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TRANSPORT OF ONIONS IN GENERAL-PURPOSE FREIGHT CONTAINERS MODIFIED FOR FORCED VENTILATION WITH AMBIENT AIR. < FANTAINER TRIAL 2 >, APRIL/JUNE 1982.

Author(s) : SHARP A. K., IRVING A. R.

Type of article: Periodical article

Summary

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A TRANSPORT TRIAL IN WHICH ONIONS GROWN IN TASMANIA WERE SHIPPED TO EUROPE, IN A VOYAGE LASTING NINE WEEKS. THE ONIONS, PACKED IN NET BAGS, WERE STOWED ON A SLATTED WOODEN FLOOR IN A GENERAL-PURPOSE FREIGHT CONTAINER FITTED WITH AN EXHAUST FAN, AND WERE FORCE-VENTILATED AT A RATE OF 30 CHANGES PER HOUR, THROUGHOUT THE VOYAGE. ONION TEMPERATURES WERE FOUND TO FOLLOW CLOSELY CHANGES IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, AND AT OUTTURN THE ONIONS WERE REPORTED TO BE HARD, WITH NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRANSPORT. THE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS HAS BEEN 4.5%.

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  • Original title: TRANSPORT OF ONIONS IN GENERAL-PURPOSE FREIGHT CONTAINERS MODIFIED FOR FORCED VENTILATION WITH AMBIENT AIR. < FANTAINER TRIAL 2 >, APRIL/JUNE 1982.
  • Record ID : 1985-2215
  • Languages: English
  • Source: CSIRO, Div. Food Res. tech. Pap. - n. 45
  • Publication date: 1984
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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