Detailed Product Description

A refrigerated container or reefer is a used in that is for the transportation of temperature sensitive cargo.

While a reefer will have an integral refrigeration unit, they relyon external power, from electrical power points at a land based site, a or on . When being transported over the road on a trailer they can be powered from ("gen sets") which attach to the container whilst on road journeys.

Some reefers are equipped with a water cooling system, which can beused if the reefer is stored below deck on a vessel without adequateventilation to remove the heat generated.

Water cooling systems are expensive, so modern vessels rely more onventilation to remove heat from cargo holds, and the use of watercooling systems is declining.

Another refrigeration system uses liquid (CO2) for cooling. This was developed in response to rising fuel costs, and was an attempt tofind an alternative to the standard mechanical refrigeration systemsrequiring maintenance, fuel and creating emissions. The CO2 reefersystem can keep the container's frozen solid as long as 30 days.

New "cryogenic" reefers are in service transporting ,but they have yet to gain wide acceptance (due, in part, to the cost ofliquid carbon dioxide). Since cryogenic refrigeration is a proventechnology and environmentally friendly, the rising price of fuel andthe increased availability of carbon dioxide from -induced capturing techniques may lead to common usage of cryogenic containers, especially in .

The cryogenic reefer container can be stored anywhere on any vesselthat can accommodate "dry" (un-refrigerated) ocean freight containers.This is vitally important to the vessel operator because a typical dryfreight load does not generate nearly the revenue of a refrigeratedshipment. They can use many modes of transportation without an outsidepower source or a mechanical breakdown. Because a cryogenic reefercontainer doesn't need to be plugged in to a power source, it can beshipped anywhere, without electricity or fuel. This CO2 refrigerationtechnology has been used in railcars for years. The system has provento be safe and reliable.