1. Technology Innovation for Reefer Trucks and Last mile distribution
Devendra Jain
Director & Innovator

2. Bottlenecks in cold chain
This Presentation
Bottlenecks in cold chain
Innovation to close the gaps Examples and future opportunities

3. Bottlenecks: Energy
Source: Cold Chains: The Essential Infrastructure, News desk , 2012

4. Bottlenecks in cold chain
Capacity utilization in Indian
cold chain sector 30 – 75 %
Different Products require
different temperature conditions
Insulation
cooling unit

5. Bottlenecks in cold chain
Limitations in last mile distribution
Vaccines, cold foods less in tier regions (30% unpenetrated market)
Source: Transforming Indias Vaccine market, Mckinsey report, 2012
Roads
fragmented cold storage
Small volumes

6. Bottlenecks: Technology
4. Technologies are present, but their dissemination and adoption are limited.
Limiting Pollution: Noise and emissions.
Freeing Capacity: improving payload.
Timed redundancy: Thermal Inertia.
Risk Minimised: Chill injury mitigated.

7. Micro-encapsulated PCM
Pluss PCM: The range
Micro-encapsulated PCM
Organic PCMs
Form stable PCMs
Hydrated salts
Out of the total energy consumption, Industry (Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and Construction) consumes 37%, Personal and Commercial Transportation 20%, Residential Heating, Lighting and Appliances 11%, and Commercial uses 5% (Lighting, heating and cooling of commercial buildings and provision of other services); 27% are energy losses in generation and transmission.

8. Innovations to close the gaps - PCMs
Temperatures maintained without external source °C to +89°C .
Back-up for temp. critical applications. upto 72 hours.
Reduces energy consumption, noise and emissions. Uses off peak electricity.
Increases Payload. No cooling equipment, doubles as insulation too.

9. How Charged Offline Easily loaded before transport
Phase change materials (PCM) encapsulated in HDPE profiles
Charged Offline
Easily loaded before transport
Truck can be used for different commodities by replacing the PCM.
Vehicle:TATA ace trucks, Product: Danone yogurt

10. How
Vehicle:TATA ace trucks, Product: Dominos Pizza

11. How

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13. Thank You
For your attention

14. Pluss's Offerings What are PCMs ?
Materials that can store large amount of heat energy in the form of latent heat
Release/absorption of heat at almost constant temperature
Also called Passive cooling materials.
Heat Absorption / Release process repeatable over a substantial number of cycles (~ 3000 or more)

15. PCM Characteristics Very high Latent Heat Capacity
Tailorable for specific temperature requirements
Easy handling; can be filled in a variety of encapsulations
Cheap & very stable over long durations
Repeatable phase change cycles
Low / No flammability
Non Toxic and Non combustible
For T = 15 K
PCM’s Latent heat = 225 kJ / kg

16. PCM: Polymer Encapsulations
HDPE Bottles (via blow moulding)
Cold – Transportation
Cold - Storage
HDPE / PP Balls (via blow moulding)
Boilers
Chillers
Solar water heaters
Multilayered Pouches (via film sealing)
False ceilings
Ice boxes
Pharmaceutical transport
HDPE Profiles (made via extrusion)
Buildings (Residential/ & Commercial)
Telecommunication shelters