摘要 |
There is provided a commercial refrigerator vehicle(10; 110) for the transport of refrigerated produce, the commercial refrigerator vehicle (10; 110) comprising a wheeled chassis(12; 112), a cab (14; 114) mounted on the wheeled chassis (12; 112), an internal combustion engine(44; 144) having an output for driving one or more wheels (46) of the wheeled chassis(12; 112), a refrigerator compartment (16) on the wheeled chassis (12; 112) for the storage of produce to be refrigerated, and a refrigerator system (80) for controlling interior temperature of the refrigerator compartment(16). The refrigerator system (80) includes a refrigeration unit(76; 176)for discharging refrigerated air into the refrigerator compartment (16), a dedicated rechargeable electrical energy storage device (58; 158) housed in the cab (14; 114) for supplying electrical energy to the refrigeration unit (76; 176), a vehicle battery pack (50; 150) chargeable directly or indirectly via the internal combustion engine(44; 144),and a charger (68; 168) for charging the dedicated rechargeable electrical energy storage device (58; 158) via the vehicle battery pack (50; 150). The charger(68; 168)preferably includes a controller (70; 170) for monitoring an activation status of the internal combustion engine (44; 144) and electrically disconnects the vehicle battery pack (50; 50) from the dedicated rechargeable electrical energy storage device (58; 158) when the internal combustion engine(44; 144) is deactivated. There is further provided a (20) method of charging the refrigerator system (80) via the electrical energy storage device (44; 144). |