Objective The aim of this project is to improve the energy efficiency of food cold stores considering environmental protection and food safety/quality issues. The project approach is based on the systematic application of advanced numerical and experimental techniques, taking also into consideration economical criteria.The first project period (16 months) focus the attention on the main elements of the unit:i) chamber ventilation control and management (air throw, frosting-fan, lay-out);ii) minimisation of heat an d humidity gains (insulation, infiltrations, frosting-defrosting);iii) ammonia refrigeration systems (refrigeration cycle, in-tube evaporation data, low-charge concepts);iv) indirect ammonia refrigeration systems with more efficient secondary coolant loop s (ice-slurries, single-phase coolants).All these tasks are performed in parallel but conveniently coupled through the common element: the air-cooler. Based on the developed infrastructures and the acquired know-how during the first period, an advanced rating and design software tool for the analysis of the whole cold-storage unit (chamber, air-cooler, refrigeration system) will be created. The code will be accessible via web. It will take advantage of parallelisation techniques on Beowulf PC clusters.A set of test cases representative of the layouts usually found in real-life installations will be performed using this code and the guidelines developed. During this second period (last 8 months), special attention is paid to provide adequate up-to-date dissemination procedures to get the best profit from project simulation and experimentation results/software/guidelines. Management tasks will be mainly focussed on the co-ordination of the tasks interdependence, very relevant in this project because of the multidisciplinary nature of cold stores. The generation of internal reports and guidelines will include the main conclusions and technical recommendations achieved during the project research activities. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA EU contribution No data Address JORDI GIRONA 31 BARCELONA Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CLAUGER, S.A. France EU contribution No data Address Rue de l'Industrie, 7 BRIGNAIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CUALITAS INDUSTRIAL S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL MONSOLIS - C/ MARE DE DEU DE MONTSERRAT 147-148 SANT ADRIA DE BESOS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address EPFL STI ISE LTCM, Station 9 LAUSANNE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK + ARCHITEKTUR LUZEN Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Technikumstrasse 21 HORW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ITISA S.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address CTRA. N-II, km 710.3 GIRONA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOSEF FRIEDL GES.M.B.H. Austria EU contribution No data Address Salzburger Strasse 20b ST. JOHANN See on map Total cost No data PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO PRODUKCJI URZADZEN CHLODNICZYCH SPOLKA Z. OGRANICZON Poland EU contribution No data Address ul. Blonska 85 TARCZYN See on map Total cost No data STAR REFRIGERATION, LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address THORNLIEBANK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GLASGOW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Julianalaan 134 DELFT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEFRINCA INTERNACIONAL S.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL LA POST, C/ATOMO 43-47 GAVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data