The automation of some parameters in potato storage process

Citation
S. Popescu et al., The automation of some parameters in potato storage process, WORK SCIENCES IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, 1999, pp. 430-435
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Current Book Contents
Year of publication
1999
Pages
430 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The principal aim of the potato storage is to keep their quality as high as possible. The best quality of the potato that can be obtained is that can be achieved is to maintain the quality level present at the time of initial storage. Some basic requirements that can be applied to all potato storage are: maintaining a uniform temperature and high relative humidity, removin g excessive heat, and providing air movement. Those can be obtained by usin g an automated control system. This paper describes the temperature variati on inside the potato cell and also this temperature Variation is correlated with external temperature.