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Title:
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The use of phase change materials in fish farms: a general analysis
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Author:
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Zsembinszki, Gabriel; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert; Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Cabeza, Luisa F.
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Aquaculture has become an important sector of animal food production thanks to a fast and continuous
growth over the last few decades. Both marine and fresh water fish can be reared in fish farms, and there
are species that are mainly produced by aquaculture rather than capture. As most of the reared fish species
are sensible to water temperature and its fluctuations, having the control of this parameter in fish
farms becomes an important issue that has to be taken into account. In this paper, three different fish
farms are studied by simulating the water temperature when a thermal energy storage (TES) system
using phase change materials (PCMs) is implemented. The effect and the estimated amounts of PCM
required in each particular case are also analyzed. The results show that appreciable effects can be
obtained, especially when the TES unit is used in combination with auxiliary sources of energy, such
as solar collectors.
The work was partially funded by the Spanish Government (ENE2011-22722). The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research
group (2009 SGR 534). |
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-Aquaculture
-Fish farms
-Phase change material |
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(c) Elsevier, 2012
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article
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Elsevier
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