Projekte
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Currently, the material of choice for trays for fresh food packaging like meat is mainly thermoformable plastic (PET, PP or PS) or plastic-paper composite materials. However, the recovery rate of those materials is still…
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The aim of the project is the development of a screening method for raw materials to improve the shelf life of grain (barley). For this purpose optical spectroscopic methods for the detection of molds, in particular myco…
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NutriAct: Nutritional Intervention for Healthy Aging: Food Patterns, Behavior, and Products Following the BMBF call "Kompetenzcluster der Ernährungsforschung" and based on various existing collaborations, cooperation agr…
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High energy consumption and loss of quality are key cost factors in machine-cooled fruit and vegetable storage. The holistic approach followed in the project COOL enables energy savings of more than 20% and better qualit…
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The aim of this project topic was to deepen our understanding on the combined effect of ethylene and relative humidity on the postharvest quality of broccoli and to design possible packaging systems that could help in th…
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Appropriate packaging is one of the essential methods for protecting and maintaining quality, as it prolongs the shelf life of produce from growers to consumers. Improved packaging, e.g. Modified Atmosphere Packaging (M…
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Ethylene is a natural product of plant metabolism and it induces detrimental effects in fruits like rapid ripening and subsequent decay. Removing ethylene from the atmosphere surrounding fresh fruits is one of the majo…
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Drying is an energy intensive process accounting for at least 15% of industrial energy usage and even higher in some specific sectors, e.g. 30-55% in medicinal plants processing, 50% in textile manufacturing and up to 70…
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In many bulk processes of industry and agriculture unfavorably designed appliances and discharge devices cause problems such as segregation, bridging, over or under drying, and thus to deterioration and increased costs. …
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The project "Bioresource insect" - evaluation of biodiversity as a basis for the establishment of novel biosystems for the bioconversion of plant residues into high quality protein" aims at the enormous potential of inse…