Jurnal Kimia dan Kemasan
Vol. 37 No. 1 April 2015

Application Of Phase Change Materials (PCM’s) To Preserve The Freshness Of Seafood Products

Pudjiastuti, Wiwik ( Balai Besar Kimia dan Kemasan, Kementerian Perindustrian Jl. Balai Kimia No.1 Pekayon, Pasar Rebo, Jakarta Timur)
Listyarini, Arie ( Balai Besar Kimia dan Kemasan, Kementerian Perindustrian Jl. Balai Kimia No.1 Pekayon, Pasar Rebo, Jakarta Timur)
Riyanto, Arief ( Balai Besar Kimia dan Kemasan, Kementerian Perindustrian Jl. Balai Kimia No.1 Pekayon, Pasar Rebo, Jakarta Timur)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Apr 2015

Abstract

The application of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) as one of latent heat energy storage materials in smart cold system has been investigated for preserving a freshness of seafood products. In this investigation, PCMs was installed on Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) box system as insulated container. The freshness of the seafood product was shown by the time of keeping temperature during storage or distribution. Keeping temperature time of smart cold system using PCMs was compared to conventional cold system using ice cubes. The result shows that EPS box system using PCMs can prolonged the keeping temperature time and reached colder temperature than the conventional one. Microbiology test of products was monitored to prove that products occured no changes in quality.

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