Lettuce Temperatures in a Van Container with a Reverse Airflow Circulation System

R. Tom Hinsch, Hinds, Russell H., and Goddard, William F.,

No 313276, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Approximately 70 percent of the western iceberg lettuce production presently moves to market by truck-trailer in tightly stacked loads. Lettuce cartons are tightly stacked to provide the trucker a maximum payload, since lettuce is a relatively low-density product. The purpose of this study was to determine if lettuce would be maintained at or near recommended transit temperatures in a refrigerated trailer equipped with a reverse airflow circulation system that forces air vertically through a tight-stacked load, rather than around its perimeter.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1978-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313276

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