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Stopping Ethylene Gas at Every Stage

Anywhere your produce is held, an invisible gas starts to collect. Ethylene is a volatile organic compound – a colorless gas that mature plants produce. It accelerates ripening in fruits and vegetables, and it’s sometimes used deliberately in the produce industry to do just that. But, what happens when a fruit or vegetable reaches optimum ripeness? It continues to produce ethylene, spreading this ripening hormone to nearby produce and hastening spoilage. This can happen during packaging, transportation, and storage – so delivering a fresh, long-lasting product means stopping exposure to ethylene gas at every stage. Here’s how air purification from AiroCide makes it easy and safe, no matter where ethylene collects in your process.

In Packing and Processing

All along your production line, that perfectly ripe produce is outputting ethylene – and removing it requires proper air purification. But, for the protection of your employees and the sensitive produce they handle, your system can’t use potentially toxic chemicals or output any harmful emissions – like some air purifiers do. AiroCide safely disinfects the air of ethylene without using ozone, hydrogen peroxide, or any other harmful chemical, and outputs only pure air. The air purification process used by AiroCide, called photocatalytic oxidation (or PCO), takes place entirely inside a sealed reaction chamber. Your AiroCide unit draws in ethylene, viruses, and other unwanted organic particles like bacteria or fungus and destroys them completely. AiroCide protects your employees as well as your products, and leaves only clean air.

In Cold Storage and Warehousing

Cold storage and warehouses can be large spaces – but they’re just as susceptible to ethylene buildup as anywhere else, and spoilage still occurs. Luckily, a variety of AiroCide models exist, and we can configure our systems to spaces of every size. With the dimensions of your space, you can reach out to get an accurate proposal for a system that will fit your facility and reduce unnecessary spoilage in storage. It can also reduce the instance of fungus and bacteria – protecting your produce in more ways than one.

In Transportation

Transportation is key to delivering fresh produce – and whether your trucks are refrigerated or not, ethylene can still collect around your fruits and vegetables. Stopping ethylene gas during transportation is simple with the right AiroCide model. Your AiroCide unit cleans the air of 99.99% of VOCs like ethylene, as well as any mold or fungus that may land on produce at the last minute.

A Simple and Effective Solution

Stopping ethylene gas at every stage of your product’s journey means reducing spoilage and delivering a more fresh, longer-lasting piece of produce to your customer. Less loss up front and more satisfied buyers at the end is your reward for reducing this VOC! It’s a simple solution with a great result, reach out to our air purification experts to find out how, and start protecting your produce today.

Is Ethylene a VOC? How to Eliminate Ethylene

You’re working with an invisible threat all the time. A volatile organic compound, or VOC, is a gas that’s emitted from certain solids or liquids. They contain chemicals that cause adverse health effects depending on the concentration and length of exposure. If you work with fruits, vegetables, or even flowers, you may be aware of spoilage-causing ethylene gas. Ethylene is produced by ripe fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers – so is ethylene a VOC?

What is Ethylene Gas?

The answer is yes, ethylene gas is a VOC. And if you store fruits, vegetables, or even flowers for extended periods, you interact with this invisible threat all the time. It builds up in storage spaces and transportation, speeding up spoilage and reducing the shelf life and quality of your products. It’s a hormone produced by mature plants that causes other plants to mature faster and spoil – and controlling it is paramount to successful storage and transportation for your product.

How to Eliminate Ethylene

You want to control ethylene without producing any harmful emissions in return, like ozone. The best way to eliminate this gas and other VOCs, as well as viruses, mold, and bacteria in your facility, is with commercial air purification with an Airocide unit! Protecting your indoor air quality by destroying ethylene gas will ensure your products’ shelf life and extended vibrancy, whether in cold storage, a warehouse, or even during transport in a sealed truck. And, using an Airocide unit will ensure that no harmful byproducts or gasses circulate in your facility’s air supply.

What Happens to Ethylene in an Airocide Unit

As the VOC ethylene passes through the processor of an Airocide unit, the unit breaks it down via a process called photocatalytic oxidation, or PCO. Proprietary PCO lamps inside the unit activate a catalyst bed below. The catalyst reacts with organic molecules in the air, reducing them to carbon dioxide and water vapor. The only thing that circulates out into your air supply is pure, clean air. No emissions, no ozone, and no more ethylene gas.

