Development of ozone technology fish storage systems for improving quality fish production

Development of ozone technology fish storage system (OTFIS) to maintain the quality of the fish has been done. The ozone technology fish storage system (OTFIS) can be applied in the fishing boat, fish storage in the Fish Auction Market, fish storage in the means transport for fish. In this research, we produced a prototype that was integrated by the fish container and ozone generator. We used Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma (DBDP) technology for ozone generator. The characterization of ozone generator has been carried out and showed that ozone generator can produce ozone concentration from 0.5 ppm to 12 ppm. The ozone concentration in the area is very suitable to be used in food technology. The ozone treatment was performed on red tilapia representing the white-fleshed fish with ozone concentrations from 0.5 ppm to 4.5 ppm. The results of this treatment showed that organoleptic and TVBN of fish were still appropriate with Indonesian National Standard (INS). Beside that, TPC testing has been done on the red tilapia showed that the higher the ozone concentration the smaller the remaining of bacteria colonies. Similarly, for a variable of time, the longer the exposure to ozone the less the remaining of colonies. The results of this study have been adapted to realize of OTFIS with a size of 50 cm × 50 cm × 100 cm (250 liters) and can accommodate as much as 100 kg of fish.