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Cooling, Humidity Control and Cold Storage |
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A Portable Demonstration Forced- Air Cooler - Produce which is not cooled quickly after harvest degrades in quality
Psychometrics and
Postharvest Operations
- Psychometrics deals with thermodynamic properties of moist air and the
use of these properties to analyze conditions and processes involving moist
air.
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Postharvest Cooling and Handling - NCSU Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department - Informational site dealing with Postharvest issues on cooling. There are several publications that will be very useful in research on this subject.
Using a Psychometric Chart to Describe Air Properties - Air conditions can be quickly characterized by using a special graph called a psychrometric chart.
The Evaporator Fan VFD Initiative - During the last five years, a number of controlled atmosphere storage facilities in the Pacific Northwest have installed variable frequency drive (VFD) technology on evaporator fans.
Ammonia Leak Detection in CA Storage - The detection of ammonia refrigerant leaks before damage occurs to the stored product is a combined effort of three components: The ammonia detector and alarm system, The sampling system, and The operator.
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