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1 Depertment of Processing and Food Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
Source
International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol 10, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 287-290
Abstract
The design of MAP requires thorough understanding of characteristics and effects of packaging material on fresh produce during storage.Film permeability declines with reduction in temperature of different films (LDPE, HDPE and PP). The rates of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide evolution increases with rise in temperature (5, 10 and 15°C). The O2 and CO2 permeability per unit thickness increased as temperature increased. All the films had lower permeabilities than required. So 10, 15 and 20 perforations were made in the film of highest permeability i.e. LDPE was selected for packaging of chillies under modified atmosphere packaging.
Keywords
Packaging, Permeability, Modified Atmosphere Packaging, Chillies.
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