Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems) has begun gross sales of its new TEU sequence underneath the Preciso model in Europe, marking a major development in all-electric-driven transport refrigeration items. The gross sales are managed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Transport Europe GmbH, the corporate’s European gross sales arm primarily based in Osnabruck, Germany.
The launch aligns with Europe’s ongoing efforts to decarbonize and enhance air high quality, notably in city areas. The freight transportation sector is more and more adopting electrical autos, with many international locations and cities accelerating this shift. The TEU sequence is designed to satisfy the calls for of this quickly advancing electrification, providing excessive environmental efficiency and adaptableness to numerous mounting constraints to accommodate completely different battery installations in electrical autos.
The TEU sequence incorporates a modular construction, a primary for MHI Thermal Systems, permitting for compactness and weight discount. The refrigeration unit’s fundamental parts—the condenser, evaporator, and compressor—are separated into compact modules. This design facilitates straightforward set up in numerous electrical autos with out interfering with car configuration. Compared to the TU sequence, the TEU sequence boasts a 30% discount in quantity, a 40% smaller required opening width and space, and a 55% discount in weight.
This compact and light-weight design contributes to extending the vary of electrical autos outfitted with light-weight, high-capacity batteries. Despite its diminutive measurement, the TEU sequence supplies excessive refrigeration capability appropriate for giant vans. This is achieved by way of an economizer cycle, which boosts refrigeration capability by branching a portion of the refrigerant to chill the principle refrigerant circulate earlier than injecting it into the compressor’s intermediate stage throughout compression.
The TEU sequence helps a wide range of energy provide sorts, together with electrical car batteries, vehicle-mounted turbines, and devoted TRU batteries, making it versatile for a variety of autos. The TEU1400MA mannequin incorporates a multi-evaporator system, enabling the simultaneous transport of cargo at completely different temperature ranges inside a single car. This is achieved by putting in 4 varieties of evaporators of various sizes in partitioned compartments, permitting for the regulation of a number of temperature zones.
MHI Thermal Systems plans to proceed selling CO2 discount via developments in electrical methods utilizing inverter know-how, enhancing power financial savings and temperature management. The firm goals to enhance operational effectivity with multi-evaporator methods, addressing logistics trade challenges comparable to working fashion reforms, transport effectivity, and environmental compliance. By doing so, MHI Thermal Systems seeks to contribute to the conclusion of protected and safe transport.