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Refrigerated Transport Technology | on-campus edition
Common questions amongst refrigerated transport professionals: How does a transport refrigeration unit work? How to make refrigerated transport more sustainable? How do packaging and stowage affect temperature gradients? What drives dehydration and condensation? How to control gas conditions (oxygen, CO2, ethylene)? Which defrost interval and humidity should I set?
This course provides you with the answers and more to excel in refrigerated transport.
Target audience
The target audience consists of transport refrigeration related professionals; cargo surveyors, transport equipment designers, persons deciding / advising on packaging and cargo stowage, and all other professionals who need to understand what drives transport conditions and energy efficiency in refrigerated transport. The course is relevant to any perishable cargo, e.g. fruits, meat, seafood and non-food products like flowers and pharmaceuticals.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this programme, you will be able to:
- Explain the basics of refrigerated transport technology.
- Apply this technology to control temperature, humidity and gas atmosphere conditions during transportation in an energy-efficient way leading to optimisation of the total cold chain.
Programme
The programme offers an in-person programme on campus with lectures. One lecture is given in a reefer container, explaining its main components. Topics are:
- Using refrigerated transport to its full effectiveness.
- Thermodynamics principles of refrigeration systems.
- Differences and analogies between reefer containers and reefer trailers/trucks.
- Dehydration and condensation.
- The effect of packaging and stowage on temperature gradients in containers.
- How to control oxygen, CO2, ethylene.
- Remote monitoring and digital twins.
Please download the flyer for the full programme.
You can combine this course with our connected course Fresh Food Quality that will be held from 17 - 20 June 2025.
Certification
After attending this course a certificate is issued.
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This course was really suitable for me. A good impression of the technology related to refrigerated transport.
This course was hard work, the knowledge could be detailed for a person with a more commercial background. But with the support of the experts I learned an awful lot on how we can deliver the cargo in optimal condition.