Projects
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| Reference Number | 2003-2-32-2-2 | |
| Title | Localised air delivery to reduce energy use in the food industry | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Industry) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr B Harral No email address given Silsoe Research Institute |
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| Award Type | 3 | |
| Funding Source | Carbon Trust | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2003 | |
| End Date | 30 October 2005 | |
| Duration | 25 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £78,270 | |
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| Region | East of England | |
| Programme | ||
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr B Harral , Silsoe Research Institute (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Filtration Engineering (0.001%) Project Contact , Marks and Spencer (0.001%) Project Contact , Heinz Frozen and Chilled Foods (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | In this project the main objectives are to design and demonstrate the operation of a full-scale localised cooling system and to define the energy savings that are possible in a factory environment. | |
| Abstract | The chilled food sector is the most rapidly expanding part of the UK food industry. Chilled foods must be manufactured under low temperature conditions to prevent the growth of micro-organisms. The industry has an energy use of 3.34x1015 J/year. Of which 6.01x1014 J/year are used to maintain the entire production area at a low temperature. With localised cooling, cold air is delivered directly to the food while the factory is maintained at a higher temperature. The system still allows access to the product. In agreement with Action Energy, a 3m long system, for measuring air flows and temperatures has already been built. From this, energy savings of up to 32% were calculated, which is equivalent to 5.7% of the total energy use. This project will produce a full-scale system to measure energy use and asses ergonomics in a working factory. The project will use recently developed software to design air supply ducts with specialised diffusers for providing cold air close to foods, and a system that could be used in a factory environment | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
