Predictive tool of energy performance of cold storage in agrifood industries: The Portuguese case study

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 758-767

  Nunes, José ^a   Neves, Diogo ^b   Gaspar, Pedro D ^b   Silva, Pedro D ^b   Andrade, Luís P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cold industry; Cold storage; Energy efficiency; Perishable products; Predictive tool; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY; ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; CORRELATED PARAMETERS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; PERISHABLE PRODUCT; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; QUALITY AND SAFETIES; WORLD POPULATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84907714174     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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