Potencial of energy saving in the fish and seafood cold storage in San Francisco de Campeche

Abstract

The following paper focuses on energy efficiency applied to a company dedicated to the conservation and freezing of seafood products located in the city of San Francisco de Campeche, Camp, Mexico. For this, a theoretical study is carried out to determine the energy saving potential of one of the refrigeration systems currently installed in the company to fulfill the hypothesis of obtaining savings of up to 3% in energy consumption by reducing 1 °C the condensing temperature of the system. The main thermal loads of the system are Mayan octopus, shrimp, and fish (various). With the help of the Genetron Properties Software, the different calculations are carried out by making variations in the condensation and conservation temperatures, without varying the thermal load, but considering a correct and incorrect heat exchange of the condensing units with the outside.