TY - JOUR
TI - Research on suitability of cooling capacity of cold storage area utilizing biogas as secondary refrigerant system
AU - Liu Enhai
AU - Bai Biaocai
AU - Wei Xiaoyong
AU - Peng Mingguo
AU - Zhu Weibing
AU - Jiang Yine
AU - Chen Gengyang
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2026
VL - 30
IS - 2
SP - 1027
EP - 1038
PT - Article
AB - The biogas produced by the waste fruit and vegetable pile retting during the  cold storage process is utilized. Subsequent to the decompression and  purification treatment, a temperature control strategy is implemented in the  enhanced cold storage area through the side load cooling cycle. The  subsequent results demonstrate that the implementation of a biological  natural gas cooling cycle, in conjunction with the criss-cross placement of  shelves and a cargo frame tilt angle of 15°, as compared to shelf flat  loading, results in a gradient distribution of regional temperature  differences. This approach has been demonstrated to enhance the temperature  uniformity index by 26.19%, increase the cooling rate by 3.36%, and reduce  energy consumption by approximately 10.05%. Furthermore, the variation  amplitude of the temperature non-uniformity coefficient of the shelf section  is relatively gentle, with an average deviation of approximately 5.53%. The  efficacy of this system in regulating temperature in time-sharing zones has  been demonstrated. This system has been developed to facilitate the  optimization of cold capacity, thereby ensuring the appropriate matching of  cold storage capacity to the diverse needs of fruit and vegetable storage  in different temperature zones.
DO - 10.2298/TSCI2602027L
ER -