System Performance and Economic Analysis of a Phase Change Material Based Cold Energy Storage Container for Cold Chain Transportation

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Density kg/m<sup>3</sup></td><td class="align_center">Latent heat kJ/kg</td><td class="align_center">Phase change point °C</td><td class="align_center">Specific heat capacity kJ/kg.K</td><td class="align_center">Thermal conductivity W/(m.K)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">880</td><td class="align_center">220</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">2.0 ± 0.2</td><td class="align_center">0.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Thermo-physical characteristics of the PCM.</div>

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Table 1: System Performance and Economic Analysis of a Phase Change Material Based Cold Energy Storage Container for Cold Chain Transportation 