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Development of environmentally friendly, energy efficient, rapid heating and cooling systems for the food industry (AFM 224)

Reference Number
FT1517
Title
Development of environmentally friendly, energy efficient, rapid heating and cooling systems for the food industry (AFM 224)
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Energy Efficiency(Industry)
Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies)
BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)
Principal Investigator
Project Contact
Chadwick Crawford Consultancy Ltd (CCC)
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
DEFRA
Start Date
01 December 2005
End Date
31 March 2009
Duration
40 months
Total Grant Value
£358,405
Industrial Sectors
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region
London
Programme
DEFRA Resource efficient and resilient food chain
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Project Contact, Chadwick Crawford Consultancy Ltd (CCC)
Other Investigator
Project Contact, Hygrade
Project Contact, Earthcare Products Limited
Project Contact, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Project Contact, Munters Group Ltd
Project Contact, Northern Foods Plc
Project Contact, Christopher J C Jessop
Project Contact, Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association
Project Contact, Corac Group Plc
Project Contact, Avana Bakeries Ltd
Project Contact, Geest Plc
Project Contact, Honeywell Aerospace Yeovil
Project Contact, Masterfoods
Project Contact, University of Bristol
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Objectives
1. To demonstrate the use of air cycle with air impingement heat transfer to produce a totally integrated process for food heating followed by immediate rapid refrigeration. 2. To demonstrate a combined hot water generation/rapid freezing system based on the air cycle 3. To prove to potential users and system suppliers that air cycle heating/cooling systems have considerable commercial potential for food manufacturing applications.
Abstract
The aim of this project is to verify the potential of air cycle under semi-industrial conditions. To achieve this a highly versatile system needs to be produced as quickly as possible
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