Development and application of phase change material in fresh e-commerce cold chain logistics: A review

B Meng, X Zhang, W Hua, L Liu, K Ma - Journal of energy storage, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of information technology, the concept of e-commerce has
entered thousands of households, especially since the outbreak of COVID-19, fresh …

Application and research progress of cold storage technology in cold chain transportation and distribution

Y Zhao, X Zhang, X Xu - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020 - Springer
This paper reviews the application and research of cold storage technology in cold chain
transportation and distribution and points out the research prospects of transportation …

Adaptive multi-temperature control for transport and storage containers enabled by phase-change materials

X Zhou, X Xu, J Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The transportation of essential items, such as food and vaccines, often requires adaptive
multi-temperature control to maintain high safety and efficiency. While existing methods …

Massive fabrication of flexible, form-stable, and self-repairing brine phase change material gels toward smart cold chain logistics

K Liu, Z He, Y Luo, P Lin, Y Chen - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cold chain logistics plays an extremely important role in the storage and transportation of
perishable products. Nowadays, phase change materials (PCMs) have been applied in …

Food cold chain management: what we know and what we deserve

P Centobelli, R Cerchione, M Ertz - Supply Chain Management: An …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a quantitatively supported explanation of the
intellectual development, the schools of thought and the sub-areas of the food cold chain …

Potentials of GHG emission reductions from cold chain systems: case studies of China and the United States

G Hu, X Mu, M Xu, SA Miller - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the trade-offs between energy consumption and food loss during the
expansion of the cold chain from the perspective of carbon emissions. A nonlinear …

Uncertainty assessment for firmness and total soluble solids of sweet cherries using hyperspectral imaging and multivariate statistics

RR Pullanagari, M Li - Journal of Food Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantifying cherry fruit quality parameters is essential to maintaining high quality produce
throughout the supply chain as it influences consumer confidence in the product …

Parametric review of food supply chain performance implications under different aspects

J Sharma, M Tyagi, A Bhardwaj - Journal of Advances in Management …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Presented work gives comparative review of food supply chain (FSC) under various
notions related to its conceptualisation, operationality and technological advancements in …

Mitigating environmental burden of the refrigerated transportation sector: Carbon footprint comparisons of commonly used refrigeration systems and alternative cold …

J Wu, G Liu, A Marson, A Fedele, A Scipioni… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concerns about potential climate change stemming from refrigerated systems have
increased because of the environmental burden of nonrenewable energy use and …

Preparation and thermophysical properties of low temperature composite phase change material octanoic-lauric acid/expanded graphite

Y Li, X Zhang, JM Munyalo, Z Tian, J Ji - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
A new composite phase change material (PCM) was developed with octanoic acid and
lauric acid as a base fluid and expanded graphite (OA-LA/EG) as matrix. The OA-LA/EG …