An overview of the history of the refrigeration industry and strategies for the use of renewable energy sources

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University

Abstract

Nowadays, Refrigeration systems play a very important and essential role in humans life, so that today's world cannot be imagined without refrigeration equipment. The range of these appliances is increasing daily, ranging from oil and gas equipment to air conditioning systems and health and nutrition. In the food industry, in addition to advances in the field of home refrigerators and cold storages for types of foods, we are seeing a growing expansion of stores and supermarkets that use refrigeration systems to keep food cool. With the increasing number of refrigeration equipment and the fact that they are one of the main consumers of electrical energy, in recent years extensive studies have been conducted to optimize this equipment both in terms of energy consumption and pollution of the environment is caused by the release of refrigerant material used in these devices. This article provides a comprehensive look at the history of refrigeration from a long time ago up to now. In this article, a comprehensive study of the history of refrigeration from the distant past to the present is taken. Also, considering the Futurology in this field and the need to use clean and renewable energies, the result was that it was necessary to supply some of the energy consumed by these systems with renewable energy.

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Articles in Press, Corrected Proof
Available Online from 26 November 2023
  • Receive Date: 04 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 05 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 16 December 2021