Design of Packaging Vents for Cooling Fresh Horticultural Produce

Pathare, Pankaj B.; Opara, Umezuruike Linus; Vigneault, Clément; Delele, Mulugeta Admasu; Al‐Said, F. A.

doi:10.1007/s11947-012-0883-9

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“…Acıcan et al (2007) studied mechanical forces affecting apples during transport in a wooden box and confirmed that on the bottom layer impacting force values were higher than those on the top layer. The large number of layers results in higher pressure values acting on the material (Caleb et al 2011;Pathare et al 2012). It can be concluded that the highest pressure values occur in the lowest part of the container.…”

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Influence of Contact Surface Type on the Mechanical Damages of Apples Under Impact Loads

Komarnicki

Stopa

Szyjewicz

et al. 2017

Food Bioprocess Technol

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This paper presents an analysis of mechanical damage carried out on 'Golden Delicious' apple variety, which was subjected to impact loads during free drop against various rigid plates. For this purpose, an analysis of the contact pressure based on determined contours and surface pressure distributions at the contact point between the fruit dropped from various heights against fixed hard plates was performed. The impact test was conducted by means of Tekscan® system supported by computer verifying analysis. To obtain impact loads as well as their courses, the surface pressures and the bruise volumes were determined. Furthermore, use of ultrathin pressure sensors allowed for determination of the characteristic shape of contact area and the impact of fruit onto rigid plate. The results showed that the impact of fruit against rigid surface (concrete, wood) generates high values of maximum surface pressure and the bruise volume, observed at dropping from 10 mm. A decrease in hardness of the test material (polyethylene foam) with decreasing maximum surface pressure approximately twice was noticed. The polyethylene foam is one of the best materials which protect fruit from mechanical damage, confirmed by the relation of bruise surface to contact surface, which did not exceed 35% during the impact at 150 mm. The results of proposed studies can contribute to developing of harvest, handling, and transport processes, aiming at reduction in losses among fruit growers and production costs, i.e., by improvement of transport method.

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Influence of Contact Surface Type on the Mechanical Damages of Apples Under Impact Loads

Komarnicki

Stopa

Szyjewicz

et al. 2017

Food Bioprocess Technol

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“…The most important stage of the storage technology is the pre-cooling of fruits [5][6][7][8]. Timely pre-cooling reduces intensity of the fruit breathing, slows the rate of accumulation and consumption of energy substances on the processes of vital activity of plant tissues, which significantly delays the process of ripening.…”

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Substantiaton of selecting the method of pre-cooling of fruits

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“…En referencia a esto, el empaque juega un rol crítico en el manejo y distribución de los diferentes productos que se comercializan en el mercado (Pathare, Opara, Vigneault, Delele y Al-Said, 2012;Pthare y Opara, 2014). Entre la funciones que se le señalan al empaque son: protección física del producto, conservación, facilidad de transporte y almacenamiento (Pathare et al, 2012).…”

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“…Entre la funciones que se le señalan al empaque son: protección física del producto, conservación, facilidad de transporte y almacenamiento (Pathare et al, 2012). Además que un buen empaque contiene o incluye información técnica y gráfica sobre el uso y cuidado del producto (Hägglund and Carlsson, 2011).…”

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Diseño, resistencia, tablas de diseño, propuesta de empaque y manuales de uso de cerchas construidas con madera de Gmelina arborea e Hieronyma alchorneoides de plantaciones forestales en Costa Rica

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Saenz

Navarro

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Design, resistance, design load, assembly and user manuals of trusses fabricated with Gmelina arborea and Hieronyma alchorneoides wood from forest plantations trees in Costa Rica Two pratt-type trusses were constructed using Gmelina arborea (melina) and Hieronyma alchorneoides (pilón), designed with spans of 6 m and 9 m between bearings and using two types of joints: nails and screws. The trusses were subjected to bending loads in order to establish the resistance values to derive the design tables to be

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Design of Packaging Vents for Cooling Fresh Horticultural Produce

Cited by 115 publications

References 59 publications

Influence of Contact Surface Type on the Mechanical Damages of Apples Under Impact Loads

Influence of Contact Surface Type on the Mechanical Damages of Apples Under Impact Loads

Substantiaton of selecting the method of pre-cooling of fruits

Diseño, resistencia, tablas de diseño, propuesta de empaque y manuales de uso de cerchas construidas con madera de Gmelina arborea e Hieronyma alchorneoides de plantaciones forestales en Costa Rica

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