Mobile dehydrator and method of use thereof

A self-contained, portable product dehydrator comprising:

• an intermodal container including a rear door, a front door, a ceiling, a floor, and walls therebetween to define an interior;
• an equipment module, the interior housing the equipment module, the equipment module including a refrigeration equipment chamber proximate the front door and an air conditioning chamber behind the refrigeration equipment chamber, the equipment module retained in the interior and moveable from a retracted position to an extended position, wherein when in the extended position, the refrigeration equipment chamber is substantially exposed to an ambient environment, outside the front door;
• a heat pump dehumidifier including a subcooler, a desuperheater, at least two condensers, a compressor, an expansion valve and an evaporator, all in fluid communication;
• the subcooler, the desuperheater, the expansion valve and the compressor housed in the refrigeration equipment chamber and the at least two condensers and the evaporator housed in the air conditioning chamber, the air conditioning chamber including a front partition wall and a bank of fans in the rear wall, the bank of fans in fluid communication with the air conditioning chamber and the drying chamber;
• a drying chamber, the drying chamber defined by the interior and the rear door;
• and a motor control center and a control panel, both in electronic communication with the heat pump dehumidifier and the fans.