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Refrigerator truck

Vehicle for low-temperature freight

Refrigerator truck

Vehicle for low-temperature freight

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Articulated lorry with refrigerated trailer

A refrigerator truck or chiller lorry (also called a reefer), is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at low temperatures. Most long-distance refrigerated transport by truck is done in articulated trucks pulling refrigerated hardside (box) semi-trailers, although insulated curtainsiders are common in some countries. Occasionally, refrigerated trailers have been used as temporary morgues, and second-hand refrigerated trailers are frequently sold for use in tiny home conversions due to their insulation and existing status as a vehicle.

The deceased being loaded into a trailer

History

The first successful mechanically refrigerated trucks were made for the ice cream industry in 1925. American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones is known to be the first person to invent a refrigerated truck. There were around 4 million refrigerated road vehicles in use in 2010 worldwide.

Features

Like refrigerator cars, refrigerated trucks differ from simple insulated and ventilated vans (commonly used for transporting fruit), neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus.

Refrigerator trucks can be cooled with ice, dry ice, liquid carbon dioxide, or mechanical refrigeration systems (transport refrigeration units, TRUs) powered by small displacement engines or by the truck's main engine.

They are often equipped with small "vent doors" at the rear and front of the trailer. These doors are kept open while hauling non-refrigerated cargo (often "backhaul") to air out the trailer.

References

Bibliography

  • Prentice, B. E., & Benell, D. (1992). "Determinants of empty returns by US refrigerated trucks: conjoint analysis approach". Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 40(1), 109-127. (abstract).

References

  1. (15 July 2020). "Refrigerated trucks requested in Texas and Arizona as morgues fill up due to coronavirus deaths".
  2. (1952). "The Refrigerating Data Book". American Society of Refrigerating Engineers.
  3. (February 2011). "2010 Report of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee". [[UNEP]].
  4. Fletcher, Lauren. "Revolutionizing Refrigeration: The SolarTechTRU Story".
  5. (9 April 2021). "This Is What That Little Door On The Back Of Truck Trailers Is For".
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