Effect of air simulation in computational fluid dynamics for tomato cold storage system

Prototype of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for mini cold storage system is a solution to help and solve many problems in supply chain network such as product quality, product loss, shelf-life and reduce energy consumption. Various factors cause fruit and vegetable spoilage. Sufficient ventilation, heat, light, humidity and temperature may affect both safety and quality of those fruits and vegetables. To prevent the situation that the fruit and vegetable are unsuitable for consumption or they decay or go bad quickly, keeping sensitive items in proper temperature-controlled storage system is recommended. From research study main parameter is used to evaluate the result obtained from CFD, such as temperature, velocity, relative humidity (RH), three different layouts designed (A, B, and C), two packaging (24KG and 45KG) and capacities loaded are considered in the analysis. Then, a newly proposed performance index is used to compare and choose the optimum design layout from the simulation result.