Engineering packaging design accounting for transpiration rate: Model development and validation with strawberries

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 370-376

  Sousa Gallagher, M J ^a   Mahajan, P V ^a   Mezdad, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Moisture loss; Packaging design; Strawberry; Water vapour transmission rate Condensation

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; IMPACT OF TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE LOSS; PACKAGING DESIGNS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; STRAWBERRY; TRANSMISSION RATES; TRANSPIRATION RATES;

CONDENSATION; DESIGN; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PACKAGING MATERIALS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER VAPOR;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

EID: 84879812145     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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