Protecting Your Whole Facility

So ethylene gas is a VOC, but it’s easy to control with the right equipment. Airocide and AiroPro HO from KesAir are the VOC-fighting air purification solutions that can protect your product, your facility, and your bottom line. Learn more today about how PCO can be put to use protecting more than just your storage areas, reach out to one of our commercial air purification experts.

What is Ethylene Gas?

Odorless, invisible, and toxic, ethylene gas is among the largest airborne threats to commercial cold storage and food processing facilities. As experts in commercial air purification, we know the importance of controlling ethylene gas. Today, there are thousands of our Airocide units in service, providing an effective solution to ethylene gas. But what is ethylene gas exactly? With decades of experience, we can help you define, identify and control ethylene gas.

An Invisible Threat

Ethylene gas is a naturally occurring gas from plants. It is made up of hydrogen and carbon, which, as a result, means you cannot see or smell it in your facility. In an enclosed environment like cold storage units or food processing facilities, ethylene gas’ elements can build up quickly.

As an airborne volatile organic compound (VOC), ethylene gas silently spoils produce, florals, and other products in your facility if not eliminated. Ethylene gas causes rapid ripening and maturing of products, which significantly reduces their shelf life and quality. If you’ve noticed your food waste increasing, ethylene gas may be the invisible culprit you need to control.

Eliminate Rapid Expiration

Commercial air purification with Airocide keeps your facility clean and safe from the natural gas that accumulates. To increase food quality, shelf life, or maintain safe storage practices, you need to protect your commercial indoor air quality. Keeping a clean facility and eliminating ethylene gas will secure your products’ extended vibrancy.

The easiest and most effective way to control ethylene gas is by utilizing our ethylene gas scrubbers inside each Airocide unit. Ethylene gas is an unseen, airborne VOC, but our air sanitation unit destroys all pathogens that pass through its processor. No emissions, no ozone, no bacteria, no ethylene gas, just clean air.

Pure Results

What is ethylene gas after it goes through an Airocide unit? Trace amounts of carbon dioxide and water vapor. As a result of our patented air purification technology, the air that fills your facility is clean and free of 99.99% of ethylene gas and other airborne pathogens.

Once you install our Airocide system, you will soon see the extended shelf life and benefits of pure air throughout your facility. Read how thousands of our units have helped provide commercial air purification for facilities like yours. For a free facility proposal, send us a message.

Protect Your Produce with Commercial Air Purification

After decades, Airocide continues to provide thousands of global cold storage facilities and food processors with pure, clean air. Our commercial air purification technology protects the produce in your cold storage facilities and helps you provide fresh produce with extended shelf life. It works to remove ethylene gas, mold, and bacterial contamination for brighter, more vibrant produce.

Something In The Air

Ethylene gas occurs naturally, but controlling buildup is easy through powerful air purification. In a closed cold storage facility, bacteria and threats multiply and spread quickly. These threats can cause your fresh produce to spoil, rot and go to waste. Our efficient commercial Airocide processor eliminates ethylene gas, mold, bacteria and other airborne threats. 

One of our organic produce wholesalers performed a study on the effect of our commercial air purification technology in their cold storage facility. They installed three Airocide systems. Within 72 hours, the amount of airborne fungi inside their cooler decreased by an average of 96.8%.

This is just one case study done to prove how we protect your produce with commercial air purification. Overall, our ethylene gas scrubbers work 24/7 to extend your shelf life and support food safety. 

Profits in Produce Protection

Not only does commercial air sanitation protect produce, it opens the door for brand loyalty and increased profits. Offering high-quality produce with enhanced food safety and increased shelf life will put you at the top of your clients’ preferred providers. 

Spend less time in your cooler and more time running your business. Our Airocide units runs around the clock to consistently provide pure air to your cold storage facility. Spend less on chemical cleaners, save money on produce waste and spare yourself the stress of airborne threats.

The easiest and most affordable way to protect your fresh produce is with commercial air purification provided by Airocide. With no obligations or strings attached, you can get a free facility proposal and be on the way to offering your best produce yet.