Cold storage energy management

What makes a good cold storage system?

Most cold storages today are built with availability (business readiness) and service quality in mind, and not necessarily with a focus on energy ef ciency. There is no centralized view of energy consumption, asset performance or even operations.

What is a cold storage management system?

A cold storage management system is generally designed to operate in a controlled environment. Automated cold storage systems are also beneficial for storing agricultural produce for a longer duration. The system design remains the same as that of the normal storage system except automation using IoT.

What challenges do cold storage companies face?

Any organization that manages a chain of cold storages is faced with 3 key challenges in energy management. Most cold storages today are built with availability (business readiness) and service quality in mind, and not necessarily with a focus on energy ef ciency.

Why do cold storage companies rely on expert opinion?

Cold storage companies rely on expert opinion when it comes to taking decisions about operations, asset optimization, preventive maintenance scheduling and facility tune-ups. This leads to a lot of wasted effort and missed opportunities as less data points are used to arrive at those decisions.

Do government incentives affect business viability for cold storage?

on service quality. Governments do give incentives for setting up cold storages. However, there are no incentives that support their day-to-day operations. The ever-increasing costs of running a cold storage, therefore, impact business viability. This paper discusses the challenges in energy management for cold storages.

How can we identify the overcooling and undercooling of cold storage?

Samples of these are: By collecting and analyzing time series data from temperature sensors along with the key performance indicators of the energy assets, a thermal pro le of the cold storage can be arrived at. Using this thermal pro le, we can identify the overcooling and undercooling in terms of percentage for any given time period.