Air renewal
Optimizing the management and design of cold-storage warehouses
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Air renewal
Optimizing the management and design of cold-storage warehouses

Author : André GAC

Publication date: October 10, 2011 | Lire en français

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3. Air renewal

In refrigerated fruit storage chambers, there is a gradual concentration of carbon dioxide, ethylene and volatile aromatic substances, depending on temperature, species, state of physiological development and permeability of the walls.

In air of normal composition, plants breathe. They break down sugars, release carbon dioxide and obtain energy. Respiration can be formulated as follows:

C6H12O6+6O2=6H2O+6CO2+ énergie

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