Patent ID: 9314040
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A23B

Claim Text:
1. A control system for controlling the storage of respiratory produce in a defined confined storage environment, said control system comprising: at least one gas analyzer comprising a control unit arranged to determine an adjusted gas medium composition of the confined storage environment for protecting the produce against fermentative degradation; and at least one operator/actuator arranged to adapt the gas medium in the confined storage environment based on said determined adjusted gas medium composition; wherein the control unit is arranged to determine the adjusted gas medium composition based on a mathematical model of the system that determines the actual respiratory and fermentative rates of the produce and on the evaluation of the gas exchange dynamics of the storage system comprising the gas exchange dynamics of the respiratory produce, the storage atmosphere and the outside, the adjusted gas medium composition being determined as a function of the calculated total gas exchange rate quotient (GERQ) in the confined storage environment, whereby GERQ is calculated as  in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, whereby  is the rate of change with time t, O