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The Energy Consumption in Refrigerated Warehouses

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Authors:
  1. Pawel Zajac

    1. Fac of Mechanical Engg, W-10, K-9, Wrocław Univ of Tech Fac of Mechanical Engg,, Wroclaw, Poland

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  • Presents a recipe for reducing energy consumption in warehousing processes
  • Describes the design of refrigerated warehouses, taking into account their energy intensity
  • Explores energy wastage – and puts the “lean” in warehousing
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: EcoProduction (ECOPROD)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Construction and Operation of Modern Warehouses

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    Pages 1-21

  3. Indicators and Measures of Energy Efficiency the Warehouse

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    Pages 23-28

  4. Warehouse Energy Balance

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    Pages 29-36

  5. Improvement Concepts in Terms of Energy Savings

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    Pages 37-69

  6. Conceptual Design of a Cold Room

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    Pages 71-99

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 101-102
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This book explores the philosophical understanding of the “energy consumption” in warehousing process that can be found in the literature. It presents known technical solutions that, if they are used in cold storage rooms, can effectively reduce energy consumption: through lower power consumption and/or energy recovery, such as the use of photovoltaic panels. The final part of the book explores the problems discussed on the basis of a concrete example – a project involving energy recovery in a refrigerated warehouse.This publication also describes the design of refrigerated warehouses, taking into account their energy intensity. In the case of logistic warehousing systems, the pallets in warehouses can offer a source of energy – namely of the potential energy stored in the loads on the shelves. Given that today’s construction warehouses have heights on the order of several tens of meters, that energy can be considerable. In the case of refrigerated warehouses and cold storage facilities, it is necessary to monitor the stored goods in order to maintain a constant freezing temperature, in keeping with the requirements of the HACCP system. Inevitably, this calls for constant cooling of the air inside the warehouse, and thus produces a fixed, high and constant level of energy usage. And, just as in any other context, it becomes important to identify methods for reducing energy consumption.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Fac of Mechanical Engg, W-10, K-9, Wrocław Univ of Tech Fac of Mechanical Engg,, Wroclaw, Poland

    Pawel Zajac

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Energy Consumption in Refrigerated Warehouses

  • Authors: Pawel Zajac

  • Series Title: EcoProduction

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40898-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40897-2Published: 18 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82212-9Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40898-9Published: 07 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2193-4614

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-4622

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 102

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Logistics

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