Development and evaluation of key ambient factors online monitoring system in live Urechis unicinctus transportation strategies

• Published in: Computers and electronics in agriculture Vol. 145; pp. 43 - 52
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yongjun, Zhang, Xiaoshuan, Nga, Mai Thi Tuyet, Liufeng, Yu, Hairui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-02-2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Ambient factors monitoring; Ambient fusion and compressed transmission; Carbon dioxide; Correlation analysis; Electronic devices; Electronic monitoring; Facilities management; Live seafood transportation evaluation; Monitoring; On-line systems; Packaging design; Salinity; Seafood; Sensors; Simulation; Studies; Surface properties; Survival; Survival rate; Transportation; Urechis unicinctus; Ambient fusion and compressed transmission; Survival rate; Live seafood transportation evaluation; Urechis unicinctus; Ambient factors monitoring
• ISSN: 0168-1699; 1872-7107
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.12.017

•Design ambient sensors to collect changes in live Urechis unicinctus transportation.•To analyze the key ambient factors correlations in live delivery and evaluate for its survival rate.•Waterless transportation for live Urechis unicinctus is proved to be a promising delivery strategy.
This paper puts forward the reasonable choice of live transportation strategy to guarantee survival rate and quality of Urechis unicinctus by designing its packaging mode and carrying out real-time monitoring technologies. Ambient data sensing devices are designed and deployed in water and waterless transportation facilities by which the simulation of real live transportation is tested. During the delivery process of live Urechis unicinctus, the key ambient factors – temperature, dissolved oxygen/oxygen, carbon dioxide, PH, salinity–are dynamically sampling by on-line electronic monitoring equipment. Urechis unicinctus transport ambient data and their correlations are statistically calculated and analyzed by transportation monitoring and analysis system for the two transportation strategies. Through five control groups test for water and waterless shipment, it is found that waterless transportation is more suitable for over 30 h live transportation by studying transportation facilities management, surface characteristics and survival rate, which can provide a sound statistical basis of reasonable transportation mode to guarantee consumers to eat healthier and cheaper seafood with more convenient and economical way.