Modeling the Effect of Perforations on Modified Atmosphere Packaging of Chopped Carrot
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https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2008452.1320Abstract
A mathematical model was developed for chopped carrot packaged in simulated modified atmosphere LD-l00 (low density polyethylene of 100 gauge thickness) packages to evaluate the effect of perforation level on the concentrations of02and CO2and levels of relative humidity inside the package. The experiments were carried out to verify the model results. Perforations resulted in reducing the steady state times of02and CO2and the effect was more pronounced on 02' The increase in number of perforations and decrease in ambient relative humidity predicted a little decrease in relative humidity within the package but it remained above 98%. A perforation area of 3.26 x 10-2 percent was predicted to give optimum in-package environment for chopped carrot.
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