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Abstract(s)
Food processing and conservation represent decisive factors for the
sustainability of the planet given the significant growth of the world population
in the last decades. Therefore, the cooling of any food products has been subject
of study and improvement in order to ensure the food supply with good quality
and safety. A computational tool for the assessment of the energy performance
of agrifood industries that use refrigeration systems was developed. It aims to
promote the improvement of the energy efficiency of this industrial sector. The
computational tool for analysis of the energy profile is based on a set of characteristic
parameters used for the development of correlations, including the
amount of raw material, annual energy consumption and volume of cold stores.
In this paper, the developed computational tool was applied to companies in the
horticultural sector, specifically to resale-type companies. The results obtained
help on the decision making of practice measures for the improvement of the
energy efficiency.
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Keywords
Computational tool Energy performance Energy efficiency Sustainability Perishable products Horticultural Cold storage Matlab GUIDE
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Neves, Diogo & Gaspar, Pedro & Silva, Pedro & Nunes, José & Andrade, Luís. (2014). Computational Tool for the Energy Performance Assessment of Horticultural Industries – Case Study of Industries in the Centre Inner Region of Portugal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 8584. 87-101. 10.1007/978-3-319-09153-2_7.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing Switzerland