This project report describes the design and testing of an evaporative cooling system intended to provide reduced temperature and increased humidity for food storage. Three different setups of the system were tested. The first setup provided a small temperature reduction of up to 2°C but increased relative humidity to 80%. The second setup directly inside the storage space achieved a 4°C temperature drop and saturated humidity but caused condensation. The third setup addressed this by placing the humidification unit outside with direct humidity input, achieving similar cooling and humidity with limited condensation. Testing also assessed the system's effect on produce weight loss compared to other studies.
This project report describes the design and testing of an evaporative cooling system intended to provide reduced temperature and increased humidity for food storage. Three different setups of the system were tested. The first setup provided a small temperature reduction of up to 2°C but increased relative humidity to 80%. The second setup directly inside the storage space achieved a 4°C temperature drop and saturated humidity but caused condensation. The third setup addressed this by placing the humidification unit outside with direct humidity input, achieving similar cooling and humidity with limited condensation. Testing also assessed the system's effect on produce weight loss compared to other studies.
This project report describes the design and testing of an evaporative cooling system intended to provide reduced temperature and increased humidity for food storage. Three different setups of the system were tested. The first setup provided a small temperature reduction of up to 2°C but increased relative humidity to 80%. The second setup directly inside the storage space achieved a 4°C temperature drop and saturated humidity but caused condensation. The third setup addressed this by placing the humidification unit outside with direct humidity input, achieving similar cooling and humidity with limited condensation. Testing also assessed the system's effect on produce weight loss compared to other studies.
This project report describes the design and testing of an evaporative cooling system intended to provide reduced temperature and increased humidity for food storage. Three different setups of the system were tested. The first setup provided a small temperature reduction of up to 2°C but increased relative humidity to 80%. The second setup directly inside the storage space achieved a 4°C temperature drop and saturated humidity but caused condensation. The third setup addressed this by placing the humidification unit outside with direct humidity input, achieving similar cooling and humidity with limited condensation. Testing also assessed the system's effect on produce weight loss compared to other studies.
PROJECT REPORT On “EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEM” Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam technical university, Lucknow
UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF ER. SUNITA RAJBHAR
SUBMITTED BY: SANJEET KUMAR ( 1548540087)
SR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, BKT, LUCKNOW
SESSION 2015-19
Affiliated to Dr. A.P.J ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW SR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATE
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We hereby declare that the project entitled “EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEM” submitted by us in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of bachelor of technology (MECHANICAL ENGEENIRING) of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University is record of our own work carried under the supervision and guidance of Er. SUNITA RAJBHAR.
To the best of our knowledge this project has not been submitted to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Techn ical University or any other University or Institute for the award of any other degree .
SANJEET KUMAR (1548540087)
Printed by BoltPDF (c) NCH Software. Free for non-commercial use only. ABSTRACT Evaporative cooling system is a electrical device which is provide the comfortable environment. Evaporative cooling system is generally used for conditioning system. The evaporative cooling system is based on the principle of evaporation. The main component are used in this system like as heating coil, pump, duct, blower fan, tube , and water. This cooling system is economical and pollution less. It is used in storage of vegetable and fruits. The water is heated with the help heating coil and the vapor is produce .The vapor is passing through the duct and intract with cool water . The cool water i s in spray form and intract with vapor. The vapor is condense and get drop of water and the create the humidity. Because of this the cooling environment are create in chamber then the cold air is drawn out from the chamber and use for cooling purpose.
