Fresh products, logistics and energy labelling: who cares for the conditioning quality?

Versproducten en logistiek/energielabelling. Wie zorgt voor de kwaliteit van de conditionering?

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Summary

Fresh and chilled commodities, by far the major part refrigerated transport, need continuous air circulation and refrigeration power control, to control product temperatures in a small range. Continuous modulating control increases power consumption above the synchronous on-off control of refrigeration power and air circulation. Without evaluation of the conditioning quality in terms of air temperature range, energy labelling of reefer units misleads to a choice of units with low power consumption but large temperature range (= low conditioning quality). The organised perishable transport industry should take the necessary steps to have energy efficiency of refrigerated transport equipment at part-load conditions and conditioning quality accepted as a meaningful criterion.

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Original title: Versproducten en logistiek/energielabelling. Wie zorgt voor de kwaliteit van de conditionering?
Record ID : 2000-0771
Languages: Dutch
Subject: Figures, economy
Source: Koude & Luchtbehandeling - vol. 91 - n. 11
Publication date: 1998/11
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