Abstract
An experimental hyperbaric system was designed and built to explore the effect of hyperbaric treatment on the respiration rate (RR) and respiratory quotient (RQ) of tomato. It consists of five containers that can be individually pressurized from 1 to 9 atmabs. The respirometer was equipped with a flow meter, control valve, pressure transducer, CO2 and O2 gas analyzer, and type T thermocouples that are all connected to a data acquisition and control card. A software interface was programmed to allow control of the air flow rate through the proportional valve of the flow meter based on a proportional–integral–derivative algorithm system. Hyperbaric treatments have been performed on tomato fruit, and it was observed that RR was inversely proportional to pressure.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Anonymous (1957) Handbook of chemistry and physics. 39th edn. Chemical Rubber Publishing Co., Cleveland.
Burgess, W. A., Ellenbecker, M. J., & Treitman, R. D. (2004). Ventilation for control of the work environment (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Henig, Y. S., & Gilbert, S. G. (1975). Computer analysis of the variables affecting respiration and quality of produce packaged in polymeric films. Journal of Food Science, 40, 1033–1035.
Kader, A. A. (Ed.) (2002). Postharvest biology and technology: An overview. In: Post harvest technology of horticultural crops (3rd edn.). Publication 3311, University of California: Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, CA, USA.
Lencki, R. W., Zhu, M., & Chu, C.-L. (2004). Comparison of unsteady- and steady-state methods for produce respiration rate determination 1. Model development and validation. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 31, 229–238.
Lopez Camelo, A. F., & Gomez, P. A. (2004). Comparison of color indexes for tomato ripening. Horticultura Brasileira, 22(3), 534–537.
Mangaraj, S., & Goswami, T. K. (2011). Modeling of respiration rate of litchi fruit under aerobic conditions. Food Bioprocess Technology, 4, 272–281.
Martins, R. C., Lopes, V. V., Vicente, A. A., & Teixeira, J. A. (2008). Computational shelf-life dating: complex systems approaches to food quality and safety. Food Bioprocess Technol, 1, 207–222.
Plasse, R. (1986). Vegetable storage, respiration and design criteria in a membrane storage system. Master’s thesis. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Polenta, G., Lucangeli, C., Budde, C., Gonzalez, C. B., & Murray, R. (2006). Heat and anaerobic treatments affected physiological and biochemical parameters in tomato fruits. LWT, 39, 27–34.
Saltveit. M. E. (2005). The commercial storage of fruits, vegetables, and florist and nursery crops—respiratory metabolism. Saltveit—agricultural handbook number 66, USDA/ARS. Available at: www.ba.ars.usda.gov/hb66/019respiration.pdf. Accessed 6 April 2009.
USDA (2007). US Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes. USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, DC, USA. Available at: www.ams.usda.gov/standards/stanfrfv.htm. Accessed January 2010.
Vigneault, C., Granger, R. L., & Raghavan, G. S. V. (1991). Mini-chambers for lab-scale research on controlled atmosphere storage. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 7(5), 617–621.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Goyette, B., Vigneault, C., Raghavan, V. et al. Hyperbaric Treatment on Respiration Rate and Respiratory Quotient of Tomato. Food Bioprocess Technol 5, 3066–3074 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-011-0671-y
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-011-0671-y