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Fridge power packs
| 题名： | Fridge power packs |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | On 1 April, the government is ending the tax rebate on red diesel.That means that fuel for diesel-engined fridges will increase in price by 48p per litre. If the estimates of supplier Hultsteins are accurate, a typical 18-or 26-tonne rigid diesel burns about two litres per hour, or 3,000 litres per year, so the taxation change might add an extra £1,500 in cost per average vehicle of that size. But cold needn't come from a standalone diesel; many different systems route power from the truck engine. In addition, those trucks needn't necessarily even be powered by diesel. For example, Scott Dargan, managing director UK and northern Europe, Carrier Transicold, says: "As long as there is an engine PTO output available, the Eco-Drive will operate just as it would on a diesel-powered truck. The design of the units mean they are ideally configured to work with LNG and CNG engines." (On a practical note, he adds that because of the larger gas tanks usually fitted on such tractors, it typically fits the Eco-Drive T model that is tending to specify the larger size, states regional sales manager Dale Comes. This unit functions like a simple dynamo: increasing revs increases power output. She adds that this means that the unit increases the truck's idle speed to provide power. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Transport engineer |
| 期： | Feb. |
| 页码： | 24-25 |
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