About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Europe 2015
published on 16 March 2015
11 pages
2 MB

Together with UK retailer Sainsbury’s, in 2013 Carrier Transicold started field trials of its first trailer refrigeration system using CO₂, based on a NaturaLINE unit. In 2014 the new E-Drive Natural Refrigerant Trailer prototype was launched, a unit dedicated to road transport using a closed-loop system. This presentation describes the prototype (world premiere) which is fully autonomous and driven by an independent diesel engine. It comes charged at the factory with a defined amount of CO₂ refrigerant and this quantity of natural refrigerant stays inside the refrigeration circuit, is compressed then expanded and compressed again in a closed loop system. The benefit to the user is that there is no need to recharge the system every day and no need for a heavy infrastructure to store the natural refrigerant. This presentation paves the way for future refrigerated transportation systems and is in-line with the European F-Gas legislation aimed at decreasing the use of high-GWP refrigerants.

About the speaker(s)

Lionel Pourcheresse

 

Lionel Pourcheresse is Senior Manager Sustainability & Product Solutions for Carrier Transicold Truck Trailer Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia. He is in charge of defining Carrier Transicold Europe Sustainability Strategy, and ensuring the coordination with all functions that have an impact on sustainability, in and out. He is also focusing on positioning all products and services as the most sustainable solutions.

During Lionel’s 17 years within Carrier Transicold, he has held several increasing roles in Technical Support, Network Development, Sales and Marketing Product Management.