Hot-water immersion appliance for quarantine research
1989
A hot-water immersion appliance (HWIA) was assembled and used as a research tool in the development of a hot-water immersion quarantine treatment to disinfest mangos in Haiti, Mexico, and Florida that were infested with immature Tephritidae. The HWIA consists of a metal container (approximately 57.2 cm inside diameter and 85.1 cm height) adapted with a metal screen platform positioned inside the container 25.4 cm above the bottom. A submersible pump mounted to the bottom of the platform circulated 1,514-1,893 liters heated water per hour within the container through flexible polybutylene tubing. The water was heated by flames provided by a two-burner, propane gas, hot plate located below the container. The HWIA was easily assembled, durable, mobile, and inexpensive.
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