Cool Run: Hubl's solution to multi-temperature last mile delivery

Cool Run：Hubl 的多温度最后一英里交付解决方案

• 批准号: 971651
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: HUBL LOGISTICS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=971651
• 关键词: Cool; Run; Hubl; solution; multi

The Cool Run system optimises the handling of food through a novel insulated pod system, which controls the temperature of individual unit loads. The system reduces vehicle cold air losses through door openings and retains the refrigerated air during multiple drops on the last mile delivery run. The pod system maintains the product at optimal temperatures so preventing thermal gain and product going above the legal temperature requirements. The reduction in thermal gain due to the breaks in the cold chain is avoided between storage locations, transport modes, delivery vehicle and final destination, so reducing the energy required to re-cool the products. Retention of product integrity and security, along with handling efficiencies will also contribute to the commercial viability of the concept.Cool Run is a concept for a temperature controlled product containment system for the transport of food and pharmaceuticals; it has the potential to reduce emissions from mobile refrigeration units, vehicle brakes, road surfaces and overall emissions relating to urban transport for last mile deliveries. The Cool Run project is applying a whole system approach to mitigate these issues by the combination of best in class technologies and the introduction of a new innovative unit load containment device which is the focus of the project. These combined technologies will enable urban delivery networks to operate in a significantly more efficient manner.The challenges related to multi-temperature food deliveries in urban areas are significant; mobile refrigeration system related, poor vehicle payloads and the impact on drivetrain selection. Demand for urban deliveries is growing expediently due to the demand for grocery home delivery, convenience store fulfilment and the booming restaurant and foodservice market. These trends are increasing in a less efficient model of food distribution as individual delivery units’ sizes declines. These trends and associated issues represent a significant market opportunity which the Cool Run system addresses. The system provides a generic solution for both home and commercial deliveries.Most technology developments relating to mobile refrigeration and other vehicle emissions reductions have focused on specific vehicle-related components,e.g. improve chiller technologies. Emissions are not only created by the technology used but how they are used. Inefficiencies within the existing logistics system significantly contribute to the issues, e.g. Regular and prolonged opening of chiller box doors, sorting and picking activities on the vehicle extending dwell time, poor delivery sequencing, the distance between drops, stem milage to drop zone. Ineffective unit load containment, mixed systems- pallets, cages and loos-stacked products all resulting in poor load density and overall vehicle fill.

Cool Run系统通过一种新颖的绝缘豆荚系统优化了食物的处理，该系统可以控制单个单元负载的温度。该系统减少了车辆通过车门的冷空气损失，并在最后一英里的运输过程中多次滴入冷冻空气。吊舱系统将产品保持在最佳温度，从而防止热增益和产品超过法定温度要求。由于冷链在储存地点、运输方式、运输车辆和最终目的地之间的中断而导致的热增益减少，从而减少了重新冷却产品所需的能量。保持产品的完整性和安全性以及处理效率也将有助于该概念的商业可行性。Cool Run是一个用于食品和药品运输的温度控制产品密封系统的概念；它有可能减少移动制冷装置、车辆刹车、路面的排放，以及与城市运输最后一英里交付有关的总体排放。Cool Run项目采用了一种完整的系统方法，通过结合一流的技术和引入一种新的创新单元负载遏制装置来缓解这些问题，这是项目的重点。这些综合技术将使城市交付网络以更有效的方式运作。在城市地区，与多温度食品配送相关的挑战是巨大的；与移动制冷系统相关，车辆有效载荷差，影响传动系统选择。由于对食品杂货送货上门、便利店配送以及蓬勃发展的餐馆和餐饮服务市场的需求，对城市配送的需求正在迅速增长。随着单个配送单位规模的缩小，这种趋势在效率较低的食品分配模式中正在增加。这些趋势和相关问题代表了Cool Run系统解决的重要市场机会。该系统为家庭和商业交付提供了通用解决方案。大多数与移动制冷和其他车辆减排有关的技术发展都集中在与车辆有关的具体部件上，例如：改进冷水机技术。排放的产生不仅取决于所使用的技术，也取决于它们的使用方式。现有物流系统的低效率是造成这些问题的主要原因，例如，定期和长时间打开冷冻机箱门，车辆上的分拣和挑选活动延长停留时间，交货顺序不佳，交货距离，到交货区域的行驶里程。无效的单元负载遏制，混合系统-托盘，笼和厕所-堆叠产品都导致低负载密度和整体车辆填充。