Design Considerations for a Frozen Blood Shipping Container Used in the Transportable Blood Transshipment Center Program

Abstract

A standard rectangular-shaped shipping container capable of accommodating up to 24 packs of red blood cell solution was shown to be suitable for blood storage and transport. The ability of the unit to maintain RBC packs in the desirable and acceptable temperature range was demonstrated using an insulated box coupled with a coolant. Keywords: Frozen blood shipping container; Thermodynamic analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198311

Entities

People

  • Jahan Eftekhar

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Blood Cells
  • Climate Change
  • Containers
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Packaging
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physical Properties
  • Polystyrenes
  • Thermal Conductivity

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Materials Science
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics