Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
The Phase Space as a New Representation of the Dynamical Behaviour of Temperature and Enthalpy in a Reefer monitored with a Multidistributed Sensors Network
Year:2014
Research Areas
  • Agriculture,
  • Engineering
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Abstract
The study of temperature gradients in cold stores and containers is a critical issue in the food industry for the quality assurance of products during transport, as well as forminimizing losses. The objective of this work is to develop a new methodology of data analysis based on phase space graphs of temperature and enthalpy, collected by means of multidistributed, low cost and autonomous wireless sensors and loggers. A transoceanic refrigerated transport of lemons in a reefer container ship from Montevideo (Uruguay) to Cartagena (Spain) was monitored with a network of 39 semi-passive TurboTag RFID loggers and 13 i-button loggers. Transport included intermodal transit from transoceanic to short shipping vessels and a truck trip. Data analysis is carried out using qualitative phase diagrams computed on the basis of Takens?Ruelle reconstruction of attractors. Fruit stress is quantified in terms of the phase diagram area which characterizes the cyclic behaviour of temperature. Areas within the enthalpy phase diagram computed for the short sea shipping transport were 5 times higher than those computed for the long sea shipping, with coefficients of variation above 100% for both periods. This new methodology for data analysis highlights the significant heterogeneity of thermohygrometric conditions at different locations in the container.
International
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JCR
Si
Title
Food And Bioprocess Technology
ISBN
1935-5130
Impact factor JCR
4,115
Impact info
Datos JCR del año 2012
Volume
7
10.1007/s11947-013-1191-8
Journal number
6
From page
1793
To page
1806
Month
JUNIO
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Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Departamento: Química y Tecnología de Alimentos
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Agroforestal