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I wish to express my sincere thanks to project guide Mrs. Sunita Rajbhar and all faculties of mechanical department including Mr. Anurag Shrivastva H.O.D of ME department for their cordial supportable guidance and support to every step to complete this project report. I am also thankful to workshop instructor and workshop workers who helped me to complete my project easily. I am also thankful to all my friends who helped me for completion of this object. Last but not least, thisacknowledgement would be incomplete without rendering my sincere gratitude to all those contribution involved in this project work directly or indirectly.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This paper topic was chosen at the behest of the course coordinator, Dr. Raghavan, who wanted work to be performed with a client’s (Plastique Frapa Inc.) humidifying technology in relation to part of his research interest area: postharvest storage. This paper was part of a senior year design project and reports the results of the experiment work that was performed in analyzing the effectiveness of the desig ned setup. Aside from the topic definition, the project was self-directed in terms of methodology and analysis. Although it should be noted that research associates of t department were instrumental in solving problems that occurred throughout experimentation. the A co-author for this paper must be recognized for his contributions to the formulation of this paper. Michael Schwalb, worked very closely to assist in setup, conceptualization and other technical aspects.
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Postharvest losses throughout the world account for significant reductions in food supply which negatively impacts incomes of farmers, prices of fo od, and food availability. Many of these losses may be mitigated by providing reduced temperature and increased humidity. This report contains the details of the design of an evaporative cooling system which is intended to perform these functions. The syst em’s design was based upon the humidifying capacity of an ultrasonic humidifier supplied by a Québec company, Plastique Frapa Inc. The evaporative cooling system initially took shape as an external input unit to feed cool, moist air into a control volume s uch as a cold -storage room. After trials which yielded a very limited temperature reduction (max 2°C) but an acceptable relative humidity increase (to 80%). A second setup with the unit directly inside the control volume yielded slightly greater temperatur e reduction (max 4°C) and significant relative humidity increase to the point of saturation (100%). This second setup’s results were marred by significant condensation within the control volume. A third setup was established with the unit outside of the co ntrol volume, however with direct humidity input to the control volume. A similar temperature reduction and relative humidity were obtained as in the second setup however, condensation was limited because the control unit for relative humidity was adjusted to a lower level. The unit was also tested for its effect on produce weight loss. The setup for this test was consistent with the third setup for cooling. The results were compared with a similar experiment conducted by Dadhich et al. (2008), and the values for weight loss from this experiment were found to be considerably higher.
Printed by BoltPDF (c) NCH Software. Free for non-commercial use only. TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate……………………………………………………… …………………….… ii
Declaration…………..………………………………………………………………… iii
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………… iv
Acknowledgement .………………………………………………………………… v
Statement of purpose………………………………………………………………… 1
Executive summary……………………… ………………………………………… 2
Table of contents……………………………………………… …………………… 3
List of figure…………………………………………… ………………………………. 4
Introduction……………………………………………………………………… 6
Principle of evaporative cooling system ……………………………………………… 9
Method and material……………………… …………………………………………… 9
The ultrasonic humidifying unit ………………………… ………………………………… 9
Design of mixing chamber ………………………………………………………………… 9
Design concerns and consideration for a mixing chamber ………………………… 10
Testing set-up………………………………………………………………………… 11
Evaporative cooling system design ……………………………………………………… 15
Design parameters…………………………………………………………………… 15
Evaporative cooling system set-up………………………………………………… 15
Testing procedure of evaporative cooling unit ……………………………………… 16
Evaporative cooling effects on produce …………………………… ……….……… 24
3 Advantage ,Disadvantage and future scope…………………………… ……………… 29
Limitation and setbacks………………………………………………………………… 30
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Reference… …………………………………………………………………………… 31
Appendix A -Performance analysis of mixing chambe r at varying maximum air velocities 32
Appendix B - Solid works representational model ……………………………………… 35
Appendix C - Diagram of MDFD -1 Ultrasonic humidifier by plastique frapa inc … ….. 36
Appendix D -Thermal load analysis ………………………………………… ……………. 37
Appendi x E-Calculation of relative humidity from T dry And T wet ……………… … 39
Appendix F -Daily weight loss of produce ……………………………………… ….. …… 42
Appendix G - Psychometric chart ……………………………………………… ……….. 44
Appendix H -Ideal mixing chamber velocity ………………………………… ….. ………… 45
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