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Forced-air cooling packaged blueberries.

Author(s) : BOYETTE M. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Harvested blueberries, packaged in plastic-covered 0.47-litre fibre cups, arranged 12 cups to a corrugated master and palletized (96 masters to a pallet) were cooled with forced air sucked horizontally through the stack. Air flow rates varied from 0.0011 to 0.0022 m3/s per kilogramme of fruits. The variations in cooling rates are discussed in terms of time required to achieve half the temperature decrease from the starting pulp temperature to the room air temperature. The results of the study suggest that the application of forced-air cooling can significantly shorten the cooling times of packaged and palletized blueberries and can provide more uniform temperatures within pallets.

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  • Original title: Forced-air cooling packaged blueberries.
  • Record ID : 1998-1029
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Appl. Eng. Agric. - vol. 12 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1996

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