Student Ready Entrepreneurial Develpoment in Biotechnology Bts422 Potato Cold Storage in India

Abstract

The quality of potato, and its storage life, is reduced by the loss of moisture, decay and physiological breakdown. These deteriorations are directly related to storage temperature, relative humidity, air circulation and gas composition. In an attempt to attain the desired storage condition in an enclosure, many systems have been developed over the years depending on the geographic location, volume produced, consumer demand and the marketing strategies. A weB-established cold storage has been considered in this work which was used for storage of potatoes, so as to protect them from getting spoiled and to prolong their preservation period. The theoretical analysis has been conducted to evaluate coefficient of performance (COP), relative humidity and power consumption ofthe abovementioned cold storage. Further, the change in level of refrigerant i.e. NH3 on that cold storage with respect to the change in load has been noticed and retained. Cooling the harvested product control the rate of quality loss by slowing the rate of respiration. The warmer the temperature, the faster the deterioration and the shorter the storage life; conversely, the cooler the temperature, the slower the deterioration and the longer the storage life. The more quickly the product is cooled, the longer it will remain marketable. Different potato tubers were procured from ICAR-CPRIC, Modipuram, were washed and air dried before putting into cold storage.