Increasing the efficiency of the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage facilities
UDC 621.565.58; 621.560
Zhikhareva N. V., Khmelnyuk M. G.
Abstract
The article addresses the problem of increasing the efficiency of the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage facilities, while minimizing present costs, in order to reduce the losses during storage. An integrated model is developed to optimize the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage. The optimal operation modes are identified for a cooling unit, taking into account technological, constructional and cost parameters. Optimized characteristics have been calculated for the storage of horticultural products with due regard to the effect of air flow rate on the loss of weight in horticultural products and constructional features of the air cooler’s elements.
Keywords: exergy, thermoeconomic analysis, optimization, cooling system, heat and mass transfer, air flow rate, air cooler.
Increasing the efficiency of the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage facilities
Abstract
The article addresses the problem of increasing the efficiency of the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage facilities, while minimizing present costs, in order to reduce the losses during storage. An integrated model is developed to optimize the cooling system for fruit and vegetable storage. The optimal operation modes are identified for a cooling unit, taking into account technological, constructional and cost parameters. Optimized characteristics have been calculated for the storage of horticultural products with due regard to the effect of air flow rate on the loss of weight in horticultural products and constructional features of the air cooler’s elements.
Keywords: exergy, thermoeconomic analysis, optimization, cooling system, heat and mass transfer, air flow rate, air cooler.
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