Solar Powered Horticulture Cold Chains (Sol-Tech)

太阳能园艺冷链 (Sol-Tech)

• 批准号: EP/T015535/1
• 负责人: Savvas Tassou
• 金额: $ 99.31万
• 依托单位: Brunel University London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT015535%2F1
• 关键词: Solar; Powered; Horticulture; Cold; Chains

Globally food chains experience substantial losses which for horticulture products can be as high as 70% of production. This represents 8 percent of global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and substantial loss of resources such as water and energy. Food losses and waste result from to many reasons, which include inadequate infrastructure and lack or unreliable energy supply, lack of skills and access to markets. A key contributor to food loss in developing countries and in particular Africa and India is the very limited availability of cold food chains for the preservation and temperature controlled distribution of fresh produce to markets. The Sol-Tech project aims to make a contribution to addressing the food waste challenge and key Sustainable Development Challenges and Goals, including halving food waste by 2030, providing access to energy for all and alleviation of poverty and malnutrition. This will be achieved by building on previous and current research to develop to commercialisation stage an innovative but affordable solar powered modular fresh food cold storage and first mile distribution system for application in areas with no or limited and unreliable access to the electricity grid. Sol-Tech will involve collaboration between academic and industry partners from the UK, Africa and India to ensure that the technology development and commercialisation is informed by developing country needs and local political, socioeconomic and market conditions.The innovation potential and impact of the technology are substantial. Major innovations include: i) significant, up to 40% reduction of the thermal load of food transport refrigeration insulated boxes; ii) the use of solar energy to power on-board refrigeration systems and hybrid electrical and thermal energy storage to eliminate fossil fuel demand for precooling, storage and distribution of fresh produce; iii) adaptable on-board microclimate control and communication system to minimise transpiration losses, increase shelf life and maximise product quality at point of delivery.The project will also investigate and develop appropriate business models and commercialisation strategies tailored to specific local markets to ensure successful product commercialisation and maximum impact.

全球食品连锁店经历了巨大的损失，园艺产品可能高达生产的70％。这占全球温室气体排放的8％，以及水和能源等资源的大量损失。粮食损失和浪费是由于许多原因而导致的，包括基础设施不足，缺乏或不可靠的能源供应，缺乏技能和进入市场。造成发展中国家粮食损失的关键因素，尤其是非洲和印度，是冷食链的可用性非常有限的，用于保存和温度控制新鲜农产品向市场的保存和温度控制。 SOL-TECH项目旨在为应对食物浪费挑战和关键的可持续发展挑战和目标做出贡献，包括在2030年之前将食物浪费减少，为所有人提供了能源，以减轻贫困和营养不良。这将通过基于以前和当前的研究来实现，以开发商业化阶段创新但负担得起的太阳能模块化新鲜食品冷藏和第一次英里分配系统，用于在没有或有限且不可靠地访问电网的区域。 SOL-TECH将涉及英国，非洲和印度的学术和行业合作伙伴之间的合作，以确保技术开发和商业化由发展中国家的需求以及当地的政治，社会经济和市场状况提供信息。该技术的创新潜力和影响是很大的。重大创新包括：i）大量，高达40％的食物传输冷藏盒隔热盒； ii）使用太阳能在板载制冷系统和混合电气和热能存储中供电，以消除化石燃料对新鲜农产品的预冷，储存和分布的需求； iii）适应机上的微气候控制和通信系统，以最大程度地减少蒸腾损失，提高货架寿命并在交付点最大化产品质量。该项目还将调查和制定适用于特定本地市场的适当业务模型和商业化策略，以确保成功的产品商业化和最大影响。