Forwarding procedure and ripening of fruits and vegetables using a system of controlled atmosphere containers for perishables.

摘要

ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE container to transport, store and mature perishables, IN WHICH THE SYSTEM system includes a plurality of containers INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTABLES connecting OCCASIONALLY WITH A CENTRAL SOURCE TO PROVIDE AN ATMOSPHERE ARTIFICIAL THERETO. CONTROLLER ALLOWS THE SYSTEM OPTIONAL awarded CAPACITY CENTRAL SOURCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARTIFICIAL BASED ON THE CONDITIONS WEATHER ON CONTAINERS attached thereto, and the ability to source in accordance with a predetermined hierarchy of priorities for allocating GAS ARTIFICIAL aTMOSPHERE TO INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS. FITTING IN A preferred embodiment, the central source includes at least one control unit distribution acts to direct selectively ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE GAS CONTAINER INDIVIDUAL HIERARCHICAL ALLOCATION UNDER THE SYSTEM. CONTAINERS ARE USED THEM TO IMPLEMENT A METHOD PARACONTROLAR UNIFORMLY Ripening BANANAS AND OTHER CROPS perishables A DELIVERY IN TRANSIT. PRODUCTS NEWLY HARVESTED AND immature ARE LOADED IN CONTAINERS AND are cooled to a temperature of approximately in the range of 57 to 70 degrees F. A once products are stabilized at the desired temperature, an artificial atmosphere including ethylene IS PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY TO START UNIFORMLY VOLUME INTERNAL ripening ALL PRODUCTS LOADED. Once started ripening is reduced ETHYLENE within the internal volume, moving it with an artificial atmosphere low in oxygen, which is held within the container during storage, transportation and delivery of PRODUCTS. BEFORE DOWNLOADING PRODUCTS CONTAINER RIPE, the atmosphere within the internal volume RETURNS TO NORMAL CONDITIONS. ONCE THE LOADED PRODUCTS HAVE STABILIZED TO THE DESIRED AND EXPOSED TO TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC ETHYLENE to initiate ripening procedures may be used ADJUSTMENTS TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERE ARTIFICIAL within the internal volume for "tune" the ripening process AS dESIRED AND PRODUCTS THUS PROVIDING MATURE FOR DELIVERY WITHIN A SCHEDULED TIME iNTERVAL.