Effects of chitosan coating with cinnamon oil on the physiological attributes and preservation quality of China jujube fruits during storage at 4°C for 60 days were investigated. Results indicated that weight loss and decay of jujube fruits were significantly reduced by chitosan-oil coating during the period of 60-day storage, which also exhibited a quite beneficial effect on maintaining the se...

Recent studies have shown that about 70% of the total oil extracted worldwide is consumed in the transportation sector [1]. With rising oil prices, USA and many other countries have set long-term plans to electrify their transportation system and manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce their oil consumption. It is foreseen that by 2013, approximately 700,000 grid-enabled electric vehicles...

Many thermal solar power plants use thermal oil as heat transfer fluid, and molten salts as thermal energy storage. Oil absorbs energy from sun light, and transfers it to a water-steam cycle across heat exchangers, to be converted into electric energy by means of a turbogenerator, or to be stored in a thermal energy storage system so that it can be later transferred to the water-steam cycle. Th...

Previous research showed that exposure to ginger root, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, oil increased the mating success of mass-reared, sterile males of the Mediterranean fruit ßy, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). This work, however, involved the exposure of small groups of males (n 25) in small containers (volume 400 ml). Several sterile male release programs use plastic adult rearing containers (s...

compounds derived from lipid oxidation endangering human health and lead to cardiovascular disease and cancer. the addition of antioxidants is effective in retarding the oxidation of lipids and lipid containing foods. due to the toxicological effects of synthetic antioxidants, decrease their use and replacing them with natural antioxidants. this study investigates antioxidant effect of pimpinel...

In this paper, a one-port time-domain/frequencydomain based technique using a short-circuited coaxial geometry inserted vertically in a liquid tank is designed and presented as a multi-level storage tank gauge and monitor. For storage tanks of small physical liquid levels, the attenuation inside the coaxial cable sensor may be neglected and both the physical liquid levels and liquid permittivit...

in the present study, oxidative stability of canola oil extracted with hot press at 85-100ºc was compared with unheated canola oil extracted with cold press at 40-45ºc.the stability of oil was measured every week during a four months storage using free fatty acid, acid value, peroxide value, anisidine value, totex value and rancimat test. the results obtained showed that pretreatment and method...