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DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF THERMAL ENERGY IN MULTI-TEMPERATURE COLD CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF HEAT STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
ABSTRACT
This paper designs a dynamic management system for thermal energy in multi-temperature cold chains, constructs a monitoring system that includes sensor selection and lay-out, data acquisition and transmission, proposes a control strategy, and builds an intelligent platform. Through experimental simulation, in terms of temperature stability,co-ordinated control uses a coupling coefficient matrix to pre-compensate for adjacent zone interference, while paraffin’s stable phase change (205 kJ/kg latent heat) maintains temperatures during fluctuations. This synergy achieves 28.3% savings and 1.1 ℃ max deviation. In terms of energy saving effect, the energy saving rate of the entire temperature zone combination reaches 28.3%, and the energy consumption per unit time in the door opening stage decreases by 33.3%. The heat storage performance test reveals that the efficiency of paraffin decreases by 3.2% after 50 cycles, with a constant temperature time of 6.2 hours for heat release. The study shows that the system can effectively improve temperature stability and reduce energy consumption.
KEYWORDS
dynamic management of thermal energy, thermal storage evaluation, experimental simulation, multi-temperature zone cold chain, temperature stability
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2025-05-06
PAPER REVISED: 2025-07-16
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2025-08-23
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2025-11-29
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2506217L
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