The Complete Book on Cold Storage, Cold Chain & Warehouse (with Controlled Atmosphere Storage & Rural Godowns) 6th Edition

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. History of Cold Storage
   2. Efficient Cold Storage Management
      1. Clean and Calibrate
      2. Know Your Hot and Cold Spots
      3. Pre-cool
      4. Use Humidifiers
      5. Avoid Air Pollution
      6. Rotate Your Product
      7. Inspect the Quality of Your Product on Arrival
      8. Keep Score
      9. Selection of Location for the Cold Storage
   3. Cold Storage Chain
      1. Emergence of Cold Chain Logistics
      2. Providing Temperature Controlled Environments
      3. Refrigerated Containers
2. TYPES OF COLD STORAGE
   1. Potato Cold Storage Room
   2. Onion Cold Storage Room
   3. Red Meat Cold Storage Room
   4. Fish and Seafood Cold Storage Room
   5. Poultry Cold Storage Room
   6. Bakery Cold Storage Room
   7. Milk and Milk Products Cold Storage Room
   8. Apple Cold Storage Room
   9. Grape Cold Storage Room
   10. Citrus Cold Storage Room
   11. Mango Cold Storage Room
   12. Pear Cold Storage Room
   13. Banana Cold Storage Room
3. CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE
   1. Importance of Controlled Atmosphere
   2. Fruits and Vegetables Storage under CA
      1. Indoor Storage
      2. Outdoor Storage

1. 1. 3. Harvesting Apples at Optimum Maturity
      4. Guidelines for Placing Apples into CA Storage
      5. Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Interactions on Quality of Controlled Atmosphere-stored Apples
2. 2. 6. Pears
   3. The Use of Cooling and Cold Storage to Stabilize and Preserve Fresh Stone Fruits
      1. Ethylene Concentrations in Controlled Atmosphere Storage
   4. Construction
      1. Sealing Wails and Ceilings
      2. Wall to Floor Joints
      3. CA Doors
      4. Observation Window

3.4.5 Penetrations

4. ADVANCED COLD STORAGE COOLING TECHNOLOGY
   1. Cooling technology for cold storages
   2. Components of Cold Storage
   3. Use of Renewable Solar Energy in Cold Storage
   4. Energy Conservation Options in Cold Storages
   5. Challenges and Barriers to Cold Storages
5. REFRIGERATION
   1. Refrigerated Rail Cars
      1. Planning a Cold Storage
      2. Cold Store Capacity
   2. Refrigeration Plant Requirements
      1. Compressors
      2. Power Requirements
   3. Methods of Refrigeration
   4. Capacity Rating
      1. Factors Limiting Storage Life
      2. Cost of Freezing
      3. Care and Cleanliness
      4. Working in Cold Rooms
      5. Vapour Barriers
   5. Types of Cold Stores
      1. Prefabricated Cold Stores
      2. Layout of a Typical Cold Store

-The Drying Process of Potatoes

-The Curing Process of Potatoes

1. 5. 3. Increasing the Temperature of the Potatoes After Storage
   6. Electrical Installation
      1. Substation

5. 6. 2. General Specifications for Refrigeration System
      3. Refrigeration Processes
      4. Thermal Insulation & Refrigeration System, Control and Safety Devices
      5. Refrigeration Cycles
   7. Types of Compressors
      1. Piston Compressors
      2. Rotary Compressors
      3. Screw Compressors
      4. Vapour Compression Cycle
      5. Compressor
      6. Condenser
      7. Receiver
      8. Evaporator
      9. Rooms for machines, Electricals etc.
   8. Typical Specifications of Refrigeration System
      1. Vapour Absorption System
      2. Ammonia Refrigeration System
         • Physical Properties
         • Chemical Properties
   9. Cold Storage for Fruits and Vegetables
   10. Storage Conditions
       1. Temperature
       2. Incompatibility
       3. Cold Storage B.I.S Specification
       4. Working in Cold Rooms
   11. Examples of Food Processing by Refrigeration and Storage
       1. Meat Products
       2. Fishery Products
       3. Dairy Products
   12. Freezing System
       1. Indirect Contact Systems
       2. Plate Freezers
       3. Freezers for Liquid Foods
       4. Direct-Contact Systems
       5. Immersion
6. REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS AND COLD STORAGE TRENDS
   1. Automation/Robotics in Chilled Warehouses
   2. Taller Warehouses Requiring Temperature Control
   3. Energy Efficiency Initiatives throughout the Cold Supply Chain
   4. Keeping Pace with Market Demands
7. COLD STORAGE ERP SOFTWARE BENEFITS
   1. How ERP is helping cold storage industry to achieve better performance?

