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INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Definitions :
1.1.1. Refrigeration:
“Refrigeration refers to the production of cool confinement with respect to
surrounding.”
It may be defined as the article withdrawal of heat producing in a substance
or within a space at a temp. Lower than that which would exist under the
natural influence of surrounding. According to ASHRAE, it is defined as the
science of providing & maintaining temp. Below that of surrounding.
Figure 1.1
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while the latter is meant for the production of an environment suitable for
commercial products or commodities.
Figure 1.2
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1.2 Necessity of Cold Storage:
The old concept of refrigeration & air conditioning as luxurious branch
has evaporated from the minds of most of the people after realizing its dire
necessity.
In India alone there is wastage of perishable commodities worth over Rs
3000 Crore due to unavailability of suitable condition, despite tremendous
increase in refrigeration for cold storage. The cold storage in India has grown
from just of 143 tonnes in 1947 to the storage capacity of about 3.6 million
tonnes in 1984.
It is cold storage due to which the sessional foods & commodities are
becoming available throughout the year. The producers are not under pressure to
sell their perishable sessional gluts during harvest at through away prices but
they may get their due price for their product by selling the same as & when
prices are reasonable.
This clearly demonstrates that the cold storage industry has to gain ground to
serve mankind in more purposeful & effective number.
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1.4 Applications:
a) Freezers
b) Coolers
c) Cool Loading Dock
d) Labs
e) Environmental or Humidity Controlled Rooms
f) Agricultural Rooms
g) Non-Refrigerated Structures.
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Chapter 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
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2.1 Related Research Works:
Adsorption cold storage has lately attracted attention for its large storage
capacity and zero cold energy loss during the storing process. Thermodynamic
and experimental studies on the cold storage capacity and the cold discharging
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process, in which the adsorber is either air cooled or adiabatic, have been
presented.
An adsorption cold storage system with zeolite–water working pair has been
developed, and some operating results are summarized. This system is used for
providing air conditioning for the drivers cab of an internal combustion
locomotive. Unlike a normal adsorption air conditioner, the system starts
running with the adsorption process, during which the cold energy stored is
discharged, and ends running with the generation process. The adsorbent
temperature decreases during the cold storing period between two runs.
The refrigeration power output for the whole running cycle is about 4.1 kW. It
appears that such a system is quite energetically efficient and is comparatively
suitable for providing discontinuous refrigeration capacity when powered by
low grade thermal energy, such as industrial exhausted heat or solar energy.
- Y.Z. Lu, R.Z. Wang , M. Zhang, S. Jiangzhou
- www.elsevier.com/locate/enconman
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2.2 Psychrometrics:
2.2.1 Terminologies:
5. Wet Bulb Depression: Difference between Dry Bulb & Wet Bulb
Temperature.
Ф=Pv/Ps
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8.Relative humidity: - Relative humidity is defined as the ration of actual mass
of water vapor in a given volume to the mass of water vapor of the air is
saturated at the same temperature. At a given temperature of the air is holding in
its maximum amount of water vapour, it is then called fully saturated and its
humidity is 100%. Therefore the saturation curve is also a line of 100%
humidity curve & the rest of relative humidity curves are of similar shape.
9. Specific humidity: - It is the rate of water vapour present per kg. Of dry air.
Since the actual amount of water in the air is very small, specific humidity is
measured in ‘Grains’, where 1 lb of water is equal to7000 grains. The scale for
specific humidity in along the right hand vertical axis.
10. Enthalpy: - It is defined as the sum of the sensible & latent heat constrained
in the air 7 it is measured in BTU/hr. of dry air. Enthalpy is measured on the
psychometric chart as sloped lines running from the upper left to the lower right.
11. Specific volume: - It is the amount of space taken up by the air measured in
cubic ft. /lb of dry air. The specific volume lines are shown on the psychometric
chart by sloped lines running from the upper left to the lower right.
1. Sensible Heat Factor: The thermal properties of air can be separated into
latent and sensible heat factor is the ratio of sensible heat to the total heat, where
the total heat is the sum of sensible and latent heat.
2. Room Sensible Heat Factor: The room sensible heating factor is the ratio of
room sensible heat to the summation of room sensible heat and room latent heat.
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3. Grand Sensible Heat Factor: It is the ratio of the total sensible heat to the
total heat load that the conditioning apparatus must handle including the outdoor
air heat load.
4. By Pass Factor: is the function of the physical and operating characteristics
of conditioning apparatus and as such represents that portion of the air which is
considered to have passed through the conditioning apparatus completely
unaltered. The un contact air remains at the entering state. The end state of the
air is the same as that produced my mixing of contacted and uncontacted
portion.
5. Effective Sensible Heat Factor: It is the term which relates by pass factor,
ADP, and effective room sensible heat. The effective sensible heat factor is the
ration of effective room sensible heat to the effective room sensible and latent
heat.
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Fig. 2.1
Fig. 2.2
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Fig. 2.3
Fig. 2.4
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5. Cooling & Dehumidification: Simultaneous removal of heat and
moisture from the air.
This is the process being carried out during Cold Storage.
Fig. 2.5
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Chapter 3
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
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3.1 Problems Identified:
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Chapter 4
METHODOLOGY TO BE ADOPTED
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4.1 Preservation Condition:
The preservation condition depends upon the type of commodity since the
spoilage takes place according to their microstructure.
