THE INSULATING COVER, A PARTICULAR LOGISTIC MEANS FOR THERMOSENSITIVEFOODSTUFFS

Thermal protection efficiency of different insulating paletts-covers w ere tested in a particular logistic process, such as interfaces betwee n refrigerated transport/platform/ delivery where the temperature (amb iante) was uncontrolled. The overall coefficient of heat transfert (K) of these covers was measured. The experiments were carried out with i ndividual pallets placed in a test room with a control temperature, an d in a tot liner trailer placed in a test tunnel controlled at +25 deg rees C. This paper emphasizes the advantages and the disadvantages of use in an exclusive sense (thermal protection, mecanical resistance, l ogistics conditions, ...). (C) Elsevier Science Ltd and IIR.