BANANA ADDITIONAL RIPENING DEVICE AND BANANA ADDITIONAL RIPENING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform additional ripening so as not to cause non-uniformity in the ripening degree of bananas. SOLUTION: After a banana additional ripening chamber is ventilated at every fixed interval of time or in the case that the cumulative amount of the CO2 gas of the banana additional ripening chamber exceeds a value set beforehand, it is heated until a chamber temperature TR reaches a temperature T2 set beforehand. Wen a flesh temperature TB reaches the temperature T1 set beforehand ethylene gas is injected to the banana additional ripening chamber for fixed time and heating is stopped. Then, after the lapse of prescribed time, the banana additional ripening chamber is ventilated and then, ventilation is performed at every fixed interval of time of in the case that the concn. of the CO2 gas of the banana additional ripening chamber exceeds the value set beforehand.