Evaluation of the airflow characteristics, cooling kinetics and quality keeping performances of various internal plastic liners in pomegranate fruit packaging

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dc.contributor.authorLufu, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAmbaw, A.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBerry, Tarl M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOpara, Umezuruike Linusen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T08:46:50Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T08:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-23
dc.descriptionCITATION: Lufu, R. et al. 2020. Evaluation of the airflow characteristics, cooling kinetics and quality keeping performances of various internal plastic liners in pomegranate fruit packaging. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 26. doi:10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100585.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-packaging-and-shelf-lifeen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere is a trade-off to be optimised carefully as plastic liners deal with postharvest cooling processes as well as the produce quality and sustainability requirements. Understanding the implementation of plastic liners in the fresh fruit cold chain is required to reconcile the opposing roles. In this paper, the performances of four types of internal packaging plastic liners were studied. The airflow characteristics, cooling rate, cooling uniformity and quality keeping performances were measured. Cases: no liner, non-perforated liner, micro-perforated liner, macro perforated liner with 2 mm diameter holes, macro perforated liner 4 mm diameter holes were investigated. Generally, the liners delayed the cooling rate significantly. Non-perforated and micro-perforated liners are similar in terms of airflow resistance and cooling rate, both delayed the optimum cooling time by 5 h compared to the plastic-free case. On the other hand, macro-perforated liners cause a delay of only 3 h.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214289420306037
dc.description.versionPublishers versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent8 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLufu, R. et al. 2020. Evaluation of the airflow characteristics, cooling kinetics and quality keeping performances of various internal plastic liners in pomegranate fruit packaging. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 26. doi:10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100585.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2214-2894 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100585
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125569
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights.holderElsevieren_ZA
dc.subjectPlastic-free packagingen_ZA
dc.subjectMicro-perforated linersen_ZA
dc.subjectMacro-perforated linersen_ZA
dc.subjectCold chain managementen_ZA
dc.subjectPomegranate fruit packagingen_ZA
dc.subjectPomegranate -- Postharvest technologyen_ZA
dc.titleEvaluation of the airflow characteristics, cooling kinetics and quality keeping performances of various internal plastic liners in pomegranate fruit packagingen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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