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Solar Powered Movable Cold Storage Structure for Perishables


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India has a vast potential of solar energy availability for about 300 sunny days in a year. It has an estimated potential of solar energy of approximately 5 x 1015 kWh/yr, which is far more than the total energy consumption of the country. Even a part of this, if appropriately harnessed, will be able to meet a sizable portion of the demand. The daily average incident solar energy varies from 4 to 7 kWh/m2 depending on the location.
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Authors

P. K. Sharma
Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
H. S. Arun Kumar
Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


India has a vast potential of solar energy availability for about 300 sunny days in a year. It has an estimated potential of solar energy of approximately 5 x 1015 kWh/yr, which is far more than the total energy consumption of the country. Even a part of this, if appropriately harnessed, will be able to meet a sizable portion of the demand. The daily average incident solar energy varies from 4 to 7 kWh/m2 depending on the location.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi10%2F2020-2022