Transport refrigeration system powered by diesel engine with pressurized combustion air

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9358859-B2
Application number	US-201214361317-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2012
Priority date	Nov 30, 2011
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A transport refrigeration system includes a diesel engine equipped with a combustion air pressurization device, such as a turbo-charger or a supercharger. The diesel engine powers at least one component associated with the transport refrigeration system, such as a refrigeration compressor or an air-moving device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A transport refrigeration system for providing temperature conditioned air to a cargo storage space of a truck, trailer, intermodal container or other transport container, the transport refrigeration system including a prime mover for powering at least one component associated with the transport refrigeration system, characterized in that the prime mover comprises a diesel engine equipped with a combustion air pressurization apparatus;
wherein the prime mover comprises a diesel engine equipped with a turbo-charger; and the transport refrigeration system includes:
an electric generator for supplying electric power to drive a refrigerant compression device, the electric generator being directly driven by said turbo-charged diesel engine.

2. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one component powered by the prime mover comprises a refrigerant compression device directly driven by said turbo-charged diesel engine.

3. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one component powered by the prime mover comprises at least one air-moving device associated with the transport refrigeration system.

4. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 1 wherein said turbo-charged diesel engine and said electric generator comprise a genset.

5. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 1 further characterized in that the prime mover comprises a diesel engine equipped with a supercharger.

6. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 5 wherein the at least one component powered by the prime mover comprises a refrigerant compression device directly driven by said supercharged diesel engine.

7. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 5 wherein the at least one component powered by the prime mover comprises at least one air-moving device associated with the transport refrigeration system.

8. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 5 further including an electric generator for supplying electric power to drive a refrigerant compression device, the electric generator being directly driven by said supercharged diesel engine.

9. The transport refrigeration system as recited in claim 6 wherein said supercharged diesel engine and said electric generator comprise a genset.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Taras Michael F
• Lewis Russell G
• Awwad Nader S
• Ferguson Benjamin E
• Steele John T

Classifications

• B60H1/3232

  particularly adapted for load transporting vehicles (B60H1/3226 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25B27/00

  Machines, plants or systems, using particular sources of energy (F25B30/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25B2327/001

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• B60P3/20 Primary

  Refrigerated goods vehicles (air treatment of goods space B60H; {air-conditioning means for freight cars, isothermic wagons B61D27/0027; superstructures for refrigerated goods vehicles B62D33/048}) · CPC title

• F25D11/003

  Transport containers · CPC title