This document discusses modular cold containers for cold storage. It describes how the containers would be made of recycled plastic waste converted to carbon fiber, powered by solar panels and piezoelectric pads. The containers would be portable, low-cost storage modules that can be assembled as needed. Manufacturing would involve converting plastic waste to carbon fiber for construction and using solar and piezoelectric technologies for power. The design aims to provide an efficient, renewable cold storage solution for transporting perishable goods in India.

1. Modular Cold Containers
Name: Ronit Saha
Institute: Techno India University
Roll No: 13003412038
Dept. of Food Technology
B.Tech: 3rd year
Semester : 6th

2. Contents:
 Refrigeration
 A Cold Chain System
 Modular Cold Containers
 Manufacturing process
 Technological Breakthrough
 Cost efficiency
 Indian Scenario
 Bibliography

3. Refrigeration:
 Refrigeration is a process in which work is done to
move heat from one location to another. The work of heat
transport is traditionally driven by mechanical work, but
can also be driven by heat, magnetism, electricity, laser, or
other means. Refrigeration has many applications,
including, but not limited to: household refrigerators,
industrial freezers, cryogenics, and air conditioning. Heat
pumps may use the heat output of the refrigeration
process, and also may be designed to be reversible, but are
otherwise similar to refrigeration units.

4. A Cold Chain System:
 A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. An unbroken
cold chain is an uninterrupted series of storage and distribution
activities which maintain a given temperature range. It is used to help
extend and ensure the shelf life of products such as fresh
agricultural produce, seafood, frozen food, photographic film,
chemicals and pharmaceutical drugs. Such products, during transport
and when in transient storage, are called cool cargo.]Unlike other goods
or merchandise, cold chain goods are perishable and always en route
towards end use or destination, even when held temporarily in cold
stores and hence commonly referred to as cargo during its entire
logistics cycle.

5. Modular Cold Containers
 Portable, light weight, renewable and lost cost storage modules which
could be built according to specific need and dismantled when not in
use.
 Modular design effective for transportation and lost cost maintenance.
Reducing wastage of land and energy.
 Running on Solar Energy and Piezoelectricity generating pads.
Modular Cold Storage will be carbon neutral.
 Dimension of Storage Containers will be
 Length= 100 ft=30.38 meters
 Height=20 ft=6.09meters
 Width=10 ft=3.048meters

6. Manufacturing process
 Modular Cold Containers will be built out of recycled plastic waste which is in
abundance in India (689.5 tonnes a day).
 The plastic waste can be converted to Carbon Fiber. Which could be finally
used to build the containers.
 Thus naturally nullifying the effects of conduction from wall, floor and ceiling
heat gains
 Stackable design will lead to generation of pressure by which piezoelectric pads
could generate electricity.
 The entire stack is then wrapped around with solar panels to generate
electricity for the refrigeration system.
 Thus nullifying the solar radiation and heat gain.
 The piezoelectric pads could be made out of sugar crystals if quartz seems
expensive.

7. Technological breakthrough:
 Within next 3 to 5 years technology would be advanced
enough to convert plastic waste to carbon fiber.
 3rd generation building infused (dye infused) solar panels
will be feasible enough for avid usage.
 Using heat from sugar industries we can run a Vapor
Absorption Refrigeration System at a very low expense and
energy expenditure.
 Thus by certain technological breakthroughs within next 5
years, there lies a high chance for new generation solar
powered modular storage containers

8. Cost Efficiency:
 For mass production of carbon fibers from plastic waste the cost
would be 3$/lb. Current cost is 16$/lb but under mass production
scenario it would be 5$/lb.
 Cost of Dye Infused Solar Panels are 3$/Window Pane.
 Cost of Piezoelectric pads with sucrose crystal depends upon
industrial manufacturing of sucrose.
 Cost of a refrigerator unit (Vapor Absorption System) is: “I really
don’t have any idea”.
 Conclusion: It is the most cost efficient way for building Modular
Cold Containers

9. Indian Scenario
 Doing business in a country like India is quite
cumbersome. We need to get through layers of
bureaucratic hypocrisy and governmental dogmas. Food
and agro business needs investments and incubation. With
help and assistance from investors and government,
manufacturing of such infrastructure is quite possible.
Most importantly and before anything the scientific
curiosity and experimentation should go without any
hindrance. This will help in development of new
technology and will be beneficiary to the masses.

10. Bibliography:
 Study of Vapour Absorption System using waste heat in
sugar industry – K.Balaji, R.S Kumar
 Design Solar Powered Vapour Absorption System- V.K
Bajpai
 Refrigeration system, energy efficiency refference guide-
CEATI international
 Plastic waste to carbon fiber- Amit Naskar
 Generating electricity using piezoelectric material- Jedol
Dayou, Man Sang,C, Dalimin, M.N. & Wang,S.