<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years, as the Chinese consumption level increases, the consumption quantity of high-value fruits, vegetables and seafood products have been increasing year by year. As a consequence, the traffic volume of refrigerated products also increases yearly and the popularization degree of the cold-chain transportation enhances. A low-temperature environment should be guaranteed during transportation, thus there is about 40% of diesel oil should be consumed by the refrigerating system and the cold-chain transportation becomes very costly. This study aimed to explore a method that could reduce the cost of transport packages of refrigerated products. On the basis of the heat transfer theory and the fluid mechanics theory, the heat exchange through corrugated cases during the operation of refrigerating system was analyzed, the heat transfer process of corrugated cases and refrigerator van was theoretically analyzed and the heat balance equation of corrugated cases was constructed. Besides, this study simulated the temperature field of the corrugated box during transportation. The temperature of the goods was changed through different cooling temperature to calculate the minimum energy consumption, so as to achieve the best refrigeration transport packaging program.</p></abstract>

In recent years, as the Chinese consumption level increases, the consumption quantity of high-value fruits, vegetables and seafood products have been increasing year by year. As a consequence, the traffic volume of refrigerated products also increases yearly and the popularization degree of the cold-chain transportation enhances. A low-temperature environment should be guaranteed during transportation, thus there is about 40% of diesel oil should be consumed by the refrigerating system and the cold-chain transportation becomes very costly. This study aimed to explore a method that could reduce the cost of transport packages of refrigerated products. On the basis of the heat transfer theory and the fluid mechanics theory, the heat exchange through corrugated cases during the operation of refrigerating system was analyzed, the heat transfer process of corrugated cases and refrigerator van was theoretically analyzed and the heat balance equation of corrugated cases was constructed. Besides, this study simulated the temperature field of the corrugated box during transportation. The temperature of the goods was changed through different cooling temperature to calculate the minimum energy consumption, so as to achieve the best refrigeration transport packaging program.

Study on Transport Packages Used for Food Freshness Preservation based on ANSYS Thermal Analysis

Hunan Vocational College of Railway Technology, Zhuzhou, Hunan, 412000,

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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In recent years, as the Chinese consumption level increases, the consumption quantity of high-value fruits, vegetables and seafood products have been...

Study on Transport Packages Used for Food Freshness Preservation based on ANSYS Thermal Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Dez. 2016

Seitenbereich: 95 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2016-0018

Schlüsselwörter
Heat transfer theory, logistics transportation, ANSYS FLOTRAN, temperature distribution

© 2016 Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Study on Transport Packages Used for Food Freshness Preservation based on ANSYS Thermal Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Dez. 2016

Seitenbereich: 95 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2016-0018

SchlüsselwörterHeat transfer theory, logistics transportation, ANSYS FLOTRAN, temperature distribution

© 2016 Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Heat transfer theory, logistics transportation, ANSYS FLOTRAN, temperature distribution