This area provides Cold Chain Lessons that may be valuable to the cold chain novice and expert alike.
A Active Thermal Shipper: thermal shipper which employs thermostatic controls to maintain proper temperature, in combination with an energy source and mechanical/electrical cooling/heating. Ambient Product: product...
Each shipping system can be defined as follows: Active systems: Active thermal systems do not use any phase change materials (PCM) such as water/ice or...
Digital Temperature Monitors: these devices are typically single use or multiple use units. The advantages are high accuracy and the ability to have a full...
Insulation is a critical component of a thermal system, which slows down the heat transfer between the product and the environment. There is two main...
Insulation is a critical component of a thermal system, which slows down the heat transfer between the product and the environment. There is two main...
The following is some theoretical information on the heat transfer modes which can play a factor in cold chain packaging: Conduction: conduction is heat transfer by...
The nomenclature used for describing testing of cold chain packaging used to demonstrate its performance is somewhat controversial. Here we discuss Qualification and Validation, the...
Temperature profile selection for cold chain qualification is a topic of much discussion for the pharmaceutical industry. A temperature profile describes the external temperatures used...
Gel Packs are a critical component of a thermal system, in most cases more important than insulation, since they provides a source of energy (and/or heat sink)...
This is the 10th Lesson in CoolPack’s series of Cold Chain Lessons. CoolPack thanks David Ulrich, from Abbott Pharma Distribution QA for providing the original information in this Lesson....
