Sorry for my ignorance, but I couldn't get a straight answer from my carrier. If a 72' reefer trailer (with a ThermoKing) is configured with the front half being frozen ie 28 degrees or below and the back half being 'not frozen' ie 34 degrees, then if the ambient outdoor temperature is 5 degrees for more than 2 hours, how can the ThermoKing keep the 'not frozen' half from going below 34 degrees when it is mounted at the opposite end ?
Maybe I should buy a book on thermodynamics, but I thought I would ask an expert.
Thanks
Reefer Temp Control in Winter
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by ZzYy, Jan 6, 2012.
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The unit will heat. Just like if the whole trailer was loaded with tomatos set at 55 degrees and you were running in -30 outside temps, the unit will heat.
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Nice long trailer
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Assuming you are running a dual zone TK unit, both units will heat from a -5 degree standpoint to a certain set-point.
I'm not 100% sure that you can leave the front unit off and heat the rear compartment only, because I never was in that situation. I would almost recommend running the frozen at near recommended temperature, in the event that heated air from compartment #2 leaks into the front.
My dual zone units always had sub-zero frozen in the nose and fresh in the second compartment. -
Thanks very much for the replies. I guess I should have put a next to 72'. Would make turning a corner fun.
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Plus trying to freeze 34 deg product with 28 degree air would probably take 2-3 days to adjust out. If I had ice cream up front and banana's in the back, I would be a little worried.
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The Challenger Thanks this.
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The thing I can't grasp is, if you are partitioned and the ThermoKing is cab end, and the cab end is the frozen half, then if it 10 degrees outside, how can the refrigerated end be kept at 34 degrees ? If you are heating (slightly) the frozen part if at all, how can the back be kept at 34 degrees ?
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