Railway refrigeration is properly known as "protective" service applied for limited time only, and going only to certain point into intricacies of food preservation; this point is determined by economics of situation; improvements in car design cannot be expected to pay for themselves in saving perishables if they involve increase in car weight; discussion of design of icing stations.


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    Title :

    Current practice of transit refrigeration


    Additional title:

    Refrig. Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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