CoolRun - Lightweighting and HGV modification to optimise energy efficiency of cold chain freight

Hubl物流有限公司开发了创新的CoolRun系统，这是一种零排放、被动冷却、节能、轻便的替代方案，能够运输混合、环境和冷藏货物。它包括一个新颖的处理系统。在这个项目中，我们将与英国优质HGC拖车和车身制造商Lawrence David合作。我们将共同开发一种轻型、节能的HGV拖车，减少车辆燃料消耗，消除对二次电源（通常是不规范的柴油发动机）的需求，并消除对昂贵而低效的制冷和冷却系统的需求。CoolRun系统将使车辆重量减轻20%，同时使有效载荷增加20%。理论上，这意味着能源需求和运行效率降低了20%。通过改变影响温度一致性的人工食品检查行为，将提高效率。自COVID大流行以来，该市场大幅增长，在线杂货订单数量激增61%。据估计，食品杂货配送数量仍将比新冠疫情前的水平高出40%。该项目背后的动机是实现净零排放目标的零售商与受到越来越多的减排法规约束的重型货车制造商之间的推拉效应。其中一个重要的驱动因素是电子商务的快速发展，它创造了更高的送货需求，这需要更多的货运车辆在路上行驶。在这个项目中，Hubl将在3.5吨以上的重型货车拖车上开发CoolRun系统的原型。我们将审查和测试其环境性能，并在实际条件下进行测试。

Hubl Logistics Ltd have developed the innovative CoolRun System, a zero-emission, passive cooling, energy efficient, lightweight alternative capable of transporting mixed, ambient and refrigerated freight. It includes a novel handling system. On this project we will work with Lawrence David, the UK's premium manufacturer of HGC trailers and bodies. Together we will develop an lightweight, energy efficient HGV trailer that reduces vehicle fuel consumption, removes the need for a secondary power source (often an unregulated diesel engine), and removes the requirement for an expensive and inefficient refrigeration and cooling system. The CoolRun System will create a 20% vehicle weight reduction, while enabling a 20% increased payload. In theory, this represents a 20% reduction in energy requirement as well as operational efficiency. Additional efficiencies will be delivered by changing behaviours around manual food checks, which impact temperature consistency. The market has grown substantially since the COVID pandemic, which saw a 61% spike in the number of online grocery orders. Estimates suggest that the number of grocery deliveries will remain 40% higher than pre-COVID levels. The motivation behind this project is a push-pull effect between retailers with Net Zero targets and HGV manufacturers subject to increasing regulations around emissions reduction. An important driver here is the rapid rise in e-commerce, which is creating higher demand for deliveries, which require more freight vehicles on the road. In this project Hubl will develop a prototype of the CoolRun System on a HGV trailer for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. We will review and test its environmental performance and test in real-world conditions.