Supplemental fuel is required only during periods of no or reduced truck engine load.
Combustion of gasoline or diesel fuel, contributing to air pollution, greenhouse effects, and the national trade imbalance. Over 350,000 refrigerated trailers are in use in the U.S. today, consuming more than 245 million gallons of fuel per year. Use of environmentally unfriendly CFC or HCFC refrigerants. High number of moving parts requiring extensive maintenance and environmentally unfriendly lubricants and coolants. Removing the waste energy from the truck engine exhaust stream and transferring to the ATR with a reasonably sized, reasonably priced, low pressure loss heat exchanger.