rdandt@rdandt.co.uk
Refrigeration Developments and Testing Ltd.
Welcome to RD&T:
RD&T has been set up by ex University of Bristol,
FRPERC (Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research) employees. The
company involves Judith Evans, Tim Brown, Alan Foster and Edward Hammond and offers
a unique service that transfers research knowledge into industrial projects. RD&T carries out work on food
refrigeration, refrigeration development, cabinet testing, and heat and mass
transfer.
RD&T is located on the
University of Bristol’s Langford campus and has taken over facilities previously used by FRPERC (Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre).
RD&T offers services to design and test domestic, commercial and retail refrigeration systems. We can help at all stages from initial concept to development of prototypes to final optimisation and testing. RD&T combines the use of advanced mathematical modelling tools with practical design knowledge and skills to provide expert applied solutions.
RD&T offer a comprehensive package of services that cover design to testing:
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Design from concept or idea
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Development of a prototype or demonstrator
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Testing and final confirmation of performance
Latest News & Updates
China Collaboration
RD&T's Alan Foster is currently spending a month in China working with Professor Ruhe Xie at Guangzhou University. Professor Xie's work focuses on refrigerated transport and his University has some unique facilities available for research. One of these is a specialised test facility to simulate containers during transit, in which surrounding air speeds of up to 80 mph can be produced. Alan is currently working with the team in Guangzhou to carry out tests on infiltration into containers and to model the effects of infiltration using Computational Fluid Dynamics.
He(art) of refrigeration
At RD&T we generally design, develop and test refrigeration systems. However, a new project recently extended our work into an area far flung from engineering. Ed Hammond was approached by Sarah Wilton an art student from UWE (University of the West of England). She had the idea of developing a refrigerated piece of art as part of her art degree.
RD&T launched from the ashes of FRPERC
The Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre (FRPERC) has long been established as the leading research centre in the UK for work on refrigeration and food. When the University of Bristol decided to close FRPERC at the end of July 2009 there was general shock within the UK refrigeration industry. The group contained over 200 years of experience and was a valuable source of knowledge gained over many years as part of the Meat Research Institute, AFRC Institute of Food Research and latterly as part of the University of Bristol.
Members of FRPERC have now set up a company to preserve the knowledge base and continue the refrigeration work carried out at FRPERC.
- Retail and commercial cabinet testing
- Refrigeration system development
- Test packages
- Mathematical modelling
- Design and optimisation
- Energy reduction
