摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for treating organic vegetables (grown without using agrochemicals and chemical fertilizers) in which, even if the organic vegetables are nonstandardized organic vegetables having uneven shapes and size, commercial values thereof can be enhanced and organic resources can effectively be utilized and smoothness of process treatment can be practiced in the distribution process. <P>SOLUTION: The method and the apparatus for treating organic vegetables comprise a cut treating means 11 for cutting nonstandardized organic vegetables and a processing means for carrying out various process treatments. The processing means comprises a means 13 for carrying out low temperature cooling treatment of the cut vegetables, a means 12 for carrying out drying treatment and a means 14 for carrying out heat treatment. The process schedule successively operated from a processing means producing the cut vegetables having large demand of consumers is prepared and the process treatments are carried out based on the process schedule, and an energy recovery means (biomass plant) 22 for recovering energy from biomass composed of process residue of the cut vegetables and wet refuse after consuming cut vegetables is provided and the energy is utilized by the process means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |