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Cold chain for sustainable infrastructure planning

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Cold chains improve the safety and quality of perishable goods. Incorrect storage temperatures can cause textural degradation, discoloration, bruising, and microbiological growth. Cold chain logistics involves transporting temperature-controlled items like food, beverages, and biopharmaceuticals. In this paper we outline challenges and opportunities via a literature review of ‘cold chain’ research agenda with a specific focus on transportation and logistics. Previous attempts have been made in addressing the technological aspects of the cold chains, such as efficient energy system and sustainable refrigeration technologies in response to, for instance, delivering a low temperature-controlled products. Our proposed approach here is to set up the ground for logistics and transportation studies and aid the development of cold chain modelling and simulation. We introduce computer modelling framework, using capacity, roles, interaction and organization (CRIO) meta model to response to sustainable cold chain. A conceptual design of an agent-based model using Scottish salmon logistics network was introduced.

Source: Transportation research procedia

DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2024.12.056

Authors: Paulus Aditjandra, Iftikhar Hussain, Dhanan Utomo, Adam Gripton, Phil Greening

Institution: Heriot-Watt University

Language: English

Topic: Food Supply Chain Traceability

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council