Development of a novel refrigeration system for refrigerated trucks incorporating phase change material

Liu, Ming; Saman, Wasim; Bruno, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.10.015

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“…In their study Simard and Lacroix [15] validated a numerical model for simulating thermal behaviour of a parallel plates (filled with an aqueous-glycol mixture) operating in a typical refrigerated truck. The results highlighted that the latent cold storage unit helped to maintain the refrigerated compartment internal temperature below À8.15°C for 8 h. Liu et al [16] developed an advanced cooling system incorporating a PCM with the aim to keep refrigerated vans at the required thermal conditions during their journey. The special feature characterising the proposed technology is that the van does not have the cooling system on-board.…”

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A refrigerated container envelope with a PCM (Phase Change Material) layer: Experimental and theoretical investigation in a representative town in Central Italy

Fioretti

Principi

Copertaro

2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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A refrigerated container envelope with a PCM (Phase Change Material) layer: Experimental and theoretical investigation in a representative town in Central Italy

Fioretti

Principi

Copertaro

2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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“…PCM (Phase change materials) however, offer a good thermal storage capacity because of their high storage density and they are used in applications where it is necessary to store heat or cold [8,9]. A large number of these studies can be found on application of PCM in hot water cylinders [10,11], fridge and freezers [12], solar power plants [13], and buildings [14].…”

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Peak load shifting with energy storage and price-based control system

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Young

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“…Fig. 5 Temperature distribution of the cold storage plate refrigerated vehicles Ming Liu [17] investigated a kind of new cold storage type refrigerator vehicle, which has lower noise, lower power, and more suitable for small and medium-sized refrigerator vehicles for short-haul and local transportation compared with conventional systems. Mashud Ahmed [18] from America has studied on insulation material of the carriage of the vehicle.…”

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Review of development of phase change cold storage technology for food cold chain application

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Ma²,

Li³

2015

Proceedings of the 2015 International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials

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Abstract. This paper reviews the recent development of phase change cold storage technology for food cold chain application. According to the application field of cold chain, developments of phase change cold storage technology in cold storage and low temperature transport are introduced separately, such as hold-over plate refrigerated storage, hold-over plate refrigerated vehicle, cold storage type transport incubators. Numerical simulations using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS FLUENT to characterize the temperature distribution in cold storage plate and hold-over plate refrigerated vehicle in charging process is reported. The results indicate that the charging capacity increase with the heat transfer fluid flow rate increase when the inlet temperature remains constant. Application of phase change cold storage technology in field of refrigeration transportation equipment has huge development prospect. IntroductionFood refrigeration freezing has been a major energy consumption industry because of its usage and wide range of application. It is necessary to study the energy-saving technology of the cold chain logistics, and make it sustainable development. The application of cold storage technology in the food cold chain energy-saving is a very good development direction [1].Cold storage technology refers to the refrigeration unit starts to operate when the electricity load is low at night, the cold capacity produced is stored in a cold storage medium, and released at the peak of power load to meet the demand of peak cooling load or cold in the production process, and eventually achieve the purpose of peak load shifting and power saving.Phase change thermal storage technology is suitable for food cold chain, with the principle of phase change thermal energy storage, the materials of different phase change temperature can be configured reasonably to achieve effect of phase change thermal storage according to the different temperature requirements of the cold chain transportation. Such as cold storage type transport incubator, beer ice bags produced by using phase change cold storage technology, which are used for cooling and refrigeration in the process of transportation and sale of beer, the purpose is to ensure fresh and cool taste of the beer. Therefore, the phase change cold storage technology has broad application prospects and energy-saving potential in every link of food cold chain low temperature food processing, cold storage, cold chain transportation and distribution, cool temperature sales [2,3,4]. Ninety-eight percent of Japanese fruits and vegetables use the cold chain in the circulation transportation [5]. Application of phase change cold storage technology in cold storageIce cold storage and cold storage technology for vegetables and fruits preservation. Ice cold storage and cold storage technology for vegetables and fruits preservation is a new technology based on the cold storage technology to keep vegetables and fruit fresh. In the 1970s, many scholars from the United States...

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Development of a novel refrigeration system for refrigerated trucks incorporating phase change material

Cited by 166 publications

References 8 publications

A refrigerated container envelope with a PCM (Phase Change Material) layer: Experimental and theoretical investigation in a representative town in Central Italy

A refrigerated container envelope with a PCM (Phase Change Material) layer: Experimental and theoretical investigation in a representative town in Central Italy

Peak load shifting with energy storage and price-based control system

Review of development of phase change cold storage technology for food cold chain application

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