The Effect of Positive and Negative Aeroionization on Reducing Weight Loss of Agricultural Products

The analysis of scientific articles allowed us to conclude that there is insufficient research on the effect of aeroionization on various crops during storage. To conduct the experiment, an upgraded aeroionizer was used, which creates a concentration of 4900…5000 ions.cm−3 separately for positive and negative ions. The processing time was set in the following variants: 15 s, 30 s, 45 s, 60 s, 120 s, 180 s. Potatoes, onions, carrots, and beets were processed in packages of 1 kg each. The storage of processed and unprocessed agriculture lasted 14 days. During this time period, it was found that for potatoes, the minimum losses were 7% for a processing time of 180 s when treated with negatively charged aeroions; for onions, the minimum losses were 4 percent for a processing time of 120 s when treated with negatively charged aeroions; for beetroot, the minimum losses were 15 percent for a processing time of 45 s when treated with negatively charged aeroions; for carrots, the minimum losses were 11% for the untreated version. The weight loss for the unprocessed potato variant was 9%, for the unprocessed onion variant it was 12%, for the unprocessed beet variant it was 25%. The results of the experiment showed that the use of aeroionization of potatoes, onions, beets with negatively charged aeroions makes it possible to reduce mass loss during storage, and therefore save more agricultural products.