A system to illuminate fruit and/or vegetables in the food storage facility, comprising a lamp (8) and a controller (12). The lamp is operable to provide the illumination with a first light output and a second light output, the first light output having a higher intensity and at least a red-bias spectrum relative to the second light output. Further, the system comprises a controller for controlling the illumination of the fruit and/or vegetables in the food storage facility by controlling the lamp. The controller is configured to apply the illumination in a sequence comprising a period of darkness, followed by the first light output for a first period, then followed by the second light output for a second period.

A method, comprising steps: (a) placing a plurality of produce in an airtight chamber having a quantity of air and a first pressure, wherein the plurality of produce comprises water; (b) removing the quantity of air via a first vacuum pump to reduce the first pressure in the airtight chamber providing a vacuum cooling effect, wherein the water evaporates until the plurality of produce reaches a predetermined temperature; (c) packaging each individual produce of the plurality of produce in a container, wherein the container has a second pressure; (d) reducing the second pressure via a second vacuum pump; and (e) injecting a nitrogen gas inside the container until the container reaches a third pressure.

A vessel having an opening for receiving the product and walls surrounding the vessel at all sides except the opening. The interior of the vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity lower than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding the walls outside the vessel. While the vessel is oriented with the opening facing downwards, the vessel and/or product is/are conveyed to ensure that the product enters the interior through the opening.

A vessel having an opening for receiving the product and walls surrounding the vessel at all sides except the opening. The interior of the vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity lower than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding the walls outside the vessel. While the vessel is oriented with the opening facing downwards, the vessel and/or product is/are conveyed to ensure that the product enters the interior through the opening.

Disclosed herein is a container refrigeration apparatus including an exterior fan and a gas supply device. The gas supply device includes a unit case having a cooling air inlet port and a cooling air outlet port, and a pump mechanism housed in the unit case and configured to suck, and compress, outside air. The container refrigeration apparatus has an exhaust passage through which the unit case and a space on a suction side of the exterior fan are connected together such that the exterior fan sucks air through the cooling air outlet port out of the unit case. As a result, the problem of heat generated by the gas supply device including the pump mechanism may be solved at low cost.

A container refrigeration apparatus includes a CA system which controls the composition of the air in the container. The CA system includes a gas supply device which supplies nitrogen-enriched air, an intake duct which guides outside air to a first space on a suction side of an interior fan, and an exhaust duct which guides air in a second space on the blowout side of the interior fan out of a container. The exhaust duct has an inlet at a location where the flow of the air blown from the interior fan is blocked by a fan housing.

A container refrigeration apparatus includes a CA system which controls the composition of the air in the container. The CA system includes a gas supply device which supplies nitrogen-enriched air, an intake duct which guides outside air to a first space on a suction side of an interior fan, and an exhaust duct which guides air in a second space on the blowout side of the interior fan out of a container. The exhaust duct has an inlet at a location where the flow of the air blown from the interior fan is blocked by a fan housing.

Composite materials comprising a phase change material (PCM) and a macroscale 3D carbon nanotube material, such as a macroscale 3D heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube material, including boron doped carbon nanotube materials, and methods for using the composite materials in various applications where temperature control is critical. Heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube sponge materials are strongly oleophilic, and can soak up large quantities of organic PCMs. One representative application for the composite materials is in thermal energy storage (TES) systems for shipping and storage of pharmaceuticals, medical and life science products.

The disclosure relates to an activated carbon scrubber apparatus 300 and a method of its operation for carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) removal from a controlled environment. The scrubber apparatus is configured to switch between: an adsorption configuration in which it is configured to provide CO.sub.2-rich gas from the controlled environment to a sorbent bed 302 comprising activated carbon for CO.sub.2 adsorption, and to return the treated gas to the controlled environment; and a regeneration configuration in which it is configured to provide a regenerating gas from outside of the controlled environment to the sorbent bed to desorb CO.sub.2 and regenerate the activated carbon, and to discharge CO.sub.2-rich gas outside of the controlled environment. The method comprises alternately operating the scrubber apparatus in the adsorption configuration and the regeneration configuration over a plurality of cycles, wherein the scrubber apparatus is operated at a cycle frequency of between 4 and 30 cycles per hour. A heater 303 is controlled to heat the sorbent bed in the regeneration configuration.

Embodiments herein relate to one or more methods comprising heating of a kava product; pressurizing the kava product; electrically pulsing the kava product; homogenizing the kava product; cooling the kava product; and packaging of the kava product; wherein the method is configured to stabilize the kava product against microbiological decomposition.