The electrification of transport refrigeration equipment is evolving, but charging and power sharing must be standardized before adoption occurs at scale. HDT's Jim Park talks to Matt Srnec, Thermo King’s lead electrical systems engineer.
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🎙 Today's topics include:
Benefits and barriers to standardizing electric TRUs and e-PTOs
Current electric charging standards
The charging needs of eTRUs
Power Sharing, aka e-PTOs
How the industry is working on standards
And more.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Thermo King Intro Ad
3:01 Electric Charging Standards
5:58 High and Low-Power Charging Technology for TRUs
8:44 Thermo King Mid-Episode Ad
9:44 Power Sharing, aka e-PTOs
15:21 Post-Roll Thermo King Ad