7. 2. What is ERP?
   3. Why Is ERP Important for Businesses?
   4. How Does an ERP Work?
   5. How Does an ERP System Function?
   6. ERP fundamentals
   7. The business value of ERP
   8. What Are The Benefits of an ERP System?
8. FOOD STORAGE GUIDELINES FOR CONSUMERS
   1. Dairy Products
   2. Recommended Food Storage Chart
9. BANANAS COLD STORAGE
   1. Conditions of Harvesting and Putting into Store Harvesting
      1. Criteria of Ripeness
   2. Qualify Characteristics for Storage and Transport
   3. Method of Storage
10. COLD STORAGE PLANT – AUTOMATION
11. ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR
    1. a. Transport Handling
    2. b. Installation of Refrigerators and Freezers
    3. c. Maintenance
    4. d. Choice of Refrigeration Equipment
    5. Failures Related to Absorption Refrigerators
       1. a. Leaks
       2. b. Repair of Leaks on Cooling Units
       3. c. Fuel Consumption
    6. Comparison between Vapor Compression and Absorption System
       1. Compressor
       2. Condenser
       3. Receiver
       4. Expansion Valve
    7. Difference Between Refrigeration and Heat Pump System
    8. Water-Lithium Bromide Vapor Absorption Refrigeration System
    9. Special Features of Water-Lithium Bromide Solution
12. COLD CHAIN
    1. Importance of Maintaining the Cold Chain
    2. The Effective Cold Chain
    3. National Centre for Cold-Chain Development
    4. Cold Chain Development in India-Modernization of the Infrastructure of Cold Storage of Perishables

12. 5. Growth of Cold Storage Industry
    6. Verification and Validation
    7. Components of Cold Chain
13. COLD CHAIN AND REFRIGERATION
    1. Health Facilities in Developing Countries
    2. Domestic (Kitchen) and Bar Refrigerators
    3. Types of Cold Chain Refrigerators
    4. Cold-Chain Maintenance, Repair and Replacement Maintenance of Equipment
       1. Distribution and Transport
       2. Estimation of Transportation
    5. Cold Chain and Logistics Management
       1. Costs of Cold Chain and Logistics Management
    6. Importance of Cold Chain and Vaccine Logistics Management
    7. Electrical Cold Chain Equipments
       1. Walk-in-Freezers (WIF)
       2. Walk-in-Coolers (WIC)
       3. Deep Freezer
       4. Cold Chain Management
    8. Maintenance of the Vaccine Refrigerator
       1. Cold Box
       2. Ice Manufacture
       3. Applications of Refrigeration in Different Food Products
       4. Frozen Food Properties
       5. Refrigerator Thermometers
       6. Monitoring of the Refrigerator Temperature
       7. Fridge Failure or Disruption of the Cold Chain
14. SHIPPING CONTAINERS
    1. Refrigerated Container
    2. Shipping Container Features
    3. Comparison of Passive and Active System
    4. Transport Operations
       1. The Role of the Transport Operator

-Distribution Vehicles

-Air Circulation

-Dispatching Product

-Air Flow

-The Essential Data Logger

15. THE COLD-CHAIN MONITOR
    1. How to Use the Cold-Chain Monitor in Routine Forwarding of Vaccine Shipments

1. 2. The Vaccine Vial Monitor
   3. Proportion of Regional Vaccines Carrying VVMs

1. 4. Recommendations on Improving Availability and Use of VVMs
      1. Availability
      2. Use

