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Phase Change Material-Based Thermal Energy Storage for Cold Chain Applications – From Materials to Systems
Published in Moghtada Mobedi, Kamel Hooman, Wen-Quan Tao, Solid–Liquid Thermal Energy Storage, 2022
Yelaman Maksum, Lin Cong, Boyang Zou, Binjian Nie, Siyuan Dai, Yongliang Li, Yanqi Zhao, Bakytzhan Akhmetov, Lige Tong, Li Wang, Yulong Ding
A cold chain is a supply chain with controlled temperature across production, transportation, storage, distribution, and delivery processes [1]. It is a term used to symbolize the continuity of means that successively provide the refrigerated preservation of perishable foodstuffs from production to consumption [2]. The main objective of the cold chain is to ensure that the thermal performance of every component in the chain is operated in an uninterrupted manner [3]. Clearly, these operations depend on many factors, e.g. product logistic circuits, and temperature and humidity levels at each step of the circuit [4]. Unfortunately, cold chain is not always easily accessible and does not operate effectively due to economic and political reasons. Globally, more than 200 million tons of perishable foods per year could be saved and consumed in developing countries if refrigeration and cold chain were accessible as in developed countries [5]. Even in developed countries, due to unoptimized operations, food spoilage and losses are considerable, which amount to ~13% of global food production [6]. In addition, pharmaceutical products are also highly sensitive to temperature and humidity. Therefore, it requires strict thermal control during storage and transportation. The cold chain provides safe products of high organoleptic quality, which in turn influences the environment, water, and land [7]. Moreover, the cold chain also has made substantial contribution to the economic boom of rural areas as an extremely important sub-branch of the logistics industry [8].
A conceptual framework highlighting barriers in cold chain management for Halal food products in South-East Asian countries
Published in Nor Aida Abdul Rahman, Azizul Hassan, Mohammad FakhrulNizam Mohammad, Halal Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Southeast Asia, 2020
Mohd Hafidz Mahamad Maifiah, Anis Najiha Ahmad, Muhammad Affifuddin Iskandar
Cold chain is one of the important segments in supply chain, whose activities and processes are governed under the desired low-temperature range control, either at chilled or at frozen condition (Shashi et al., 2018). FCC is a type of cold chain categories for perishable food products, including fruits, vegetables, seafoods, processed meat products, dairy products and frozen foods. The growing demand for perishable food products in a global market indicates the vital role of the FCC segment. FCC has made a tremendous contribution in promoting and facilitating the concept of a “Global Food Village” for food distribution across the globe. The processes in handling perishable foods during the post-harvest stage include collection, packaging, storage, transport and marketing until the food reaches the final consumers’ domestic refrigerators (Kitinoja, 2013). The scope of food cold chain management (FCCM), from an engineering point of view, generally includes temperature monitoring, equipment installation and maintenance and rapid product movement. The objective of FCCM is to preserve the quality of food products by ensuring that they are under proper low-temperature conditions which guarantee their shelf life (Shashi et al., 2018).
RFID Tags
Published in Lu Yan, Yan Zhang, Laurence T. Yang, Huansheng Ning, The Internet of Things, 2008
Peter J. Hawrylak, M.H. Mickle, J.T. Cain
Cold chain is a major area where temperature must be recorded at regular intervals. The term cold chain refers to the supply chain of any goods that must be kept within specific temperature limits, usually below freezing. Most often this refers to frozen foods and medications. Cold chain goods that are not kept within the required temperature range can be damaged. For example, food can spoil causing illness, and medications could alter their properties becoming useless or dangerous. Attaching a semipassive tag to each pallet enables the receiver of the shipment to determine if that pallet was kept at the appropriate temperature during transport. With this information, the receiver can reject and dispose of any goods that were not kept within the temperature limits.
Ordering COVID-19 vaccines for social welfare with information updating: Optimal dynamic order policies and vaccine selection in the digital age
Published in IISE Transactions, 2023
Xiaoyan Xu, Suresh P. Sethi, Sai-Ho Chung, Tsan-Ming Choi
As we have found in the basic model, a longer shipping time t increases the probability of losing vaccine efficacy which decreases social welfare (see Table 2). To address this challenge in cold chain management, blockchain technology is considered, as it can facilitate monitoring by enhancing data visibility and traceability (Yang et al., 2019; Hastig and Sodhi, 2020). IBM, one of the world’s largest technology corporations, has established a blockchain system to support vaccine delivery during the pandemic. It claims that the blockchain component can help monitor and get the refrigerated containers’ temperature data every 5 minutes, which ensures that the vaccines are all in good conditions without losing efficacy in the delivery process (IBM Garage, 2021). Hence, the role of blockchain adoption is to maintain cold-chain requirements and keep vaccine efficacy in vaccine ordering, which can help foster consumer confidence in vaccination.
The development of the refrigerated-container loading problem model for perishable fishery products considering internal temperature distribution
Published in International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, 2023
Ahmad Rusdiansyah, Irza Rachmadiar Adetio, Ratna Sari Dewi
Cold chain management is the primary solution in fishery to optimise perishable products quality and to reduce quality loss. A cold chain is a series of controls to keep the products within a safe or acceptable temperature from production to end customer (Kim et al., 2015). Fish and seafood need proper temperature-controlled environments to optimise their quality and extend their shelf life. For maintaining the products within their safe temperature range, cold chain relies much on the facilities, such as pre-cooling system, handling and processing equipment, cold storages, refrigerated vehicles and refrigerated containers or reefers.