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Cooling
 
Electricity Use in Produce Coolers (PPT)
Jim Thompson
February 2009
Preconditioning Treatment Maintains Taste Characteristic Perception of Ripe 'September Sun' Peach following Cold Storage
Rodrigo Infante, Claudio Meneses, and Carlos Crisosto
2009
Status of Energy Use and Conservation Technologies Used in Fruit and Vegetable Cooling Operations in California
Prepared by: James F. Thompson, and R. Paul Singh
July 2008
Benchmarking Study of the Refrigerated Warehousing Industry Sector in California
R. Paul Singh
July 2008
Energy Benchmarking of Warehouses for Frozen Foods
B. Prakash, and R. Paul Singh
July 2008
Commercial Cooling of Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers
James F. Thompson, F. Gordon Mitchell, Tom R. Rumsey, Robert F. Kasmire, Carlos H. Crisosto
2008
Controlled Delayed Cooling Extends Peach Market Life
Carlos H. Crisosto, David Garner, Harry L. Andris, and Kevin R. Day
January - March 2004
Commercial-Scale Forced-Air Cooling of Packaged Strawberries
B.A. Anderson, A. Sankar, J.F. Thompson, R.P. Singh
2004
Conservación Frigorífica de Cítricos en Atmósferas Ozonizadas: Efecto Sobre Las Enfermedades de Postcosecha
Lluís Palou, Joseph Smilanick, Carlos H. Crisosto
2004
Postharvest life and flavor quality of three strawberry cultivars kept at 5° C in air or air + 20 kPa CO
C. Pelayo, S.E. Ebeler, A.A. Kader
October 2002
Effect of Cooling Delays on Fruit and Vegetable Qualtiy
Jim Thompson, Marita Cantwell, Mary Lu Arpaia, Adel Kader, Carlos Crisosto, Joe Smilanick
February 2001
Table Grapes Suffer Water Loss, Stem Browning During Cooling Delays
Carlos H. Crisosto, Joe L. Smilanick, Nick K. Dokoozlian
January-February 2001
Cold Storage and Flower Keeping Quality of Cut Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.)
Kimani Waithaka, Michael S. Reid, and Linda L. Dodge
2001
Influence of Place Packing or Tray Packing on the Cooling Rate of Palletized 'Anjou' Pears
Dana F. Faubion, Adel A. Kader
October - December 1997
Forced Air Cooling of Strawberries in Clamshell Baskets
James Thompson, Jerry Knutson
May 1997
Small-Scale Cold Rooms for Perishable Commodities
James F. Thompson, Mark Spinoglio
1996
Managing Time-of-Use Electrical Rates in Cooling Facilities
J.F. Thompson, J. Knutson
1989
Energy Use in Hydrocooling Stone Fruit
J.F. Thompson, Y.L. Chen
1989
Comparative Energy Use of Vacuum, Hydro, and Forced Air Coolers for Fruits and Vegetables
J.F. Thompson, Y.L. Chen
1988
Energy Use in Vacuum Coolers for Fresh Market Vegetables
J.F. Thompson, Y.L. Chen, T.R. Rumsey
1987
An Evaporative Cooler for Vegetable Crops
James F. Thompson, Robert F. Kasmire
March-April 1981
Vacuum Cooling Wrapped Lettuce
Charles C. Cheyney, Robert F. Kasmire, Leonard L. Morris
October 1979
Handling, Precooling, and Temperature Management of Cut Flower Crops for Truck Transportation
Roger E. Rij, James F. Thompson, Delbert S. Farnham
1979
Comparison of Conditioning, Precooling, Transit Method, and Use of a Floral Preservative on Cut Flower Quality
D.S. Farnham, T.G. Byrne, F.J. Marousky, D. Durking, R. Rij, J.F. Thompson, and A.M. Kofranek
1979
Forced-air Cooling for California Flower Crops
D.S. Farnham, J.F. Thompson, R.F. Hasek, A.M. Kofranek
1978
Cooling Trials with Plastic Tray Pack Nectarines in Various Containers
F.G. Mitchell, R.A. Parsons, Gene Mayer
September 1971
Cooling of Oranges in Storage Rooms
Bill C. Bilbo
March 1960


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