Evaporative Coolers for the Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables

Consumers around the world demand food of high quality, without chemical preservatives and with extended shelf life. Hence, there is a need to search for a sustainable food technique and innovative engineering solutions that could increase agricultural productivity, food security, a post-harvest extension of fruits and vegetables and decrease the rate of poverty and malnutrition, besides the maintenance of ecologically sustainable ways of food production. Evaporative Coolers for food and land-based engineers is a two set of volumes that discuss the practical application, construction, and operation of the technology.Evaporative for the postharvest management of fruits and vegetables brings the practical application of evaporative coolers based on the principles and ideas as presented in volume 1. There is a strong focus on postharvest management and fruit/vegetable science, as high moisture foods are highly perishable. Special emphasis is laid on the impact of the evaporative coolant structure on the nutritional and food safety content of several fresh produce such as fruits and vegetables were highlighted. Moreover, the book covers the effect of evaporative coolant structure towards the reduction of spoilage microorganisms responsible for the spoilage of post-harvest losses of various fruits and vegetables.Edited by a team of specialists, this title also helps people dealing with microbiology, besides nutritionists, to understand how this simple technology can help to improve the product quality for those communities that currently lack to have access to cooling/ have only unreliable power supply. Thoroughly explores shelf life extensions that can be achieved when applying evaporative cooling Covers postharvest management through evaporative cooling Brings food and consumer science aspects from evaporative cooled fruits and vegetables Presents information on the interaction of edible coatings towards the extension of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits INDICE: THEME 1: Fruit, Vegetables and Shelf Life andHealth 1. Key contributors to postharvest losses and the scale of the problem 2. Geographical and climatic limitations for the implementation of evaporative coolers for the storage of postharvest produce 3. Influence of Evaporative coolant structure on the post-harvest attributes of Climacteric fruits 4. Influence of Evaporative coolant structure on post-harvest attributes on non-climacteric fruits 5. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure towards the reduction of ripening stages in fruits and vegetable 6. Advances in Evaporative Cooling Applications in Fruit and Vegetables Short Term Cooling at Postharvest Stage7. Health benefits such as nutraceutical and functional benefits derived from fruits and vegetable stored using Evaporative coolant structure 8. Application of edible coatings in Porous Evaporative Cooling 9. Edible coating materials and health implications after storage in evaporative coolant structure 10. Post-harvest management of Aflatoxin in Fruits and vegetables 11. Synergetic effect of edible coatings from natural materials on the shelf life extension of fruits and vegetables 12. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on chemical, bio-chemical and physiological changes of fruits and vegetables 13. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on the sensory attributes and consumers acceptability of fruits and vegetables 14. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure in reducing spoilage Microorganisms 15. Extensive farmers' awareness on edible coatings and other dissemination measures; and public awareness and other dissemination measures16. The Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on Ornamental Plants 17. The Effect of Evaporative coolant structure on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts18. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure as a storage technique for preservation of fresh produce/horticulture for Human Health 19. Effect of Evaporative coolant structure for Roots and Tubers 20. Case study on a community relying on evaporative cooling

• ISBN: 978-0-323-89864-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 440
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés