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Surviving the Journey: Comparisons of Temperature-Stabilizing Materials for Living Arthropod Shipments.

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Shipments of living mosquitoes and other arthropods require temperatures that are within a range that is compatible with their health and survival. In addition to express shipping and insulated containers,… Click to show full abstract

Shipments of living mosquitoes and other arthropods require temperatures that are within a range that is compatible with their health and survival. In addition to express shipping and insulated containers, shipments often include materials that either store heat (i.e., have thermal mass) or otherwise stabilize the temperature. In this paper, we present the results of comparisons of thermal mass and phase change materials to stabilize the temperature under various conditions. We compared a rigid foam refrigerant and a number of phase change materials to bubble wrap for their capacity to moderate temperature change by measuring the temperatures in standard uninsulated shipping containers during exposure to high (37°C), cold (4°C), and freezing (-20°C) temperatures. We make recommendations for shipments depending on the ambient conditions that are expected to be experienced en route.

Keywords: temperature stabilizing; materials living; comparisons temperature; surviving journey; stabilizing materials; journey comparisons

Journal Title: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Year Published: 2020

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