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Rising demand for fresh produce is driving the growth of the perishable food cold chain logistics (PFCCL) market. A comprehensive review of cold chain logistics for fresh agricultural products: Current status, challenges, and future trends. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 109, 536 Journal of Energy Storage, 55, 105426. https://doi
As a pharmaceutical cold chain is related to human life, to implement blockchain in this system successfully there should be a suitable way of data storage of patients'' health record and information exchange between different systems takes part in blockchain application (Raj et al., 2019). International standardization authorities should create several well
Fig. 2 shows the cold chain logistics of fresh e-commerce, picked from the field to the consumer consumption has a complete set of cold chain logistics system, is different from common cold chain logistics, cold chain logistics of fresh e-commerce includes consumer demand, timing, quantitative, fixed point without contact distribution, particularly during the
Cold chain logistics refers to systematic engineering in which refrigerated products are stored, transported, distributed, and sold in a suitable low-temperature environment to ensure product quality and safety .The key issue in the application of phase change cold storage in cold chain logistics is the selection of phase change materials .At present,
This paper reviews the current research status, existing problems, and future evolution of CCL by focusing on meat packaging, meat quality evaluation and monitoring, and meat quality prediction and control. According to the 2020 Development Report of the China Cold Chain Logistics Alliance, in 2019, the market size of China''s CCL industry
Cold chain refers to a supply chain system that guarantees food safety and reduces food loss at low temperatures .According to a survey in 2018, the global cold chain logistics market has reached 160 billion U.S. dollars and is expected to increase to 585 billion U.S. dollars by 2026 .According to reports issued by Food and Agriculture Organization of
Numerous studies on perishable food cold chain logistics (PFCCL) have been undertaken. For example, A. Kumar et al. (2020) and Mangla et al. (2019) analyzed the key threats and challenges in PFCCL. Sha et al. (2022) and Onwude et al. (2020) discussed sustainable materials and technologies for CCL. Nguyen et al. (2022) and Y. Zhang et al.
Improving various aspects of cold chain logistics—including refrigeration, cold storage, cold release, and management—can solve the problem of chain breakage. Due to unsuitable
Meanwhile, the influences of ambient temperature, path flexibility, and hybrid fleet on the proposed dual-mode location-routing problem-based cold chain logistics
Cold store is the most significant equipment for the refrigerated storage of food, also the most basic equipment for cold chain logistics. Due to its excellent energy efficiency and low price, the R717 occupies an unassailable position in
So far, cold storage technology has been widely used in civil and industrial air-conditioning systems , refrigerators [2, 3] refrigerated vehicle , building energy saving , cold storage technology is suitable for cold storage and cold chain logistics, not only suitable for all links of cold processing and low-temperature storage, transportation, distribution and sales,
Still, the total cold chain demand for perishable food in China is growing yearly. The growth in the total demand for cold chain has led to an increase in the total amount of key cold chain equipment such as precooling and quick freezing equipment, cold stores, refrigerated vehicles, display cabinets, freezers, and refrigerators across the country, with significant
In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, because their agricultural products were supported by the whole cold chain logistics, the loss rate was only between 1 % and 2 % after refrigerated transportation, which shows that China''s cold chain transportation industry is still in the process of continuous development, Compared with
With the dual‑carbon strategy and residents'' consumption upgrading the cold chain industry faces opportunities as well as challenges, in which the phase change cold storage technology can play an important role in heat preservation, temperature control, refrigeration, and energy conservation, and thus is one of the key solutions to realize the low-carbonization of
With the dual‑carbon strategy and residents'' consumption upgrading the cold chain industry faces opportunities as well as challenges, in which the phase change cold storage technology can play an important role in heat preservation, temperature control, refrigeration, and energy conservation, and thus is one of the key solutions to realize the low-carbonization of
Energy Storage; Battery Technology; Environmental; Air Purification; Electricity; each of which enjoys a nationwide cold storage network. China Cold Chain Industry Report, 2020-2026 highlights the following: 5.1.1 Features of Meat
Energy saving and consumption reduction of cold chain logistics has become a common concern. Based on the basic connotation of cold chain logistics, this paper puts
The R&D, production and distribution channels of the pharmaceutical industry are inseparable from cold chain logistics. At present, China''s cold chain technology, cold chain operation and management level are relatively low, resulting in the cold chain service level can not keep up with the pace of economic development, which has brought many economic and
Because of the high latent heat of phase change, phase change cold energy storage materials can achieve the approximate constant of specific temperature through phase change process, reduce energy consumption, save energy, and help optimize the energy supply structure, which has been preliminarily applied in food storage and cold chain logistics , , .
