Simulation analysis on airflow organization inside ship’s partitioned vegetable and fruit storage rooms

Abstract During the ocean voyage of the ship, the vegetable and fruit storage rooms must accommodate a wide variety of produce with different requirements for preservation temperature to meet the nutritional needs of the crew. Additionally, most ships are equipped with very few vegetable and fruit storage rooms, often limited to just one. This paper proposes a scheme for setting up temperature-zoned partitions within shipboard vegetable and fruit storage rooms and conducts simulation research on airflow organization in the partitioned vegetable and fruit storage rooms. By establishing a simulation model of airflow organization in the partitioned vegetable and fruit storage rooms, a simulation study was conducted on the scheme of storage room boards as partitioned facilities, equipped with an upright air-cooled unit and a perforated ceiling air supply system. The findings indicate that setting up different temperature-zoned partitions in the vegetable and fruit storage rooms can effectively control the temperature of the shelf areas within each zone, enabling the storage of various types of produce with different temperature requirements within a single cold storage room.