Photovoltaic milk cooling as business opportunity in the tropics

Publication Type
Contribution to conference
Authors
Torres, V; Meissner, K; Coronas, A; Müller, J
Year of publication
2014
Conference name
Solar Energy Technology in development cooperation
Conference location
Frankfurt, Germany
Conference date
6 - 7 November 2014
Keywords
milk
Abstract

Milk cooling chillers driven by solar energy are able to improve economics in tropical areas without energy access. In order to estimate the profitability of the solar system, milk quality aspects, handling and energy consumption, need to be considered. The design methodology takes in account location and amount of milk to be conserved per day, delivering an economical optimum for the size of the solar modules, capacity of the batteries and size of the ice storage.

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