RAIL COACH FACTORY MAKES FIRST EVER REFRIGERATED VAN
The Rail Coach Factory,
Kapurthala, a production unit under the Ministry of Railways,
has manufactured the first refrigerated van of railways. Refrigerated
van has the capacity to carry 12 tonnes of fruits, vegetables
and other perishable commodities at 4 degree celcius and 5 ton
of other materials at 20 degree Celsius. Such vans can travel
for fifteen days without refuelling and the maximum fuel consumption
will be five litres per hour. The maximum permissible speed is
130 kmph on Rajdhani routes and 110 kmph on other routes.
The refrigeration
unit of the van is an integrated , self contained, fully charged,
pre-wired, diesel powered one. The temperature controller of the
unit is a solid-state microprocessor controller. Besides providing
excellent fuel economy, refrigerated van has easy starting characteristics.
