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MANHATTAN -- A switch to LED lights in refrigeration units could save the retail 1xbet online sports betting industry millions of dollars each year, according to research from Kansas State University.
Kyle 1xbet online sports betting , recent master's graduate in animal sciences and industry, Silver Lake, found that using light-emitting diode, or LED, lights in refrigeration units both saves energy for 1xbet online sports betting retailers and extends the shelf life of some beef products.
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Steele compared the use of LED lights and fluorescent lights in 1xbet online sports betting refrigeration units because many 1xbet online sports betting retailers currently use fluorescent lights. He worked with Elizabeth Boyle and Melvin Hunt, both professors of animal sciences and industry, as well as with Melissa Weber, recent doctoral graduate in animal sciences and industry, Collinwood, Tenn.
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* Operating efficiency: The researchers studied operating efficiency of the two types of lights by measuring how many times a refrigeration unit had to cycle to keep the 1xbet online sports betting cool and how many running hours that cycle lasted.
The researchers found that LED lights scored positively in nearly all areas. Most significantly, LED lights helped reduce operating costs and prolonged the shelf life for most of the 1xbet online sports betting products.
"Most 1xbet online sports betting products displayed under LED lighting had colder internal product temperatures, which helps extend product shelf life," Steele said. "Beef loin steaks and inside round steaks that were stored under LED lights can have up to one day longer shelf life."
Among operational costs, LED 1xbet online sports betting had fewer cycles per running hour, meaning they were a more efficient and cost-saving light source than fluorescent 1xbet online sports betting .
Steele will give a research presentation titled "Shelf life of five 1xbet online sports betting products displayed under light emitting diode or fluorescent lighting" at the Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka in February.
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