Enhancing cold storage efficiency: Sustainable apple pre-cooling utilizing polyethylene glycol and waste coconut oil as phase change materials for chilled energy recovery from air-conditioning condensate
Palanisamy Dhamodharan, A.K. Bakthavatsalam, V.P. Nijin, Rajendran Prabakaran, Sung Chul Kim
Topics & Concepts
Thermal energy storageCold storageWaste managementExergyEnvironmental sciencePayback periodEnergy recoveryExergy efficiencyPhase-change materialEnergy storageWaste heat recovery unitStorage tankChilled waterAir conditioningThermal energyProcess engineeringEnvironmental engineeringMaterials scienceEngineeringPhase changeHeat exchangerMechanical engineeringEnergy (signal processing)ThermodynamicsHorticultureEconomicsStatisticsPower (physics)MacroeconomicsProduction (economics)PhysicsEngineering physicsBiologyMathematicsPhase Change Materials ResearchAdsorption and Cooling SystemsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems