Development of Fruit Ripening Room

Authors

  • Prayouth Suwanchewakorn National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
  • Bundit Jarimopas National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.

Keywords:

fruit ripening, ripening facilities

Abstract

This research is to develop the fruit ripening room of higher efficiency. The size of the room is 2.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 metre. The room is equipped with cooling system of 16,500 Btu, humidifier’s system by mean of evaporation, inlet gas port, room wall which was insulated with 3 inches thick foam and sealed to prevent cooling air and gases leakage. Results of performance test showed that the ripening room could (A) maintain the room temperature in the range of 15-30 degree C quite well (with the accuracy of 1.5 degree C) (B) well control the relative humidity (average 100% RH or below) with minimum gases leakage (1.7 ml/min). Furthermore, the bananas were ripened to optimum quality by the developed room.

Published

1992-12-31

How to Cite

Prayouth Suwanchewakorn, and Bundit Jarimopas. 1992. “Development of Fruit Ripening Room”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 26 (5). Bangkok, Thailand:86-90. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241877.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 5 (1992): January-December

Section

Research Article

License

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