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Assessment of benefits of employing natural refrigerants in seafood cold chain in India

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dc.contributor.author Dasgupta, Mani Sankar
dc.date.accessioned 2023-09-04T04:24:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-09-04T04:24:16Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11826
dc.description.abstract In this paper we present a comprehensive assessment of benefits from adoption of suitable natural refrigerants at various stages of seafood cold chain in Indian scenario. This includes cooling demands during fish harvesting, transport of fresh catch, sorting and processing, and long-time storage. For each stage, the cooling demands are estimated and simple refrigeration cycle configurations are simulated to estimate the annual energy consumption and total equivalent warming impact for suitable natural refrigerants from among NH3, CO2, and hydrocarbons such as R170, R290, and R1270. The same is compared with synthetic refrigerants presently used for such application like R22, R134a and R404A etc. Field data from a surimi supply chain in west coastal region and shrimp supply chain in east coastal region of India are used for the study. The results highlight the potential benefits from use of natural refrigerants in seafood sector. Further, the various barriers in terms of technological, economic and policy related are highlighted. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher IIR en_US
dc.subject Mechanical Engineering en_US
dc.subject Seafood cold chain en_US
dc.subject R22, R134a and R404A en_US
dc.title Assessment of benefits of employing natural refrigerants in seafood cold chain in India en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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