Piloting of Community based Rural Cold Store for Post-Harvest Storage of Agro Products

Project period:                  2019 – 2020
Project Duration:             1 years
Funding Source:              KOICA through IRDP
Principle Applicant:         Design Lab, DoME, Kathmandu University
Partners:                          D-Lab, MIT


 Objectives
1 Installation of solar energy powered (thermal and photovoltaic) vapor absorption cooling system
(VACS) in rural community for post-harvest storage of vegetables and other agricultural products.
2 To study the performance of VACS for cooling and agro product preservation.
3 Techno-economic analysis of the installed system.