Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability

The cold chain is responsible for perishable products preservation and transportation, maintaining a proper temperature to slow biological decay processes. Often the efficiency of the cold chain is less than ideal, significantly increasing food waste and energy consumption. Refrigerated transport is...

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Autores principales:	Angelo Maiorino, Fabio Petruzziello, Ciro Aprea
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	refrigerated transport environmental impact refrigeration renewable energies sustainability carbon dioxide Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7c94f83dab554f6d83f4a854f8f4f1c92021-11-11T15:59:57ZRefrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability10.3390/en142172371996-1073https://doaj.org/article/7c94f83dab554f6d83f4a854f8f4f1c92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7237https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073The cold chain is responsible for perishable products preservation and transportation, maintaining a proper temperature to slow biological decay processes. Often the efficiency of the cold chain is less than ideal, significantly increasing food waste and energy consumption. Refrigerated transport is a critical phase of the cold chain because of its negative impact on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that around 15% of global fossil fuel energy is used in the refrigerated transport sector, so there has been a growing interest in the last decades in the optimization of these systems in order to reduce their environmental impact. Vapor compression refrigeration units, usually powered by means of a diesel engine, are the most commonly used systems in road refrigerated transport. This paper provides a review of (a) currently used systems and alternative technologies that could reduce the environmental impacts of road refrigerated transport and (b) optimization models and methods used to minimize fuel/energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, focusing both on reducing the thermal loads and solving the refrigerated vehicle routing problem.Angelo MaiorinoFabio PetruzzielloCiro ApreaMDPI AGarticlerefrigerated transportenvironmental impactrefrigerationrenewable energiessustainabilitycarbon dioxideTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7237, p 7237 (2021)
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description	The cold chain is responsible for perishable products preservation and transportation, maintaining a proper temperature to slow biological decay processes. Often the efficiency of the cold chain is less than ideal, significantly increasing food waste and energy consumption. Refrigerated transport is a critical phase of the cold chain because of its negative impact on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that around 15% of global fossil fuel energy is used in the refrigerated transport sector, so there has been a growing interest in the last decades in the optimization of these systems in order to reduce their environmental impact. Vapor compression refrigeration units, usually powered by means of a diesel engine, are the most commonly used systems in road refrigerated transport. This paper provides a review of (a) currently used systems and alternative technologies that could reduce the environmental impacts of road refrigerated transport and (b) optimization models and methods used to minimize fuel/energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, focusing both on reducing the thermal loads and solving the refrigerated vehicle routing problem.
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title	Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability
title_short	Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability
title_full	Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability
title_fullStr	Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability
title_full_unstemmed	Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability
title_sort	refrigerated transport: state of the art, technical issues, innovations and challenges for sustainability
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Refrigerated Transport: State of the Art, Technical Issues, Innovations and Challenges for Sustainability

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