Cooling, Humidity & Cold Storage

UF/IFAS Publications

• A Portable Demonstration Forced-Air Cooler
  Produce which is not cooled quickly after harvest degrades in quality
• Psychrometrics 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

Other Sites and Publications

• Ammonia Leak Detection in CA Storage--Washington State University
  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
• The Evaporator Fan VFD Initiative--Washington State University
  A number of controlled atmosphere storage facilities in the Pacific Northwest have installed variable frequency drive (VFD) technology on evaporator fans
• Postharvest and Cooling--North Carolina State University
  Site dealing with postharvest issues on cooling. There are several publications that will be very useful in research on this subject
• Using a Psychrometric Chart to Describe Air Properties--Ohio State University
  Air conditions can be quickly characterized by using a special graph called a psychrometric chart

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