METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT AND STORING FRUIT VEGETABLES

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a method for controlling an environment and storing fruit vegetables by which the fruit vegetables can properly be stored for a long period with saved labor while retaining high freshness thereof. CONSTITUTION: This method for controlling an environment and storing fruit vegetables comprises a step for introducing an atmospheric gas in a storage house containing volatile organic substances and moisture emitted from the fruit vegetables into an adsorption column filled with a dehumidifying agent, a step for introducing the atmospheric gas into a decomposition column filled with an organic substance decomposing agent, decomposing and removing the volatile organic substances, a step for introducing the atmospheric gas into another adsorption column filled with a dehumidifying agent in a state thereof adsorbing the moisture, desorbing the moisture from the dehumidifying agent and humidifying the atmospheric gas and a step for returning the resultant atmospheric gas into the storage house.