ShareSummary
Foodstuff has to be transported from where it is produced or packaged to the market. It is important to control the temperature and humidity of the delivered food to minimize the waste and ensure customer satisfaction. At the same time, unfortunately, the transport sector is among the polluting sectors. Therefore, innovative solutions have been proposed such as the adoption of Latent Thermal Energy Storage (LTES) systems based on Phase Change Materials (PCMs) to control the food temperature. Such systems minimize the fuel consumption and thereby reduce the emission. LTES systems rely on the phase change process to absorb and store heat in a more sustainable way while ensuring a nearly constant temperature for the foodstuff while being transported.
Hence, we first present a general overview of the application of PCMs at low temperatures. Then, the literature on the adoption of PCMs in the refrigerated transport sector is critically surveyed. Different proposals offered in the literature are recovered, compared, and critically assessed based on their merits. Despite the differences between the proposed technologies, significant advantages in terms of temperature uniformity in the refrigerated space, product thermal stress reduction, product quality, energy consumption, and pollutant emissions reduction are reported in the literature as surveyed in this paper.
Available documents
Format PDF
Pages: 33 p.
Available
Free
Details
- Original title: Thermal storage based on phase change materials (PCMs) for refrigerated transport and distribution applications along the cold chain: A review
- Record ID : 30031294
- Languages: English
- Subject: Technology
- Source: International Journal of Thermofluids - vol. 16
- Publication date: 2022/11
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2022.100224
Links
See the source
Indexing
-
Themes:
Two-phase secondary refrigerants (PCMs, ice slurries…);
Cold chain, interfaces;
Refrigeration and perishable products: general information;
Cold stores : design, construction, insulation and equipment;
Thermal energy storage - Keywords: PCM; Refrigerated transport; Refrigerated truck; Thermal energy storage; Cold chain; Food; Review; CO2 emission; LCCP
-
Use of phase change materials for food applicat...
- Author(s) : MEHLING H.
- Date : 2023/03
- Languages : English
- Source: Applied Sciences - vol. 13 - 5
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Thermal energy storage for cold chain applicati...
- Author(s) : URE Z.
- Date : 2022/04/11
- Languages : English
- Source: 7th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain Online. Proceedings: April 11-13 2022
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
A numerical analysis of latent thermal energy s...
- Author(s) : CALATI M., ZILIO C., RIGHETTI G., LONGO G. A., HOOMAN K., MANCIN S.
- Date : 2021/09/01
- Languages : English
- Source: 13rd IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Proceedings: (online) Vicenza, Italy, September 1-3, 2021.
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
A numerical analysis of latent thermal energy s...
- Author(s) : CALATI M., ZILIO C., RIGHETTI G., LONGO G. A., HOOMAN K., MANCIN S.
- Date : 2021/05
- Languages : English
- Source: 2021 Purdue Conferences. 18th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Latent thermal energy storage for thermal manag...
- Author(s) : CALATI M., RIGHETTI G., ZILIO C., HOOMAN K., MANCIN S.
- Date : 2022
- Languages : English
- Source: 2022 Purdue Conferences. 19th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
- Formats : PDF
View record