A refrigerator truck is a van truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific low temperatures. A van is a kind of vehicle used for Transporting goods or groups of people This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck.

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. A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated Boxcar, a piece of Railroad Rolling stock designed to carry perishable The term thermal insulation can refer to materials used to reduce the rate of Heat transfer, or the methods and processes used to reduce heat transfer Ventilation is the intentional movement of Air from outside a building to the inside Refrigerator trucks can be ice-cooled, be equipped with any one of a variety of mechanical refrigeration systems, or utilize carbon dioxide (either as dry ice, or in liquid form) as a cooling agent. Refrigeration is the process of removing Heat from an enclosed space or from a substance and moving it to a place where it is unobjectionable Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single

Most of the long-distance refrigerated transport by truck is done in articulated trucks pulling refrigerated van semi-trailers. truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. In American English a semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle

Research is done on fuel cell auxiliary power units ^[1]. A fuel cell is an electrochemical conversion device It produces electricity from Fuel (on the Anode side and an oxidant (on the An auxiliary power unit ( APU) is a device on a vehicle whose purpose is to provide energy for functions other than propulsion

See also

• Refrigeration
• Refrigerator car
• Reefer (ship)
• Reefer (container)
• Cold chain

References

External links

• Directory of companies who provide refrigerated trucks
• Thermo King web page
• Carrier Transicold web page
• Mirofret webpage
• Guideline for long refrigerated trailers in Queensland
• Refrigerated Transportation Timeline, pre-WWII
• Early Mechanically Refrigerated Trucks

Refrigeration is the process of removing Heat from an enclosed space or from a substance and moving it to a place where it is unobjectionable A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated Boxcar, a piece of Railroad Rolling stock designed to carry perishable A reefer ship is a type of Ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation mostly Fruits A refrigerated container or reefer is a shipping container used in Intermodal freight transport that is refrigerated for the transportation of A cold chain is a Temperature -controlled Supply chain. An unbroken cold chain is an uninterrupted series of storage and distribution activities which maintain a given

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