Testing of Locally-made Ripening Room

Authors

  • Bundit Jarimopas National Agricultural Machinery Center, KURDI, Kasetsart University, Nakhon-Pathom 73140 Thailand.
  • Prayouth Suwanchewakorn National Agricultural Machinery Center, KURDI, Kasetsart University, Nakhon-Pathom 73140 Thailand.

Keywords:

fruit ripening, ripening room

Abstract

Locally-made ripening room (LMR) of 240 cm. wide, 183 cm. long and 193 cm. high was evaluated for its performance. Results showed that temperature and humidity control function of LMR did not work properly. Insulation was too thin and temperature instrumentation was inefficient. Temperature variation was high as 6.6-11.8 degree C. Humidity control system could not be set to the desired level as 83% or less. Gas leakage out of the LMR room was high as 2.1 ml/min. Electrical power consumption was as 2.1-2.2 kw.

Published

1992-12-30

How to Cite

Bundit Jarimopas, and Prayouth Suwanchewakorn. 1992. “Testing of Locally-Made Ripening Room”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 26 (4). Bangkok, Thailand:409-16. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241805.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 4 (1992): October-December

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
production and hosting by Kasetsart University of Research and Development Institute on behalf of Kasetsart University.