Design and Performance of a Controlled Environment Mini-chamber for Measuring Produce Quality Deterioration

作     者：Denyse I. LeBlanc Clement Vigneault Jereme Boutin Vicky Toussaint Denis Charlebois Charles F.Fomey Gaetan Bourgeois Alain Clement Greg S. Bezanson 

作者机构：Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada c/o Food Research Centre Universitd de Moncton 18 Antonine-Maillet Ave. Moncton NBE1A 3E9 Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Horticulture Research and Development Centre 430 Gouin Blvd Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuQC J3B 3E6 Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre 32 Main St. Kentville NS B4N IJS Canada Agricultureand Agri-Food Canada Food Research and Development Centre 3600 Casavant Bird West St-Hyacinthe QC J2S8E3 Canada 

出 版 物：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(B)》 (农业科学与技术（B）)

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第4期

页      码：391-399页

摘      要：To minimize losses between harvest and retail display, a system is needed to track temperature and RH exposure of fresh produce and predict its quality at each step of the distribution chain. With accurate models, such system could （1） identify problematic situations before losses occur; （2） become a management tool for decision makers; and （3） help quantify the real impact of individual inappropriate conditions. A project was initiated to develop models required for such a decision system. Because the data required to develop models were not available for most fruit and vegetables, a series of storage trials was planned for measuring changes in physiological and microbial quality, and development of physiological disorders and/or diseases, as a function of time, temperature and RH. To meet this objective, controlled environment mini-chambers were designed, built and instrumented for measuring the effect of traceable environmental conditions encountered during storage and transportation of fresh horticultural produce of similar size and shape as tomato. Detailed design and performance evaluation of these mini-chambers are presented.

主 题 词：Lab scale storage chamber temperature relative humidity fruit and vegetable quality. 

学科分类：120301[120301] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农业经济管理类] 08[工学] 0835[0835] 081202[081202] 0812[工学-测绘类] 

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