Precoppe, Marcelo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-5782 (2020) Evaporative cooling and air conditioner cooling: maintenance, improvements and data collection. Project Report. Natural Resources Insitute, University of Greenwich, London, University of Greenwich. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In 2016 a sweetpotato storage unit, using evaporative cooling, was built at Organi, a processing centre located in Ringa, a village 50 km south of Kisumu, Kenya. As the target storage temperature could not be reached using this cooling method, in May 2017, the construction of a new storage unit started in Kisumu. This unit was designed to use air conditioner cooling instead. In June, the unit that was build using a 20 feet freight container, was transported to Organi. In July its construction was concluded and in August the unit was loaded with sweetpotatoes (white variety), for its first test. On October a new trial was set, using orange fleshed varieties. In December the electrical system was reported damaged, problems were identified in the solar power system and in the control panel. The unit cooled by the evaporative system was also reported inoperative. The aim of this back-to-office report is to describe the repairs, improvements and measurements performed during 13 January 2018 and 10 February 2018.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sweet potato
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food & Markets Department
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2022 14:21
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/34859

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