TY - JOUR AU - Charu Pathak, AU - Shruti Vashist, PY - 2022/04/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Automation of Refrigeration Systems for Extending Shelf life of Fruits and Vegetables in Remote Areas for Economically Weaker Section JF - JOURNAL OF ADVANCED APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH JA - JOAASR VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.46947/joaasr412022229 UR - http://joaasr.com/index.php/joaasr/article/view/229 SP - AB - <p>India is an agricultural country. During lockdown, there had been a big problem transporting the production<br>to cold storages. Considering the problem of villagers, a low cost and affordable refrigeration system is proposed<br>here. The time and cost of transportation through the cold chain and the storage are thus saved. This cold storage<br>is automated to control the environmental conditions suitable for extending life of fruits and vegetables. It uses a<br>microcontroller to control humidity, temperature and CO2 level which is appropriate for the commodity to be<br>stored by the farmer. It alerts the farmer before the expiry date of the stored commodity through a message on the<br>phone number linked with the storage. It uses the water obtained from condensation on cooling ducts for humidity<br>control. To maintain the optimum level of CO2 inside the chamber, fresh air is circulated at regular intervals of<br>time. It consumes same power as a refrigerator would consume. It does not require continuous water supply or<br>ammonia as in regular cold storage systems. It can be easily customized for a particular user.</p> ER -