CoolVeg Resources
CoolVeg develops and deploys fruit and vegetable storage solutions that reduce food loss, improve nutrition, and save households and businesses time and money.
With a relentless focus on practicality and affordability, CoolVeg's innovations are poised to benefit millions of low-income families and businesses in rural off-grid regions.
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CoolVeg develops and deploys fruit and vegetable storage solutions that reduce food loss, improve nutrition, and save households and businesses time and money. With a relentless focus on practicality and affordability, CoolVeg's innovations are poised to benefit millions of low-income families...
- Information on Evaporative Cooling Technologies for Fruit and Vegetable Storage
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20 មករា 2018 Producing and using evaporative cooling chambers and clay pot coolers Eric Verploegen Peter Rinker Kukom Edoh Ognakossan June 2018 When affordable and effective post-harvest storage solutions are in short supply, populations will often experience vegetable spoilage, loss of income, lack of access...
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Freshly harvested fruits and vegetables in hot dry climates need to be quickly cooled for preservation. Typical cooling systems use mechanical refrigeration, which requires high capital cost and energy consumption. Evaporative cooling provides a cool and humid environment with lower energy...
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Forced-air evaporative cooling is well-suited to provide rapid pre-cooling and improved storage of fruits and vegetables. These chambers cost less than half the cost of a refrigerated cold room and are 9 times more energy efficient forpre-cooling of fruits and vegetables. Features of a forced-air...
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By providing a cool and humid environment, clay pot coolers improve the shelf-life of many common fruits and vegetables in dry regions.These simple devices can be quickly and easily assembled using locally available materials and typically cost between $2 and $10, depending on their size....