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Development of a zero energy cool chamber

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26450354
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Agricultural environmental engineering/Agricultural information engineering
Research InstitutionEhime University

Principal Investigator

MORIMOTO TETSUO  愛媛大学, 農学研究科, 教授 (50127916)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywords省エネ / 太陽熱利用 / 活性炭素繊維 / 吸着式冷却 / 青果物貯蔵 / 青果物貯蔵庫
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study developed a zero-energy cool chamber (ZECC) with a solar-driven adsorption refrigerator that does not use electricity. It consists of a solar collector containing activated carbon as an adsorbent, a condenser and an evaporator. It cools water based by evaporating methanol and adsorbing it on activated carbon, and then makes ice. The methanol adsorbed on the activated carbon is desorbed by applying solar heat. The ice is then used to cool the storage space. During evaporation of methanol inside the evaporator at adsorption phase, the evaporator temperature reduced to -10°C that triggered the transforming process of liquid water to solid ice. We obtained about 3.5kg ice per day. The water evaporative cooling system also cools the storage space by evaporating water from the wet walls containing wet filler. The combined use of two cooling systems reduced the average inside temperature and extended the shelf life of tomatoes from 7 to 23 days.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 9 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 9 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Non-linear autoregressive neural network approach for inside air temperature prediction of a pillar cooler.2017

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Green Energy

      Volume: 14 (2) Issue: 2 Pages: 141-149

    • DOI

      10.1080/15435075.2016.1251925

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Quality of fresh tomato fruit stored inside a solar adsorption cooling storage system as function of low pressure treatment.2016

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      CIGR Journal

      Volume: 18 (3) Pages: 258-265

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Thermodynamic performances of a solar driven adsorption system.2016

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Solar Energy

      Volume: 139 Pages: 266-277

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.solener.2016.09.003

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Progress and development in brick wall cooler storage system.2015

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

      Volume: 50 Pages: 277-303

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.019

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of a new heat transfer and evaporative design for a zero energy storage structure.2015

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto
    • Journal Title

      Solar Energy

      Volume: 118 Pages: 469-484

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.solener.2015.06.006

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Performance of mathematical system identification in modeling of hybrid evaporative cooling system.2015

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Computer Applications

      Volume: 123(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 44-49

    • DOI

      10.5120/ijca2015905414

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Performance prediction of solar collector adsorber tube temperature using a nonlinear autoregressive model with eXogenous input.2015

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Computer Applications

      Volume: 114(12) Issue: 12 Pages: 24-32

    • DOI

      10.5120/20031-2129

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Effect of passive evaporative cooler on physico-chemical properties of hot water treated Solanum melongena L.2014

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P., Morimoto, T. and Hatou, K.
    • Journal Title

      CIGR Journal

      Volume: 16(2) Pages: 181-186

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] A new zero energy cool chamber with a solar-driven adsorption refrigerator.2014

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P. and Morimoto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Renewable Energy

      Volume: 72 Pages: 367-376

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.renene.2014.07.038

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] A new zero energy cool chamber with a solar-driven adsorption refrigerator2014

    • Author(s)
      Islam, M.P., Tuda, Y. and Morimoto, T.
    • Organizer
      日本生物環境工学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-08 – 2014-09-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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