REFRIGERATED COLD STORAGE DESIGN

Refrigeration Requuirements:

Given: Fruits and Vegetables Specific Heat, Hs: 3.80 KJ

Storage Temperature: From 21º to 0ºC 21.00 ºC
Store Room Dimension: 3X3X3 m³ 31.50 cu.m.
Store Room Height: 3.00 m
Crate Dimension: 37x53x31 cm³ 0.06 cm³
Store Room Capacity:Crates 415.00 Crates
Weight of fruits per crate: 20.00 kgs.
Total Capacity: 8,300.00 kgs.
Weight of the crate container: 2.00 kgs.
Heat Loss, Walls: Length Width 1.05 KJ/sq.m.ºC-hr
Wall area, sq.m. 3.50 3.00 39.00 sq.m.
Heat Loss, Floor: 34.10 KJ/h-sq.m.
Floor Area, sq.m.: 10.50 sq.m.
Ceilling Area, sq.m.: 10.50 sq.m.
Heat Loss, Ceiling: 0.64 KJ/h-sq.m.

COMPUTATION: Fruits and Vegetables

1.00 HEAT LOAD = W*Hs*ºC 662,340.00 KJ/day

27,597.50 KJ/hr

1.10 POWER REQT. , Watts: 7,665.97 Watts

2.00 HEAT LOAD, Crates: 43,575.00 KJ/day

1,815.63 KJ/hr
3.00 Respiration Heat Maximum:
Heat Maximum of fruit 8,130.20 KJ/hr
on the seventh day storage
 3.10 Additional Respiration Heat: 3,285.42 KJ/hr
5 days intake of fruit cooled
to 0ºC

4.00 Heat Transmission (Walls): 862.41 KJ/hr

5.00 Heat Transmission (Floor): 358.05 KJ/hr

8ºC temperature Difference

6.00 Heat Transmission (Ceiling): 200.025 KJ/hr

Temperature Difference 30 ºC

7.00 Electrical Heat Load:

Lights 40 Watts 2,304.00 KJ/hr

No.of light 2 units

Fan Motors 1.5 Hp 4,029.00 KJ/hr

No. of Fan 1 unit

8.00 Air infiltration assumes three 4,252.50 KJ/hr

complete air changes in 24 h,
outside air 21ºC
45.00 KJ/cu.m.21ºC

TOTAL AMOUNT OF HEAT PER HOUR: 52,834.72 KJ/hr

Power Requirement: Watts 14.68 KWatts

Compressor Power Reqt., Watts 17.27 KWatts 23.15

Refrigeration Requirement, Tonnes 4.17 tonnes

 Commulative Respiration Heat of fruits during cooling
produced when a tonne of fruits are stored daily

Days from Mean Fruit temperature (ºC)*

TOTAL HEAT
Start of
15 10 6 4 2 1 0 (KJ)
Loading

1 7,000.00 7,000.00
2 7,000.00 5,217.00 12,217.00
3 7,000.00 5,217.00 2,917.00 15,134.00
4 7,000.00 5,217.00 2,917.00 2,009.00 17,143.00
5 7,000.00 5,217.00 2,917.00 2,009.00 2,344.00 19,487.00
6 7,000.00 5,217.00 2,917.00 2,009.00 2,344.00 2,122.00 21,609.00
7 7,000.00 5,217.00 2,917.00 2,009.00 2,344.00 2,122.00 1,900.00 23,509.00

* Approximate average temperature of the fruit during successive days as it is being cooled from 21ºC to 0ºC