US 12,466,304 B2
Transport refrigeration unit with heat island mitigation
Bart van Hassel, Weatogue, CT (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/346,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/367,671, filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010116 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60P 3/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/20 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00014 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method of cooling a refrigerated cargo space comprising:
cycling a transportation refrigeration system having a fuel cell, a controller, and a refrigeration augmentation unit on and off for a number of times without using the refrigeration augmentation unit, wherein the number of times the transportation refrigeration system is cycled on and off is based at least in part on a size of the fuel cell; and
collecting water from the fuel cell during the cycling of the transportation refrigeration system without using the refrigeration augmentation unit; and
cycling the transportation refrigeration system using the refrigeration augmentation unit, wherein water used by the refrigeration augmentation unit comprises the collected water.