Strengthening of Infrastructure in Dairy Industry through the Application of Solar Energy Technologies

Authors

  • Alka Solanki  Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of school of renewable energy and efficiency, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Thanesar, Haryana, India
  • Yash Pal  Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Thanesar, Haryana, India
  • Dr. Rajesh Kumar  Deputy Director General/ Scientist 'F', National Institute of Solar Energy, Ministry of New & renewable Energy, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

Keywords:

Dairy Industry, Solar PV, Solar energy, non-conventional energy source.

Abstract

Dairy industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. This industry is providing a huge employment to the rural youth and is backbone of rural economy. Different state governments are launching new projects to boost employment in this sector. The main barrier for the growth of milk industries is to meet the increasing demand of energy supply by a reliable and the cost-effective energy source. Traditional electric grid supply is very irregular and costly and the alternative diesel set engines again very costly and causing air and noise pollution. The specific energy consumption is near about to 1.62 kjs/liter. The smart use of the solar PV and solar thermal energy in dairy industry will not only lead the creation of facilities of milk preservation and processing in the remotest area of the country but also contribute in cost effective manner. In this direction, much has been done to design and develop energy efficient solar based refrigeration system for milk cooling at village procurement centre, solar based vapour absorption system for milk and milk related cooling operations and air conditioning system for cold stores and packaging rooms for milk and milk products, to reduce peak load penalty. The smart Use of solar energy technologies has great scope for its commercial use in the dairy processing operations.

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2018-03-31

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Alka Solanki, Yash Pal, Dr. Rajesh Kumar, " Strengthening of Infrastructure in Dairy Industry through the Application of Solar Energy Technologies, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering(IJSRMME), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.01-04, -2018.