Patent ID: 9097456
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: F25D,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
1. An automated method for in-service diagnostic testing a container, the container defining an enclosure for receiving a cargo to be transported from an origin to a destination when the cargo is in the container, the container including a climate control system controlling the climate in the enclosure, the climate control system having a plurality of interacting components and subsystems, and a controller controlling the operation of the climate control system and the operation of the plurality of components and subsystems, the method comprising: running in-service diagnostic testing to determine, with the cargo in the enclosure and while the container is being transported from the origin to the destination, for at least some of the components and subsystems whether each of the at least some components and subsystems is operating within acceptable limits; determining whether each of the at least some components and subsystems is operating within acceptable limits; generating a satisfactory pre-trip inspection (“PTI”) report based on each of the at least some components and subsystems operating within acceptable limits such that the climate control system is approved for further use in a container for transporting cargo; determining, with the cargo in the enclosure and while the container is being transported from the origin to the destination, the power consumption of the climate control system as a whole when no activity of the climate control system is expected; and determining, with the cargo in the enclosure and while the container is being transported from the origin to the destination, whether the determined power consumption is below a predefined threshold.