Cooling
According to Iowa State University (GAP post harvest fact sheet)
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Cooling Principle of Half Cooling Time for standard
coolers with moderate air circulation:
• In cooling a product from its initial temperature to
the desired storage room temperature.
If it take X hours to cool the product temperature
to 1/2 the storage room temperature,
then it will take:
2X hours to cool it to 3/4 the storage room temp.
3X hours to cool it to 7/8 the storage room temp.
4X hours to cool it to 15/16 the storage room
temp.