1. Introduction. It is estimated that about 40% of all food requires a cold chain (Bremer, Citation 2018).However, due to the lack of Cold Chain Logistics (CCL), around 526 million tonnes of food loss are generated
This paper focuses on the research of ice slurry and intelligent temperature control technology in cold chain logistics, expounds on the research background, present
The global cold chain logistics market was valued at $293.58 billion in 2023 & is projected to grow from $324.85 billion in 2024 to $862.33 billion by 2032 With increasing globalization and demand for fresh and frozen products worldwide, the cold chain logistics industry is experiencing significant growth. with key players such as the U
Furthermore, several potential applications to utilize LNG cold energy in the future are proposed and discussed to broaden the perspectives of the researchers in the community. Among these potential applications, recovering LNG cold energy on cold chain for food transportation, data center cooling and hydrate based desalination are very promising.
It not only limits its application as energy storage material, but also causes environmental pollution and increases the cost, so it needs to be packaged. As a key technology of peak cutting and valley filling, phase change cold storage can make cold chain logistics operate in a more low-carbon mode. In this study, phase change cold storage
Phase change cold storage technology means that when the power load is low at night, that is, during a period of low electricity prices, the refrigeration system operates, stores cold energy in the phase change material, and releases the cold energy during the peak load period during the day [16, 17] effectively saves power costs and consumes surplus power.
This paper reviews the current research status, existing problems, and future evolution of CCL by focusing on meat packaging, meat quality evaluation and monitoring, and meat quality prediction and control. According to the 2020 Development Report of the China Cold Chain Logistics Alliance, in 2019, the market size of China''s CCL industry
Despite the numerous benefits of using BCT in supply chain and logistics, it is still in its developing phase (Xu et al., 2023a; Ahmed and MacCarthy, 2023). For most companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, blockchain is still a mystery when it comes to its practical use in supply chain activities (Liu et al., 2021).
Owing to the different areas of application, energy storage materials are primarily divided in terms of heat and cold storage. PCMs have been used in various thermal storage applications, including energy conservation in building façades, photovoltaic modules, and electronic components .They maintain a constant temperature by absorbing and storing
The number of cold chain logistics patent applications (NCCLPA) represents the ability and achievements of the cold chain logistics industry in technological innovation (Huang et al., 2023). When NCCLPA is too low, there is insufficient technological innovation in cold chain logistics, making it challenging to reduce operating costs and increase food safety risks.
Cold chain logistics is an important technology to ensure the quality and preservation of food, drugs and biological samples. In this work, novel brine phase change material gels (BPCMGs) are proposed by loading the eutectic brine in super absorbent polymer (SAP) to realize the highly-efficient cold energy storage towards the cold chain transportation.
Elements of the Cold Chain Operational Conditions of Cold Chain Logistics Maintaining Temperature Integrity along a Cold Chain The Cold Chain Technology Income per Capita and
Cold chain logistics is not only an important means to maintain the quality and safety of fresh agricultural products, but also a support for national economic development . Compared with normal temperature logistics, cold chain logistics has higher requirements in timeliness, temperature control, energy consumption and equipment quality.
Cold chain logistics is the management of the flow of products from origin to destination in a temperature-controlled supply chain involving an uninterrupted series of refrigerated production
This study introduces the current status of cold storage development in China and worldwide, reviews the main research advances in logistics cold storage, and presents the
This paper summarizes the phase change cold storage materials applied in cold chain logistics, and the related progress of PCM integration in refrigerated trucks, reviews the