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TheresJustNoMoney

We continue to miniaturize components, so how about a miniaturized refrigeration unit that can fit in a packaging box meant for food that must stay refrigerated, and have it be battery-powered, of course?

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How small is the tiniest refrigeration system ever made, and can they keep cool the contents of packaging boxes?

No need for refrigerated box trucks anymore as long as the battery outlasts the trip from the warehouse to the customer's doorstep, right?

And how long do the longest-lasting batteries last at those sizes?

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[–]sock2014 6 points 5 months ago 

Please google or ask chatgpt how refrigeration works. If you are cooling something, you are removing heat. Where does the heat go? With a refrigerated truck, the heat goes out into the air. But if the package with its own mini unit is inside a sealed truck, what happens?

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[–]JoeyJoeJoeJrShab 3 points 5 months ago 

What would the advantage be? We already have refrigerated trucks, insulated containers, and dry ice. We can deliver frozen items to most people's doorsteps today. I don't understand what use case you are trying to solve here.

Also, what would happen once you reach the customer's door? Does the refrigerated box stay at their doorstep? That seems a lot more expensive than leaving a cheap cooler at their door.

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[–]grapemon1611 1 point 4 months ago 

This was my thinking too. As an inventor, I come up with lots of interesting ideas but before I file a patent claim I look at the practicality of it. A battery powered delivery freezer box is interesting for sure. However, even if they are reused, that would be a prohibitively expensive container. The invention here would be to make a cooler that’s either significantly more efficient at keeping something frozen or to maintain temperature for less money than it costs to ship now

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[–]General_Benefit8634 2 points 5 months ago 

You can get small refrigerators about the size of a single can of soda. There is an electronic component (peltier modules) that generates a heat gradient when an electric charge is applied.

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