Experience of one railroad company with use of polyurethane foam insulation in refrigerator cars and trailers over last 10 yr; originally requiring several days, in-place foaming now takes less than 1 hr; foam-insulated trailers leak 9900 Btu/hr at 100 F temperature differential compared with 15,000 for nonfoam trailers; refrigerator cars can now safely carry perishables coast to coast in any ambient temperature with inside temperature from below zero to 70 F; 60-ft, 100-ton car contains over 3800-lb rigid urethane foam of density 2 to 20 lb/cu ft.
Cellular plastics in railroad refrigerator cars and piggyback trailers
J Cellular Plastics
Journal of Cellular Plastics ; 2 , n 6
1966
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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