Transport Refrigeration Unit Customisation Strategies

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Dearman Engine Company (Dearman)’s proprietary liquid air transport refrigeration unit(TRU) offers the prospect of well-to-wheel CO2 savings of 20%-40% and operating costsreductions of up to £1200 per vehicle per year. It is being developed for single compartmentand temperature use by an LCV IDP8 project - Cool-E and in a commercial R&D project withHubbard Products entering field trials this summer. Dialogue with market participants as wellas indicating substantial demand has revealed that conventional TRUs are often extensivelycustomised (e.g. multi-compartment, heating, mounting configurations, shore power etc).Conventional TRUs can draw on decades of experience and rules of thumb, however for thisemerging technology very little prior art exists offering an opportunity for innovation and IPgeneration. This project seeks to develop analysis tools validated through a programme of rigtesting to develop this important capability.The project will accelerate deployment of Dearman TRUs through making them applicable tothe broadest possible market segments whilst helping Dearman capture intellectual propertythat increases the value of its offering safe guarding its shareholders and the UK tax payers’substantial investment in development to date.