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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2017.21.12.2380

Temperature Control Algorithm for Reefer Container  

Moon, Young-Sik (Intelligent Container R&D Center, Dong-A University)
Park, Shin-Jun (Intelligent Container R&D Center, Dong-A University)
Jung, Jun-Woo (Intelligent Container R&D Center, Dong-A University)
Choi, Hyung-Rim (Intelligent Container R&D Center, Dong-A University)
Kim, Jae-Joong (Intelligent Container R&D Center, Dong-A University)
Abstract
Fresh agricultural product in Korea are currently being exported overseas through expensive air transportation, supported by the governments's farm export subsidies. However all members of the World Trade Organization(WTO) must halt government subsidies by 2023. Accordingly, it is necessary to use marine transport capable of carrying freight at low cost. Reefer containers are used for marine transportation of fresh produce but it have a problem due to the temperature difference inside the reefer container which causes of fresh cargo and drop in freshness during sea transportation. In order to solve the problem, we developed a temperature control algorithm for reefer container that maintain a constant temperature and minimizes the deviation inside reefer container. The result showed that the maintained a constant temperature within a maximum of $0.5^{\circ}C$ based on the set-point of $4.0^{\circ}C$ inside reefer container.
Keywords
Reefer container; Fresh product; Maritime transportation; Temperature control algorithm;
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