History of changes to: Newton Fund (Invitation Only) - Dearman liquid air TRU systems for cold chain in India
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April 11, 2022, 1:48 a.m. Updated 35 {"title": ["", "Newton Fund (Invitation Only) - Dearman liquid air TRU systems for cold chain in India"], "description": ["", "\nThe International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) estimates that 200m tonnes of perishable produce could be preserved if the\ndeveloping world had the same level of cold chain as the developed world, this accounts for up to 40% of crops harvested\nin India. The lack of cold chain infrastructure in India, particularly the lack of transport refrigeration (TRUs) for the safe\ntransport of food must be addressed to reduce the losses. India's National Centre for Cold-chain Development has stated\nthat India requires a further 52,000 TRUs simply to catch up with current production, excluding any future growth. This\ninnovative industrial research project will optimise the proven zero-emission, affordable, novel Dearman transport\nrefrigeration system technology, focusing on the liquid nitrogen tank, for the Indian market. The project will be completed by\nfive core beneficiaries with the support of an advisory partner who will review project aims and achievements on a quarterly\nbasis.\nThe research into the LiN tank design will look at novel ways of dealing with the expected high levels of boil off if a standard\ntank is used. Using the current configuration would lead to reduced operating times and increased fill frequencies - the new\ndesign will look to minimise these issues and develop a new tank design to reduce the sloshing of liquid nitrogen using fluid\nflow analysis and modelling and mechanical design optimisation. This will achieve a new product optimised for the Indian\nmarket that could pave the way for a new commercial product and IP in the form of new patents.\nThe proposed project will be conducted in collaboration with our academic partner, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay\n(IITB), conducted in parallel to the other work packages lead by our Industrial partners Dearman, Artic Refrigeration,\nCartwright and ColdEX. UoB will lead the mechanical design and optimisation of the LiN tank as described in WP6 and will\ncontribute to the fluid flow analysis and modelling. The tank technologies developed at Birmingham will be supported by\nstate-of-the-art facilities housed within the EPSRC funded Birmingham Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage including a\nrange of measurement and analytical facilities, UoB's BLUEBear high performance computing facilities and the Government/ INNOVATE UK funded Institute for Thermal Energy Manufacturing Accelerator (part of the Thermal-Energy\nResearch Accelerator, T-ERA).\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nWorldwide food production must be increased by 70% by 2050, and this is driven in part by many emerging economies,\nsuch as India, increasing food production in order to meet changing consumer needs and a growing population. This\nchallenge cannot be met only by increasing yield but also by reducing post harvest food losses. This drives research into\nthe cold chain and the development of green technologies for food distribution. The proposed project addresses the urgent\nneed for green transport refrigeration technologies in India, by optimising the on-vehicle LiN tank for the Dearman clean,\ncold and power system. The tank will be designed to deal with vastly differing ambient conditions and varying levels of road\nquality likely to be found across India. Tank materials, structural design and fluid control methods will need to limit boil off,\nleading to increased operating times and a decrease in refill frequency.\nKey beneficiaries of this work will be industry, government agencies, academics and the general public. A comprehensive\nprogramme of dissemination, through academic and trade journals, workshops, conferences and technology\ndemonstrations will ensure that the outcomes of this project are communicated effectively.\nThe main economic beneficiaries will be companies transporting refrigerated goods - a multi-billion dollar global industry\ngrowing annually at 25% (GAGR) in India - as well as the industrial gases industry who will supply liquid nitrogen to those\ncompanies and refrigerated equipment suppliers who will fit the newly developed transport refrigeration unit (TRU) on to\ntheir fleet vehicles. Other economic beneficiaries will be those that benefit from an integrated 'cold-chain', such as\nagricultural and supporting industries, food processors, exporters and retailers. Consumers will benefit from improved food\nquality and reduced price volatility as a result of reduced post harvest food losses.\nThere will be Environmental benefits though the optimisation of clean, sustainable Dearman TRU systems in India.\nTraditional diesel refrigeration systems emit up to six times the NOx and 29 times the particulate matter (PM) of a modern\ndiesel propulsion engine. The Dearman TRU has been shown to be cost effective with superior pull down times and zeroemissions\nat point of use as well as lower CO2. It can also drive the ancillary loads i.e. fans and so is truly independent of\nthe primary diesel powertrain. A clean cold chain will lead to improved urban air quality and help achieve India's\ngreenhouse gas emissions targets through reduced CO2 emissions from TRUs.\nThe societal benefits will emanate from improved food quality and nutritional content, as well as improved local air quality\n(which currently accounts for an c.600k Indian deaths p.a.). There will also be prosperity through job creation with\nimproved food transportation and local manufacturing and installation of the system. Furthermore contributions to and\ninfluence over policy related to urban air quality, energy and the cold chain through involvement in scientific advisory\ncommittees will be made.\nAcademic beneficiaries; A novel, fully optimised tank for the TRU system will lead to further penetration of the Dearman\nTechnology into transportation and other cold and power applications. Understanding the fundamental behaviour of the\nstored cryogenic fluid and its interaction with the surrounding tank will help establish the limits of operation. Through\ndissemination of the successes of this project to research communities and industry, the Dearman Technology will\ncontribute to the global strategy for sustainable energy production and utilisation. It will also produce a team of highly\nskilled cold and power researchers and engineers as future industry leaders. Finally, the general public, though a\ncomprehensive dissemination plan, will be informed and aware of the issues, successes and knowledge generated from\nthis project.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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