Intra-City Cooling Logistics

Abstract

The Project titled “Intra-City Cooling Logistics” is “The transport refrigeration system incorporating phase change material (PCM) is proposed to maintain refrigerated trucks at the desired thermal conditions. The phase change material (PCM) is charged by refrigeration unit located off the vehicle when stationary. The PCM is discharged and provides cooling when in service. The prototype system was constructed and test results proved that the proposed refrigeration system is feasible for mobile transport and analysis shows that delivery of refrigerated products can be made with a PCM system having a weight comparable to that of an on board conventional refrigeration system with less than half of the energy cost[1]. It will be used for intra-city transportation (within city) as it is not available in today’s market. It will be used on 3-wheeler vehicle to reach at the interior parts of city. It will be used for transport of food items like bakery items, dairy products mainly ice cream, sea foods, frozen foods and also medicinal supplies.