Water Conservation in Closed Rotary Cookers by Evaporative Cooling

摘要

ABSTRACTBetter cooling and water savings of up to 40 may be realized by installing a blower in closed rotary coolers. The air blown through the cooler headspace aids cooling by causing water to evaporate from the cans’surface. In four tests at a tomato plant in California, water flow rates with the blower off ranged from 25–29 gpm and with the blower on ranged from 12.5–18 gpm. The blower decreased the maximum temperature in the shell from 2–6°F and decreased the final average can temperature from