Kinetic Modeling of Mango Fruit Ripening
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In this work, three stages of mango ripening (mango ripening, ethylene inducement, rotting) are modelled
kinetically. Data for mango ripening are obtained from internet, and are used to perform regression analysis of
the kinetic models developed. It is seen that the results show linear relationship between concentrations and
conversion for all the chemical components in all the models (fig. 1a, 2a, 3a). Also the results of the
concentration-time relationship are highly non-linear (fig. 1b, 2b and 3b). The reciprocal of the reaction rates
varies non-linearly with conversion: profile of ethylene inducement and rotting rise exponentially while that of
mango ripening falls non-linearly. The result of this study will help those dealing with fruits in orchard during
harvesting and post harvest handling.
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T Technology (General), TP Chemical technology