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4.2.2. Preservation period: The preservation period strongly depends upon the
temperature at which commodities are preserved. The preservation period and
conditions for various commodities are given in table.
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The outside temperature for calculation purpose is taken as the mean of daily or
monthly maximum and minimum temperature in combination with the
corresponding relative humidities or WBT.
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4.6. Stacking arrangement and building size estimate:
4.6.1. Stacking arrangement: In case of apples, a good aeration for each and
every box is required to prevent the apples from decaying. Therefore, the boxes
are arranged in such a manner so as to provide sufficient for air circulation. For
this 50% excess space is provided between the boxes.
If the boxes are arranged flat, horizontal, the apples may get reformed. In order
to prevent this, boxes are placed vertically to minimize the load on apples.
It depends on the volume of boxes, mass of apples in each box and the space left
for aeration between the boxes.
175∗1000∗27436
Total volume occupied by apple boxes = = 320.08 𝑐𝑢. 𝑚.
15∗1000000
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Actual volume required to keep the apples = 320.08 + 160.04
= 480.12 m3
c) Wall thickness: Wall thickness also contributes to size of cold storage which
is equal to 0.4064m .
d) Space for evaporator coil: Evaporator coil are install to the top most floors of
cooling chamber.
4.7.1. Dimensions:
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b) Dimensions of east wall :
f) Dimensions of door:
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4.7.2. COMPOSITION:
a) All walls:
b) Floor:
c) Ceiling:
From eq.3.2
1 1 ∆𝑋 1
= + ∑( ) +
𝑈 𝐹𝑜 𝐾 𝐹𝑖
Outside Wall:
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1 1 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋
= + ( ) 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡 + ( ) 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 + ( ) 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑒
𝑈 𝐹𝑜 𝐾 𝐾 𝐾
∆𝑋 1
+ ( ) 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 +
𝐾 𝐹𝑖
=3.5
Therefore, U = 0.2828W/m2K
1 1 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋
= + ( ) 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 + ( ) 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 + ( ) 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑒
𝑈 𝐹𝑖 𝐾 𝐾 𝐾
∆𝑋
+ ( ) 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡
𝐾
1 1 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋 ∆𝑋
= + ( ) 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 + ( ) 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑒 + ( ) 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛
𝑈 𝐹𝑜 𝐾 𝐾 𝐾
1
+
𝐹𝑖
= 3.246
AREAS:
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Walls:
North: 211.3544 m2
East: 143.070 m2
South: 211.3544 m2
West: 143.070 m2
Ceiling:
Area = 265.7027 m2
South
1 36.688 10.375 2193
2 38.775 10.966 2318
3 40.375 11.418 2413
4 41.075 11.616 2455
5 42.645 12.06 2549
West
1 36.45 10.312 1474
2 36.975 10.465 196
3 37.975 10.75 1536
4 39.075 11.05 1581
5 41.575 11.757 1682
North
1 32.975 93.25 1971
2 33.979 96.08 2031
3 34.075 96.36 2037
4 34.575 97.78 2067
5 35.175 99.47 2102
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Transmission Heat gain through walls at hours:
Direction/Time 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm
Ceiling:
Floor:
Number of tubelight = 16
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Ql = No. of tubelight x wattage of each tubelight x 1.25
= 16 x 60 x 1.25 = 1200 W
Dead Load
Ql = mcp (to-ti)
= (3000x3640x(28-0) / (24x3600)
= 3538.9 W
=(176000x1500)/(24x3600) = 3055.56 W
No. of workers = 15
Safety Factor:
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Fabric Watts
Walls 8009
Ceiling 3275
Floor 1616
Equipment Load
Fan 2000
Lightning 1200
Occupancy Load
Occupancy Load
People 825
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Latent Heat 4075 W
= 8 TR (Approx)
4.6. Heat Load Calculation:
a) To maintain the desired inside conditions which are best suited for storage
of commodities.
b) Maintain suitable conditions for product and processing within the space.
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In order to satisfy the above requirements, it is imperative that the
equipment is selected/installed which are of right capacities. It is therefore,
very important to understand the heat load calculation and to access the
correct capacity (with some amount of safety) of the system. An
undersized system will not meet the desired functions and an oversized
system will be unnecessarily expensive.
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Chapter 5
RESULTS & DISCUSSIONS
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5.1 Results:
5.2 Discussions:
The value of power consumption will be obtained under all extreme conditions,
such as fully loaded, which is the maximum capacity of cold storage at a time.
Hence the result obtained is the maximum power consumption.
Also, for purchasing the equipment from the market, we have to take
observations on different seasons and based on the observations, calculations
from the given formulae can be made. Finally, we can easily suggest equipments
available in the market.
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Chapter 6
Scope of Future Work
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6.1 Scope of future work
1. Temperature fluctuations.
2. Refrigerant (Ammonia) Leakage.
3. Excess Power Consumption
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Bibliography
Books:
1. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning – C.P.Arora – TMH Publications
2. Applied Thermodynamics – P.K.Nag – TMH Publications
3. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning - A. R. Trott and T. Welch -
Butterworth- Heinemann Publications
Websites:
1. www.wikipedia.com
2. www.elsevier.com
3. www.sciencedirect.com
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