Improving Performance of Cold-Chain Insulated Container with Phase Change Material: An Experimental Investigation

被引：31

作者：

Huang, Li ^{[1
]}

Piontek, Udo ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Ningbo Univ, Civil Engn Coll, Fac Architecture, Fenghua St 818, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

[2] Fraunhofer Inst Environm Safety & Energy Technol, Osterfelder Str 3, D-46047 Oberhausen, Germany

来源：

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL | 2017年 / 7卷 / 12期

关键词：

phase change materials (PCMs); insulated container; cold chain; temperature-controlled time; thermal performance; preconditioning; drugs and food safety; PCM;

D O I：

10.3390/app7121288

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

The cold-chain transportation is an important means to ensure the drug and food safety. An cold-chain insulated container incorporating with Phase Change Material (PCM) has been developed for a temperature-controlled transportation in the range of 2 similar to 8 degrees C. The container configuration and different preconditioning methods have been determined to realize a 72-h transportation under extremely high, extremely low, and alternating temperature conditions. The experimental results showed that the temperature-controlled time was extended from 1 h to more than 80 h and the internal temperature maintained at 4 similar to 5 degrees C by using a PCM with a melting/freezing point of 5 degrees C, while the container presented a subcooling effect in a range of -1 similar to 2 degrees C when using water as PCM. The experimental values of the temperature-controlled time agreed well with the theoretical values.

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