Modeling disappearance of ethylene from controlled storage atmospheres exposed to ultraviolet radiation

摘要

A model describing processes causing destruction of ethylene in an atmosphere used for CA storage of apples and exposed to UV radiation has been developed. The model was based on measured emission spectra of radiation from a low pressure mercury UV germicidal lamp, and the absorption spectra of the chemical species present. A set of photochemical and chemical reactions for the static model was determined and described mathematically by the kinetics rate equations in differential form. The equations were implemented on a Fortran computer program for numerical integration.