Sun Frost is considering building a cart-mounted vaccine storage refrigerator. It would incorporate mountain-bike type wheels so that it could be moved over rough terrain. The refrigerator would have a net storage volume of about 40 litres. It would be a side-opening one and similar to the refrigerator compartment of our Sun Frost RFVB-134a. The cart-mounted refrigerator would be 28 inches (72 cm) wide, 35 inches (89 cm) long, 40 inches (102 cm) high. The top of the cart would be flat. The solar panel powering the refrigerator would be mounted on top of the refrigerator. A panel with about the same surface area as the top of the refrigerator would typically require the equivalent of 2.5 direct sun light hours to power the refrigerator each day. The panel would be detachable so that the refrigerator could be kept inside while the systems battery is being charged. In this configuration, the refrigerator could serve as the clinics primary refrigerator and then also be used for outreach programmes when necessary. We are considering using lithium ion batteries because of their light weight and long life. The cost of the system will be competitive with the lowest cost vaccine refrigerator currently available.
We would like to get feedback on the applicability of this potential system. What do you think?
Larry Schlussler, Ph.D.
Engineer and owner of Sun Frost
- Page :
- 1
There are no replies made for this post yet.