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

被引：29
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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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