1

Background & Basic Knowledge

1.1

State on the art of cold rooms

1.2

State on the art of solar technologies

1.3

State of the art on promising business models / User Cases

1.4

Basics on selection of components

1.5

Bascis on agri-food value chains

2

Postharvest of agri-food value chain

2.1

Agri-Food Value Chains for Local Markets + Cold Chain

2.2

Handling of agricultural products for different Key Actors in the value chain

2.3

Cooling of Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs

2.3.1

Pre and postharvest influence on quality

2.3.2

Temperature and Ethylene in Postharvest Technology

2.3.3

Temperature management in agricultural value chains

2.3.4

Airflow and temperature distribution

2.3.5

Relative humidity during storage

2.4

Freezing/cooling Red Meat and Poultry

2.5

Freezing/cooling Fish

2.7

Safety for Cold Room for Key Actors

3

Types of solar powered cold rooms

3.1

Basics of refrigeration units

3.2

Systems with Monoblock AC Refrigeration Units

3.3

Bascis on solar components needed

3.4

Systems with DC Cooling Units and Thermal(ice) storage

3.5

Wiring diagramms

3.6

Assembly of Monoblock Cold Rooms

3.7

Assembly of Thermal Storage Systems

3.8

Calculation of cooling curves

3.9

Calculation of cooling loads

3.10

Calculation of cooling demand and electricity consumption

3.11

Calculation of solar system

3.12

Remote monitoring

3.13

Local assembly and maintenance

3.14

Cost estimations

4

Cold room business models

4.1

Business cases & business models

4.2

Commercial viability of solar cold rooms

4.3

Project development & business development

4.4

Promision user-cases

4.5

Cooling As a Service and business monitoring

5

Techno-economic design tool (PC practicals)

5.1

Techichal design tool

5.2

Finance model design

5.3

Case study

5.4

Assignment

5.5

30-minute written feedback

6

Own Exercice or Group Work

6.1

Prepare own case study