Driving clean cold.

Research has predicted extremely rapid growth of demand for transport refrigeration units (TRUs), with upper estimates suggesting there could be over 16 million TRUs in operation by 2025 – up from 2.1million today. This growth will largely be driven by changing demographics in the Asia Pacific region and could have major global environmental consequences if met with existing fossil fuelled technology.
This paper will evaluate the potential reductions in all forms of pollution that could arise from mass adoption of novel, zero emission, liquid air TRUs. It will be based upon original analysis of ten European markets, their demand for transport refrigeration and the pollution associated with existing TRUs. This provides a baseline to evaluate the potential environmental benefits of introducing zero emission alternatives. The paper will also consider the potential for liquid air technologies to be adopted quickly, assessing both available infrastructure and the economic viability of the technology.

已有研究预测，运输制冷单元（Transport Refrigeration Units，TRUs）的需求将迎来极速增长，乐观估计显示，到2025年其在用数量将从当前的210万台增至1600万台以上。该增长主要由亚太地区人口结构变迁驱动，若继续沿用现有化石燃料技术，此举或将对全球环境造成重大负面影响。
本研究将评估大规模推广新型零排放液态空气运输制冷单元后，各类污染物排放的潜在削减量。研究基于对10个欧洲市场的原创性分析，涵盖其运输制冷需求以及现有TRUs带来的污染物排放情况，这为评估引入零排放替代技术的潜在环境效益提供了基准参照。本研究还将探讨液态空气技术的快速推广潜力，同时评估现有配套基础设施与该技术的经济可行性。