Producer Gas Based Absorption Cold Storage

Abstract

This study is conducted to design a cold storage refrigeration cycle using a generated energy of producer gas from agricultural residues and other available trees in Sudan as prosopis juliflora to store vegetables and fruits. The cold storage dimensions, thickness of required insulation, unit and capacity of gasifier, also the link between the calculations of cold storage heat load and the required capacity of gasifier have been determined. The desired design of cold storage is intended for Kurdufan state to preserve milk, meet, vegetables and fruits; (Abujibaiha, Malam Elkour, and Tajmala are taken as examples to save some perishable fruits and vegetables Experiments have been done on a fabricated absorption refrigeration unit of 3 tonnage of refrigeration using an electrical heating as a similar load instead of 15 metric ton of mangoes. Finally a comparison was made between the experimental results of the absorption system and a compression one, which gives an economical feasible result. V