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Design and Implementation of a Vaccine Solar Cooling System
Abstract
The research reported in this paper suggests a new design for a vaccine chilling and storage locker that really can keep vaccines cold (2°C to 8°C) in the cold chain. This design was created to make the African immunisation week go as smoothly as possible. This refrigeration and storage unit was created to be small, portable, and well-isolated, with a PV solar power system as a power source. An Liquid to Wind thermoelectric cooling module is connected to tubing and a liquid pump to cool the interior of the cooling unit. A modification on the heating system for the conditioning unit, and also a monitoring system for the cell voltage and current, are all part of the design process. Vaccines must be kept refrigerated at all times for safe storage in nations with inadequate or unpredictable power supply. Keeping the essential cold chain from of the producer to the kid is extremely difficult, especially in places that are off the grid or have sporadic power. Millions of vaccination doses can be lost due to weak connections in a system.
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