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

Table 2

Comparison of the energy and economic performance of the TES and diesel-powered container.

Properties	The diesel-powered	The TES-based
Delivery distance (km)	2362
Delivery duration (hour)	53
Power consumption (kW)	5.4 [14]	1.55
Energy consumption	Diesel(53L)	Electircity(82kWh)
Diesel consumption (L/h)	1 [15]	0
Diesel price($/L)^a	0.95
Electricity price($/kWh)^b	0.11
Diesel cost ($)	63.65	0
Electricity cost ($)	0	9.02
Operation cost reduction		85.6%

a: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/China/diesel_prices/; b: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/electricity-price?page=4.