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Reference Number FT0564
Title COLDROOM - Improving food temperature control in chilled and frozen storage rooms (AFM115)
Status Completed
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 50%;
Energy Efficiency(Industry) 50%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 25%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 25%;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 50%;
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%;
Principal Investigator Project Contact
No email address given
University of Bristol
Award Type Standard
Funding Source DEFRA
Start Date 01 April 2000
End Date 28 February 2003
Duration 35 months
Total Grant Value £185,600
Industrial Sectors No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region South West
Programme DEFRA Resource Efficient and Resilient Food Chain
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , University of Bristol (99.999%)
  Other Investigator Project Contact , Foster Refrigeration (0.001%)
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Objectives Objectives not supplied
Abstract To improve the safety, quality and economics of food during chilled and frozen storage by closer control of food temperature. This will be achieved by developing a user-friendly model to predict food temperature in chilled and frozen storage rooms under real operating conditions.
Publications (none)
Final Report Evans, J(2003).COLDROOM - Improving food temperature control in chilled and frozen storage rooms (PDF 29 KB)
Added to Database 12/01/12