PROJECT
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Rigging the impressive multiplex system.
Inside the airlock.
Storax mobile racking has maximised storage capacity.
for some flexibility, with picking being
allowed for if required. The outcome is that
this facility can hold 3 650 pallets within its
roughly 25 000m 2 volume.
For the refrigeration design, the number
one priority of this project was to reduce
operational costs while keeping capital
costs within realistic constraints. During
the design stage, various industry-leading
contractors were invited to tender their
own specification and design with a brief
to bring to the table what they believed
would best match these criteria. Quotes
were requested from both freon and
ammonia contractors with no allegiance
to either refrigerant — only a view to
compare on the various levels what would
best suit a facility like this.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
The basic description of this refrigeration
system is a 250kW water-cooled freon
multiplex system. The multiplex plant is
located on a mezzanine platform 8m up
off the ground, to reduce the pumping
head required to get the refrigerant
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Run-off water from the storage tanks are used to water the lawn and two tanks are used for
saving water.
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