. PHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES DURING CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (CA) STORAGE OF CV. GRANNY SMITH

M.H. Ozer | U. Erturk | B. Akbudak

90. VARIATION OF BRUISING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF “GOLDEN DELICIOUS” APPLES IN RELATION TO CA STORAGE TIME

P. Menesatti | G. Paglia | S. Solaini | G. Urbani | A. Zanella

91. EFFECT OF CA-STORAGE ON THE PHYSICAL AND SENSORIAL QUALITY OF ‘ROCHA’ PEAR

A.C. Galvis-Sánchez | S.C. Fonseca | A.M.M.B. Morais | F.X. Malcata

92. COLD ACCLIMATION OF CARROTS DURING STORAGE: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND ANTIFREEZING PROTEIN

F. Gómez G. | M. Sommarin | V. Gekas | I. Sjöholm

93. BACTERIAL GROWTH ON THE CAP SURFACE OF AGARICUS BISPORUS

T. Várszegi

94. QUALITY OF RASPBERRIES AND BLACKCURRANTS AFTER FROZEN STORAGE

S. Kampuse | K. Kampuss

95. DURABLE STORAGE POSSIBILITY OF FRUIT AND BERRIES

I. Skrupskis | A. Aboltins | U. Iljins

96. THE ROLE OF CA TREATMENT ON THE STORAGE QUALITY OF CABBAGE

I. Buike | I. Alsina

97. CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STORAGE OF FRESH-CUT ‘CARDONCELLO’ MUSHROOMS (PLEUROTUS ERYNGII)

M.L. Amodio | G. Colelli

98. EVOLUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS IN “OKITSU” SATSUMAS STORED AT 20°C UNDER DIFFERENT HYGROMETRIC

S. D'Aquino | A. Palma | M. Agabbio