Objective 27 million tonnes of refrigerated food with an estimated value of gt 100 Billion is currently stored within the EU at anytime 45 of all refrigerated food transported within the EU is transported by road a total annual distance of 1395 Bn Tonne km. This enormous transportation of refrigerated food leads to large environmental and economic costs due to emissions of CO2 carbon monoxide CO Volatile Organic Compounds VOC nitrogen oxides NOx and other particles In addition refrigeration systems use refrigerants that have ozone depleting properties Automotive refrigeration systems are based on traditional vapour compression technology driven directly from the vehicles engine. These units lead to problems due to excessive power draw from the engine that can affect the vehicles performance and long term behaviour. These units are also heavy gt 100kg which affects vehicles styling and aerodynamics.The proposed Co operative project Cool Van will develop an automotive refrigeration technology that will use water as the working refrigeration fluid and will be driven by the vehicles waste exhaust heat to power the refrigeration unit that will not draw any parasitic power from the engine. The refrigeration system will not affect the engine coolant system and will not require any under bonnet work to be undertaken.Technological Objectives:The Cool Van project aims to develop an adsorption refrigeration system for automotive refrigeration applications weighing less than 80kg. This will be powered by waste exhaust heat with an average power input of 15kW. The refrigeration system will have a Coefficient of Performance gt 0 5 and an average cooling power of 7 5kW. In addition thermodynamic available energy will be stored during normal operation that will be used to rapidly cool the refrigeration compartment when required. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryvolatile organic compoundsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COOP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator RBR ASSOCIATES LIMITED Address The guildhall Framlingham, suffolk United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AS LAPI MT Estonia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Parksepa Voru county See on map Links Website Opens in new window CRS ENGINEERING LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Unit 4 hadston industrial estate hadston Morpeth, northumberland See on map Links Website Opens in new window FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Eagle way Brentwood, essex See on map Links Website Opens in new window INDUSTIPLAST AS Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Slettebrekkdalen 2 Follese See on map Links Website Opens in new window KESTREL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SERVICES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Home farm, gonnerby lane, allington Grantham, lincolnshire See on map LODAM ELECTRONICS A/S Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Grundtvigs alle 163 Sonderborg See on map Links Website Opens in new window PARMA PLAST AS Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Smaalonane, straume naeringspark Straume See on map Links Website Opens in new window PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Pera innovation park, nottingham road Melton mowbray See on map Links Website Opens in new window PERPLASTIC II SL SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cl navall 11, pol ind de cantabria Logrono (la rioja) See on map Links Website Opens in new window REMUS INNOVATION FORSCHUNGS UND ABGASANLAGEN PRODUKTIONS GES.MBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dr niederdorfer str 25 Baernbach See on map Links Website Opens in new window RYEFORD ENGINEERING LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5 foredrift close, southcrest Redditch, gloucestershire See on map THE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ICELAND, ICETEC Iceland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Keldnaholti Reykjavik See on map Links Website Opens in new window
