Low temperature solar container air conditioner

What is solar-powered cold storage?

The developed solar-powered cold storage is a low cost, simple and energy-efficient unit. Installation, operation and maintenance costs of the cold storage are also less. The cold storage is integrated with IoT-based sensors for remote monitoring and controlling of temperature and humidity as well as tracking of the stored items.

What is the capacity of smart solar-powered cold storage?

The capacity of the designed cold storage is small and initially it is designed for 10 t capacity. The paper includes design aspects of the developed smart solar-powered cold storage as well as its installation and operation procedures, heat load calculation for optimum system, performance assessment and cost-benefit analysis. 2.

Can solar-powered cold storage maximize the profit of farmers?

The main objective of this study is to develop a low cost, smart and energy-efficient solar-powered cold storage using a domestic split air conditioner (AC) for maximizing the profit of farmers from their produces.

What is a solar power conditioning unit/inverter?

The power conditioning unit/inverter of solar power system converts direct current power obtained from solar panel into 3-phase alternating current for running the cold storage and different electrical appliances (Sharma and Kalita, 2018; Shende, 2018). Fig. 2.

What is MC series air conditioner for prefabricated power container?

MC series air conditioner for prefabricated power container is a temperature control product developed for outdoor power substations, prefabricated power containers and other heat dissipation scenarios.

What is a cold storage AC unit?

The AC unit for cold storage is designed to maintain a lower temperature below 10 °C. The conventional household AC units can go as low as 16 °C due to the cut-off relay circuit present in them. However, the evaporator coil of an AC is around 4.44 °C cold.