DESIGN OF A COLD

STORAGE UNIT FOR

BANANA(LAKATAN)
 INTRODUCTION

A cold storage system that is suitable for Banana(Lakatan) is designed

to prolong its storage and transport life with the use proper materials and
needed computation to attain its optimum requirement in a cold storage.
The unit will be painted white to minimize heat and plastic stips will be
installed in doorway to reduce air infiltration during loading and
unloading This storage system has a capacity of 10,000 kg of Banana.
Also, CoolBot will be used to control the humidity and temperature in the
unit.
 TABLE OF ASSUMPTION
NORMAL AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 35 ˚C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 60%

OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE 25 ˚C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90%

REQUIRED COOLING TIME FOR LAKATAN 6 HOURS

DIMENSION OF THE CRATE 0.6m x 0.4m x 0.485m
WEIGHT OF THE CRATE 1 KG

STORAGE DIMENSION 9m x 6m x 3m
SENSIBLE AND LATENT REF. LOAD FOR FULLY ESTABLISHED 20
AIRFLOW (q)

EFFECTIVENESS DOORWAY PROTECTIVE DEVICE (PLASTIC 0.95

STRIP CURTAIN) (E)

DOORWAY FLOW FACTOR (DF) 1.1 (Cyclically operated doors with temperature differentials <11 ˚C

TIME TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR PER PASSAGE (ɵp) 15 SECONDS

TOTAL DAILY TIME DOOR IS OPEN (ɵo) 60 MINUTES

NUMBER OF WORKING HOURS PER DAY (ɵd) 8 HOURS
NUMBER OF TIMES OF DOOR PASSAGES ( P ) 40 PASSAGES (5 TIMES PER PERSONELL )
LIGHTING 50 LUMENS/M2
20 WATTS FLOURESCENT LAMP 4 BULBS WITH 4-5FT SPACING
REFRIGERATION AIR CONDITIONING CAPACITY 12 TONS
 LIGHTING REQUIREMENT
◦   As stated in table 4 of PAES 217, the
recommended lighting requirement for cold
storage is 50 lumens/m2.
Based on the Annex D of PAES 217:2002, 0.068
20 watts flouresent lamp is needed per square
meter

And since the floor area of the storage is 48m 2,

therefore the required light intensity will be :  
45m2 x 0.068 =3.6 lamps

no. of bulb = 4 lamps

STRUCTURE DESIGN AND DIMENSION
FLOOR PLAN
HEAT LOAD CALCULATION
 TRANSMISSION LOAD
 
Total mass of Lakatan = 10000 kg

Plastic crate Capacity = 20 kg

Stacking:

10 x 10 x 5 layers

 
Floor area:

As stated in PAES 417, the floor area shall be determined by calculating volume of containers (in this case,

crate) and dividing the volume with the maximum stacking height and adding area of aisles, therefore ;
 
Volume of the crate:

Given the dimensions of the plastic crates,

m2

Maximum Stacking Height:

m2
 
Area of Aisles and Hallway

The storage box has 3 aisle with same dimensions and 1 hallway.

22

Floor Area:

2
Surface Area of the storage

3m
 
6m
9m

 
2
 
Insullation:

Materials used as insulators will be 80mm Polystyrene and 6mm Plywood . The 80mm polystyrene will be put

in the middle of two 6mm plywood.

Over all heat transfer Coefficient:

=0.4165903681 w/mK
 
Transmission Load:
 PRODUCT LOAD
 
As indicated in Table 4-4, the specific heat of Banana is 3.39 kJ/kg K.
 
From table 3-4; respiration rate of lakatan banana at 25˚C is 227mg CO 2/Kgh

Product Load:
 INTERNAL LOAD

 
Specific heat, C for plastic crates = 1.67kJ/kg K
 
Personnel: 6- 8 persons working inside

Motors: 3 fans rated 200 watts each used for 16 hrs.

 
Lighting:

4- 20 watts fluorescent lamp will be used in 10 hrs/day

Total Internal Load:

 AIR FILTRATION LOAD
 
 EQUIPMENT RELATED LOAD

𝑞𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝=0.05(𝑞𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠+𝑞𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑+𝑞𝑖𝑛𝑡+𝑞𝑎𝑖𝑟)
 TOTAL HEAT LOAD

𝑲𝒋
 

𝒒𝒕𝒐𝒂𝒍=𝑞𝑒 𝑢𝑖𝑝=𝑞𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠+𝑞𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑+𝑞𝑖𝑛𝑡+𝑞𝑎𝑖𝑟+𝑞𝑒 𝑢𝑖𝑝𝒒𝒕𝒐𝒂𝒍=32 9.40384+80789+40 58.3 +57 +623 .186 92𝒒𝒕𝒐𝒂𝒍=130896.9205 𝒒𝒕𝒐𝒂𝒍=130897𝒌𝑱/𝒉𝒓
𝒉𝒓
REQUIRED REFRIGERATION CAPACITY

𝑹𝑭𝑪=𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒙𝟏.𝟏
 
REFRIGERATION AIR CONDITIONING
CAPACITY
 

1 TON = 12000 Btu/hr

1 Btu = 1055.06 joule or 1.06 kJ

= 11.372 tons AC or 12 tons AC