Research Article
Application of Electronic Nose to Predict the Optimum Fermentation Time for Low-Country Sri Lankan Tea
Table 5
Comparison of time at maximum peak for Digi-Nose sensors and theaflavin.
| Peak | Fermentation cycle | Time at maximum peak (min.) | Theaflavin (TF) | MQ2 | MQ3 | MQ4 | MQ5 |
| 1 | 2019-11-05-B8 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 45 | 2020-07-03-B3 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 30 | 2020-07-03-B5 | 13.5 | 22.5 | 10.5 | 19.5 | 30 | 2020-07-06-B6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 30 | 2020-07-07-B11 | 28.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 25.5 | 15 | 2019-11-05-B8 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 37.5 | 49.5 | 45 | 2020-07-03-B3 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 34.5 | 43.5 | 30 |
| 2 | 2020-07-03-B5 | 46.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 64.5 | 30 | 2020-07-06-B6 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 31.5 | 30 | 2020-07-07-B11 | 73.5 | 49.5 | 37.5 | 43.5 | 15 |
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