The Use of Showcase Chiller with Solar Panels as the Final Stage of the Cold Chain for Fish Sellers in Traditional Market

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10.2991/978-94-6463-364-1_9How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Showcase Chiller; Solar Panels; Coefficient of Performance; Energy Consumption

Abstract

Fish as a commodity that easily and quickly decomposes requires fast, clean, careful, and cold handling. Thus the quality of the fish can be maintained from the time the fish is removed from the sea until the fish is marketed to consumers. Handling fish to maintain its quality to keep it fresh and hygienic can be done through the application of a cold chain system. A cold chain is a supply chain system that aims to maintain temperature so that fish products are maintained during the process of collection, processing, and distribution to consumers. Therefore, at the sales stage to the fish seller in traditional markets, it is necessary to apply a cold chain by applying refrigeration technology like a showcase chiller to keep the fish fresh and hygienic until it reaches the consumers. The showcase chiller requires an energy supply, where the solar panel system will use the energy source. This research was conducted to determine the cooling load of a showcase chiller with a capacity of 50 kg of fish, as well as to determine the capacity of the solar panels to be used. From the research conducted, the volume needed to store 50 kg of fish is 252 L, so the selected showcase chiller has a volume of 260 L with an input power of 203W. After testing for no-load and full-load conditions, the COP value for the no-load condition is 4.20, and for the full-load condition is 3.66. Meanwhile, the energy consumption is 43.4 kJ for no-load conditions and 43.8 kJ for full-load conditions respectively.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - I Dewa Made Susila
AU  - I Wayan Adi Subagia
AU  - I Nengah Ardita
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/17
TI  - The Use of Showcase Chiller with Solar Panels as the Final Stage of the Cold Chain for Fish Sellers in Traditional Market
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science 2023 (iCAST-ES 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 78
EP  - 86
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-364-1_9
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-364-1_9
ID  - Susila2024
ER  -