15. 5. Cold Storage Temperature Legislation
       1. Why Set–l8°C for Thermal Stabilisation? Vaccine Damage
       2. Heat Damage
       3. Solar Refrigerators
       4. Components of Solar Refrigerator
16. COLD STORAGE FOR FISH AND MEAT
    1. Introduction
    2. Uses of Ice
    3. Cold Storage Life of Frozen Fish
       1. Cold Storage for Meat
       2. Chilled Storage
    4. Parameters Considered for the Design
       1. Site Selection
       2. Storage Temperature
       3. Rate of Freezing
       4. Relative Humidity
       5. Calculation of Refrigeration Loads
    5. Material Selection
       1. Insulating Material
    6. Meat Supply Cold Chain Management
       1. Cold Chain in Slaughterhouse
       2. Air Chilling
       3. Immersion Chilling
       4. Spray Chilling
       5. Vacuum Chilling
17. WAREHOUSE
    1. Cold Storage Warehouse Construction

17.2     Warehouse cum Cold Storage

1. 3. Central Location
      1. Value—Adding Operation
      2. Need for Warehousing
   4. Types of Warehouses
      1. Advantages
      2. Disadvantages
   5. Functions
      1. Advantages of Public Warehousing
      2. Disadvantages of Public Warehousing

17. 5. 3. Advantages of Private Warehousing
       4. Disadvantages of Private Warehousing
       5. Sequence of Warehousing Decisions
    6. Determination of Storage Capacity
       1. Fixation of Storage Charges
       2. Storage Systems
    7. Basic Warehouse Equipment
18. NABARD WAREHOUSING SCHEME
    1. GOI Approved Nabard Warehousing Scheme
       1. Mode of Financial Support
       2. Eligible Institutions/Entities
       3. Purpose/Activities
       4. Priority Segments
       5. Rate of Interest, Quantum of Support and Repayment Period
       6. Accreditation by WDRA
       7. Implementation Period
    2. Department of Storage and Marketing Initiatives
       1. Direct Lending to State Owned Entities
       2. Accreditation/Registration of Warehouse
19. RURAL GODOWNS
    1. Subsidy
    2. Size
    3. Institutional Lending
       1. Eligible Financing Institutions
       2. Term Loan
    4. Pattern of Assistance
    5. Monitoring
20. SOLAR POWERED COLD STORAGE
    1. Solar PV Powered Cold Storage System
       1. Advantages of Solar PV Powered Cold Storage System
       2. Cost-Economics of the Solar PV Powered Cold Storage System
    2. Requirement of Cooling System
       1. Solar Cold Storage System Schematic
       2. Solar Powered Movable Cold Storage Structure for Perishables
21. 3. Use of Solar Panel & Refrigeration in Cold Storage Through Alternate Technology
       1. Benefits
       2. Subsidy available
       3. Off Grid Solar System
       4. On Grid Solar System

20. 4. Energy efficient Hybrid Solar System for Cold Storage in Remote Areas
       1. Flow Chart for Power Switching in DC Inverter Air Conditioning System
       2. PV Air Conditioning in Hybrid Cold Storage with Net Metering
       3. Flow Chart of an Operation of the DC Inverter Air Conditioning System
21. BIS SPECIFICATIONS
22. ADDRESSES OF PLANT AND MACHINERY SUPPLIERS
23. PLANT LAYOUT DESCRIPTION OF A COLD STORAGE FACILITY
24. PLANT LAYOUT & PROCESS FLOW CHART
25. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MACHINERY WITH SUPPLIER’S CONTACT DETAILS

• Compressor
• Condensor
• Water Cooled Condenser
• Rotary Compressor
• Screw Compressor
• Evaporator
• Refrigerator
• Cold Box
• Temperature Monitor
• Walk In Freezers
• Walk In Coolers
• Deep Freezer
• Refrigeration Thermometer
• Data Logger
• Time Temperature Indicator
• Solar Freeze
• Cold Storage Plant
• Refrigerating Chambers
• Horticulture Cold Room
• Cold Storage Room
• Cold Rooms for Hospitals
• Cold Rooms for Dairy
• Compressor Piston Assembly
• Potato Cold Storage
• Vaccine Refrigerators
• Ipa4 - Ice Pack
• Air Chiller
• Vegetables Cold Storage
• Controlled Atmosphere Cold Storage
• Electric Control Box
• Cold Water Pump