Transport Container for Transporting Temperature-Sensitive Transport Goods

Abstract

A transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods, including an interior for receiving the transport goods, is definable by an enclosure made up of several layers including at least one latent heat accumulator layer or at least one latent heat accumulator element, at least one energy distribution layer made of a highly heat-conductive material disposed on a side facing away from the interior, and/or on the side facing the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer and/or the at least one latent heat accumulator element.

Claims

1. A transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods, including an interior for receiving the transport goods, which is defined by an enclosure made up of several layers comprising at least one latent heat accumulator layer or at least one latent heat accumulator element, characterized in that at least one energy distribution layer made of a highly heat-conductive material is disposed on the side facing away from the interior, and/or on the side facing the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the at least one latent heat accumulator element.

2. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one insulation layer is disposed on the side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the at least one latent heat accumulator element, wherein the energy distribution layer disposed on the side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the at least one latent heat accumulator element is preferably disposed between the insulation layer and the latent heat accumulator layer (10) or the latent heat accumulator element.

3. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least two energy distribution layers made of a highly heat-conductive material are disposed on the side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the latent heat accumulator element, the insulation layer being preferably disposed between the two energy distribution layers.

4. A transport container according to claim 2, characterized in that the insulation layer exhibits a conductivity <0.05 W/(m.Math.K), preferably <0.03 W/(m.Math.K).

5. A transport container according to claim 2, characterized in that the insulation layer has a thickness of 10 to 200 mm.

6. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer comprises a thermal conductivity >200 W/(m.Math.K).

7. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer is made at least partially of aluminum, copper or carbon nanotubes.

8. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer is comprised of at least two different materials having different thermal conductivities.

9. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the energy distribution layers comprises portions of smaller cross section and portions of larger cross section.

10. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the energy distribution layers comprises openings.

11. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that the enclosure further comprises an active temperature-control layer.

12. A transport container according to claim 1, characterized in that on the side facing away from the interior and on the side facing the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer at least one energy distribution layer is each arranged, which surrounds the interior of the transport container on all sides, respectively, and that on the side facing away from the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer at least one insulation layer is arranged, wherein the energy distribution layer disposed on the side facing away from the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer is preferably disposed between the insulation layer and the latent heat accumulator layer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] Exemplary embodiments of a transport container are schematically illustrated in the Figures.

[0036] FIG. 1 illustrates a first configuration of the transport container according to the invention.

[0037] FIG. 2 depicts a second configuration of the transport container according to the invention.

[0038] FIG. 3 illustrates a third configuration of the transport container according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] A transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods includes an interior for receiving the transport goods, which is characterized by an enclosure made up of several layers comprising at least one latent heat accumulator layer or at least one latent heat accumulator element, wherein at least one energy distribution layer made of a highly heat-conductive material is disposed on the side facing away from the interior, and/or on the side facing the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the at least one latent heat accumulator element.

[0040] A transport container according to any embodiment can be further characterized with further a feature(s) as described herein.

[0041] A transport container can be further characterized in that at least one insulation layer is disposed on a side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer and/or the at least one latent heat accumulator element, wherein the energy distribution layer disposed on the side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the at least one latent heat accumulator element is preferably disposed between the insulation layer and the latent heat accumulator layer (10) or the latent heat accumulator element.

[0042] A transport container can be further characterized in that at least two energy distribution layers made of a highly heat-conductive material are disposed on the side facing away from the interior, of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer or the latent heat accumulator element, the insulation layer being preferably disposed between the two energy distribution layers.

[0043] A transport container can be further characterized in that the insulation layer exhibits a conductivity <0.05 W/(m.Math.K), preferably <0.03 W/(m.Math.K).

[0044] A transport container can be further characterized in that the insulation layer has a thickness of 10 to 200 mm.

[0045] A transport container can be further characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer comprises a thermal conductivity >200 W/(m.Math.K).

[0046] A transport container can be further characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer is made at least partially of aluminum, copper or carbon nanotubes.

[0047] A transport container can be further characterized in that the at least one energy distribution layer is comprised of at least two different materials having different thermal conductivities.

[0048] A transport container can be further characterized in that at least one of the energy distribution layers comprises portions of smaller cross section and portions of larger cross section.

[0049] A transport container can be further characterized in that at least one of the energy distribution layers comprises openings.

[0050] A transport container can be further characterized in that the enclosure further comprises an active temperature-control layer.

[0051] A transport container can be further characterized in that on the side facing away from the interior and on the side facing the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer at least one energy distribution layer is each arranged, which surrounds the interior of the transport container on all sides, respectively, and that on the side facing away from the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer at least one insulation layer is arranged, wherein the energy distribution layer disposed on the side facing away from the interior of the at least one latent heat accumulator layer is preferably disposed between the insulation layer and the latent heat accumulator layer.

[0052] An illustrative transport container is explained in more detail by way of exemplary embodiments schematically illustrated in the Figures. It will be appreciated that other embodiments are described herein.

[0053] An exemplary embodiment is depicted in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 depicts a parallelepiped-shaped transport container 1 whose walls are denoted by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. On the sixth side, the transport container 1 is shown open to visualize the layered structure of the walls. The open side can, for instance, be closed by a door, which preferably has the same layered structure as the walls 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. By preference, all of the six walls of the transport container 1 have identical layered structures. The layered structure comprises an external energy distribution layer 7, e.g. of aluminum, an insulation layer 8, a further energy distribution layer 9, a latent heat accumulator layer 10 and an internal energy distribution layer 11.

[0054] The configuration according to FIG. 2 corresponds to the configuration according to FIG. 1 but with the difference in that an insulation layer 12 is additionally provided as an innermost layer.

[0055] In the configuration according to FIG. 3, the latent heat accumulator is not designed as a latent heat accumulator layer surrounding the interior of the transport container on all sides, but is designed as a latent heat accumulator element 13 arranged only in the region of the wall 4. The layered structure of the walls merely comprises an insulation layer 8 and an energy distribution layer 9.