Matís, Promens, Thor Ice, Sjávarútvegsklasi Vestfjarði, Eimskip and Samskip are collaborating on a project that involves transporting fresh fish products in pots and boxes and are looking for two students in master's studies or who are on their way to master's studies.
These are two master's projects and the possible scope of both is 30–60 ECTS (one to two semesters). The projects are particularly suitable for master's students in mechanical / industrial engineering, food or business. AVS Fisheries Research Fund (www.avs.is) covers the costs of the master's projects listed below.
Task 1-goal
Economic comparison of different packaging and transport methods for fresh fish products from Iceland to markets in Europe and America. The analysis takes into account the cost of different processing cooling methods, packaging, transport and deterioration of products. An accurate assessment of the volume utilization of refrigerated containers during transport in boxes on the one hand and pots on the other is part of the project.
Task 2-goal
Estimate the optimal amount and type (salt and ice ratio) of an ice scraper in a 340 L food vessel by experiment and / or heat transfer modeling with a target fish temperature of -1.0 ° C. This will be done for two possible cases of ambient temperature in the container transport of containers, i.e. -0.5 ° C and 3 ° C and two possible initial fish temperatures, i.e. 0 ° C and 5 ° C. It also involves finding the minimum amount and ice percentage of ice scrapers that need to be used in pots that are exposed to significant heat stress (higher ambient temperatures).
Working hours: May 2014 – April 2015
For further information, please contact Sigurjón Arason, Professor at the University of Iceland and Matís' Chief Engineer (sigurjon.arason@matis.is) and dr. Björn Margeirsson, Research Director of Promens (bjorn.margeirsson@promens.com).