Pioneers in Innovative

Temperature Control Solutions

Leaders in Thermal Energy Storage

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10 4 2 Patents
Brazil In various
Europe South East Asia
geographies
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PLUSS: Business Summary
Leaders in Thermal Energy Storage

• Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (“PLUSS”) is based in Gurugram, India and is a specialty materials research and manufacturing company involved in
the fields of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage and speciality polymeric additives for enhancing mechanical properties.
• The Business is primarily divided into the following segments:
• PCM – Life Sciences and Healthcare
• PCM – Food and Agriculture (reefer trucks, last mile delivery, cold rooms and solar dryers)
• PCM – Energy Efficiency (building, refrigeration equipment and HVAC)
• Speciality Polymers
• Manufacturing units dedicated to PCMs, pharmaceutical cold chain boxes and speciality polymers meeting global delivery standards
• Serves a diverse worldwide customer base with c. 40.0% of sales exported to Europe, USA and Turkey.
• Very strong on R&D with a demonstrated track record of developing market relevant product offerings.
• Boasting laboratories recognised by the Indian Government’s Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, including a chemical laboratory and
environment chambers for testing cold chain solutions plus test beds for a variety of PCM applications.
• A subsidiary of CUMI, a Murugappa Group Company
• Global presence through its 100% subsidiary in the Netherlands to expand its footprint in Europe.
What is PCM ?
➢ PCM = Phase Change Material
➢ Stores large energy in the form of latent heat
➢ Also called Thermal Batteries PCM
➢ Release/Absorption of heat at constant temperature
➢ Release /Absorption process repeatable over a
substantial number of cycles.

Hydrated Salts Organic Mixtures Hydrated Salts/Organic Eutectic Mixtures

(HS) (OM/FS) (HS/OM/FS)

0 5 11 24 32 35 42 48 55
-65 -26 -18 -10 -3 65 78

-75 -33 -23 -15 -7 3 8 22 29 34 37 46 50 58 72 89

0

Frozen Chilled Controlled Thermal Comfort/ Solar Thermal/

Ambient Electric Vehicles Waste Heat Recovery
 thermoTab™active Plates

➢ PLUSS in collaboration with FIC, Italy, offers an innovative PCM based ➢ Enables the transport of temperature sensitive food and beverages
solution for temperature controlled logistic solution to enable without any need for active diesel run refrigeration system.
temperature controlled transport of food and beverages.
➢ Made up of two sheets of mild steel, cold formed and welded together
through electrical resistance, galvanized with zinc.

➢ An evaporator coil, made up of mild-steel, is positioned into the plate

that allows quick freezing of the phase changing solution.

➢ Segmented into two broad categories on the basis of applications:

Chilled (2oC to 8oC) and Frozen (-25oC to -18oC).
thermoTab
active PCM
plates

Application of Phase Change

Materials in Cold Chain Transport
 thermoTab™active – Operations

How does it work? Questionnaire

• Do they have a facility with sufficient electricity

back up to charge the truck at any time of the
After 5-6hrs charging, Plates Charged at
trucks out for delivery. loading station day?
• How many trucks can they accommodate in
their existing facility?
• Do they have a 3-phase supply available for
running the ODU to charge the PCM plates?
• Can they accept the 5-6 hours of charging time
where the trucks will not be available to use?
• What is the distance and time they will be
operating these trucks for?
Trucks back to • Are they satisfied with the loading capacity
Delivery Operation
is for 12-14hrs.
Warehouse/
Loading Station
offered by these vehicles? What size of truck
would they need for their application?
• Do they have a maintenance team available to
solve any minor issues with the trucks?
Operation Cycle – From B2B, B2C for Chilled and Frozen Applications

Truck aligned for

unloading of material

Material Inside Warehouse

Material Loading Inside Truck
Material Inspection
before unloading

Unloading of material
at Customer end
Reefer Truck Charging
Application of Phase Change
Temperature Inside Container
Materials in Cold Chain Transport
Chilled Reefer Truck – TATA Intra V10 (+2oC to +8oC)

45

40

35

30
Temperature

25

20

15

10

-5

Time of day
Temperature inside truck - charging of PCM plates Temperature inside truck - discharging of PCM plates Ambient Temperature

Temperature Profile
Application of Phase Change
Materials in Cold Chain Transport
 Cost Benefit Analysis for 19ft Frozen Reefer Truck
Without PCM With PCM
Parameters Rs. Remark
Rs. Lacs
Bananas Lacs
Cost of Truck 15 15 For an 19ft Vehicle chassis
Cost of thermoTab active plates for transportation
Cost of PCM plates required 4.5 at
-20°C for 8-10 hours
Initial Actual quotes from supplier and indication from
cost Truck Body 6.88 6.9
customer
Traditional transportation

Diesel Refrigeration unit cost 3.5

PCM Based transportation

Loss= 9% at farmer’s end Loss = 3% at farmer’s end Condensing unit for charging plates 4.5 Including installation charges as Rs. 45000
Total Capital cost per annum 25.2 31.2 Additional cost is involved because of PCM plates
Mangoes Diesel Consumption for the vehicle,
14 10 Assumption
Ltr/hr
Diesel Consumption per day (10-12 Taking truck's running avg. speed to be 30km/hr,
140 100
hours), Litres with a fuel economy of 4km/lt
Considering diesel cost to be Rs.90/lt and running
Diesel Cost Per annum, Lakhs 35.28 25.20
for 280 days per annum
Electricity Cost per day to charge the Rs 15 per unit x 35 units (required to charge PCM
Operati 0.005
PCM Eutectic plates)
ng cost
Electricity Cost per annum to charge the
Loss= 16% at farmer’s end Loss = 1 to 2% at 1.47 For 280 days in a year
PCM Plates, Lakhs
farmer’s end
Beans Any other costs, Lakhs 1.76 1.33 Maintenance etc. (5% of the running cost)
Total Running Cost/year 37.04 28.00 Considering an average run of 250km per day for
280 days an year (Excluding driver cost, toll taxes,
Truck Running Cost: INR/km 52.92 40.01 and other related recurring charges which will be
the same in either of the cases)
6.00 Lacs (difference between Refrigeration system and
Investment in Capital cost
PCM cost)
Saving Savings per annum using PCM system Lacs per annum (difference in the annual running
9.04
- for one truck cost)
Loss = 7.3% at farmer’s
Loss= 18% at farmer’s end end Payback period 8 Months (including other expenses)
*Source: Field data
*PCM calculation on basis of following conditions: (1) Ambient temperature: 43degC; (2) 30-35minutes of cumulative door opening per
day of operation; (3) Standard PUF insulation properties and thickness of 120mm
PCM based Reefer Trucks done at Customer End

Delhi - NCR Gandhinagar, Gujarat

PCM based Reefer Trucks done at Customer End

Bangalore, Karnataka Surat, Gujarat

PCM based Reefer Trucks done at Customer End

Ludhiana, Punjab Bangalore, Karnataka

PCM based Reefer Trucks done at Customer End

Mumbai, Maharashtra Pune, Maharashtra

PCM based Reefer Trucks in Asia

Bangkok, Thailand
PCM based Reefer Trucks in Latin America

Barista coffee mobile van for training cum demo unit, Columbia
Clientele
Pluss Products and Sustainable Development Goals Key Recognition

Pluss develops products

with the idea of
impacting Sustainable
Development Goals
 PLUSStainability
/ plʌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
the ability to maintain the optimal rate or level to meet the needs of the
present without compromising the needs of future generations, the PLUSS way.