Newton Fund (Invitation Only) - Dearman liquid air TRU systems for cold chain in India

国际制冷协会（IIR）估计，如果发展中国家拥有与发达国家相同的冷链水平，可以保存2亿吨易腐农产品，这占印度收获的农作物的40%。印度缺乏冷链基础设施，特别是缺乏安全运输食品的运输制冷设备，必须加以解决，以减少损失。印度国家冷链发展中心表示，印度还需要52，000个TRU才能赶上目前的产量，不包括任何未来的增长。这个创新的工业研究项目将优化成熟的零排放，负担得起的，新颖的Dearman运输制冷系统技术，专注于液氮罐，为印度市场。该项目将由五个核心受益者在一个咨询伙伴的支持下完成，该伙伴将每季度审查项目目标和成果。对LiN罐设计的研究将着眼于处理预期的高水平蒸发的新方法，如果使用标准罐。使用目前的配置将导致减少操作时间和增加填充频率-新设计将寻求最大限度地减少这些问题，并开发一种新的罐设计，以减少液氮的晃动，使用流体流动分析和建模以及机械设计优化。该项目将与我们的学术合作伙伴孟买印度理工学院（IITB）合作，与我们的工业合作伙伴Dearman，Artic Refrigeration，Cartwright和ColdEX领导的其他工作包并行进行。如WP 6所述，UoB将领导LiN罐的机械设计和优化，并将有助于流体流动分析和建模。伯明翰开发的储罐技术将得到EPSRC资助的伯明翰低温储能中心内最先进设施的支持，包括一系列测量和分析设施，UoB的BLUEBear高性能计算设施和政府/ INNOVATE英国资助的热能制造加速器研究所（热能研究加速器的一部分，T-ERA）。

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) estimates that 200m tonnes of perishable produce could be preserved if thedeveloping world had the same level of cold chain as the developed world, this accounts for up to 40% of crops harvestedin India. The lack of cold chain infrastructure in India, particularly the lack of transport refrigeration (TRUs) for the safetransport of food must be addressed to reduce the losses. India's National Centre for Cold-chain Development has statedthat India requires a further 52,000 TRUs simply to catch up with current production, excluding any future growth. Thisinnovative industrial research project will optimise the proven zero-emission, affordable, novel Dearman transportrefrigeration system technology, focusing on the liquid nitrogen tank, for the Indian market. The project will be completed byfive core beneficiaries with the support of an advisory partner who will review project aims and achievements on a quarterlybasis.The research into the LiN tank design will look at novel ways of dealing with the expected high levels of boil off if a standardtank is used. Using the current configuration would lead to reduced operating times and increased fill frequencies - the newdesign will look to minimise these issues and develop a new tank design to reduce the sloshing of liquid nitrogen using fluidflow analysis and modelling and mechanical design optimisation. This will achieve a new product optimised for the Indianmarket that could pave the way for a new commercial product and IP in the form of new patents.The proposed project will be conducted in collaboration with our academic partner, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay(IITB), conducted in parallel to the other work packages lead by our Industrial partners Dearman, Artic Refrigeration,Cartwright and ColdEX. UoB will lead the mechanical design and optimisation of the LiN tank as described in WP6 and willcontribute to the fluid flow analysis and modelling. The tank technologies developed at Birmingham will be supported bystate-of-the-art facilities housed within the EPSRC funded Birmingham Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage including arange of measurement and analytical facilities, UoB's BLUEBear high performance computing facilities and the Government/ INNOVATE UK funded Institute for Thermal Energy Manufacturing Accelerator (part of the Thermal-EnergyResearch Accelerator, T-ERA).