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Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff
Transportation of perishable foodstuff is an engineering and commercial activity ruled by an international Agreement (the ATP) that needs an updated regulation. Before addressing such updating, some analyses are required about the physics of the problem, in order to identify the optimum use of the a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33467598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23010109 |
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author | Martínez-Val, Juan P. Ramos, Alberto |
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description | Transportation of perishable foodstuff is an engineering and commercial activity ruled by an international Agreement (the ATP) that needs an updated regulation. Before addressing such updating, some analyses are required about the physics of the problem, in order to identify the optimum use of the available technologies and the advantages represented by new methodologies that could be enabled soon. It is worth pointing out that manufacturers of ATP equipment follow quite closely the prescriptions given by this Agreement. So, optimizing those prescriptions will generate a general optimization trend in this sector. In this paper, a coherent analysis on these subjects is presented, and a new coefficient is proposed for qualifying ATP units, and some new tests are also proposed for measuring that coefficient in an efficient and inexpensive way. These goals are justified in this paper as a contribution from basic physics to a particular domain of Thermal Engineering. The paper is intended to be a bridge from Science to Technology, which is a must to get optimum results in exploiting technical knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-78299052021-02-24 Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff Martínez-Val, Juan P. Ramos, Alberto Entropy (Basel) Article Transportation of perishable foodstuff is an engineering and commercial activity ruled by an international Agreement (the ATP) that needs an updated regulation. Before addressing such updating, some analyses are required about the physics of the problem, in order to identify the optimum use of the available technologies and the advantages represented by new methodologies that could be enabled soon. It is worth pointing out that manufacturers of ATP equipment follow quite closely the prescriptions given by this Agreement. So, optimizing those prescriptions will generate a general optimization trend in this sector. In this paper, a coherent analysis on these subjects is presented, and a new coefficient is proposed for qualifying ATP units, and some new tests are also proposed for measuring that coefficient in an efficient and inexpensive way. These goals are justified in this paper as a contribution from basic physics to a particular domain of Thermal Engineering. The paper is intended to be a bridge from Science to Technology, which is a must to get optimum results in exploiting technical knowledge. MDPI 2021-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7829905/ /pubmed/33467598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23010109 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Martínez-Val, Juan P. Ramos, Alberto Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title | Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title_full | Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title_fullStr | Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title_short | Optimization of an Industrial Sector Regulated by an International Treaty. The Case for Transportation of Perishable Foodstuff |
title_sort | optimization of an industrial sector regulated by an international treaty. the case for transportation of perishable foodstuff |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33467598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23010109 |
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