열전소자를 이용한 활어 수송용 무수 컨테이너의 개발 연구

초록

The purpose of this study is to develope a low temperature waterless container for live fish transportation which is economical and efficient. The principle of the waterless transportation is that a live fish becomes asphyxial at about 5℃ so that it survives without water for a long time. A low temperature waterless container is developed for this purpose, which utilizes the thermoelectric modules for rather smaller and lighter cooling system with precise temperature control devise compared to the existing mechanical system. At first, we succeeded in making flounders alive in the waterless container for 24 hours. Also when flounders were transported in a round trip from Inchon to Pusan in the waterless container, which was carried in a car, they survived in the waterless container for over 21hours. This present investigation showed that the waterless transportation of live fish is technically feasible from any locations within the Korean peninsula