A KINETIC MODEL FOR PREDICTING TEMPERATURE IN MODIFIER ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) FOR HUNG YEN LONGAN
Author(s):
Ho Huu Phung†*, Nguyen Viet Dung†, Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet‡, & Nguyen Thi Hue‡
Affiliation(s):
†School of Heat Engineering and Refrigeration, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 01 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10000
‡Vietnam Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology, 60 Trung Kinh, Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10000
*Corresponding Author Email: [email protected]
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Controlling the temperature inside package is important for ensuring the quality, as well as the shelf life of the fresh fruits in the modified atmosphere package (MAP). In this paper, a kinetic model for predicting the temperature in MAP was developed. The model was based on system of differential equations of respiration heat (a Michaelis-Menten type equation), energy balances and gases transport phenomena across the package. The system equations were solved numerically using 4th-order Runge-Kutta method. The applicability of the model to in predicting temperature of MAP containing Hung Yen Longan was successfully verified with the experiment data for various types of packaging film.