Interactive trip-planning application for transportation refrigeration unit with an energy storage device

摘要

A method of determining potential routes for a transportation refrigeration unit (TRU) powered by an electric energy storage device is provided. The method comprising: storing container parameters of a container to store perishable goods, TRU parameters of the TRU to control environment conditions within container, and perishable good requirements for transporting the perishable goods within the container; receiving route parameters, weather parameters, and perishable good parameters; determining one or more potential routes in response to the route parameters; determining a TRU predicted operation along each of the one or more potential routes in response to at least one of the route parameters, container parameters, TRU parameters, weather parameters, perishable good parameters, and perishable good requirements; and determining a predicted energy consumption from the energy storage device by the TRU along each of the one or more potential routes in response to the TRU predicted operation and energy storage device parameters.