DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A COLD STORE WITH WATER-COOLED CHILLER

Authors

  • Serap Akdemir Assoc.Prof.Dr. (Faculty)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52292/j.laar.2022.635

Keywords:

cold store, chiller, design, heat load

Abstract

Objective of this research was to design, construction and test of a cold store with chiller unit. Dimensions of the cold store were 5x4x3m. Heat load was calculated and capacity of cooling system was determined. Ambient temperature was set 2oC and relative humidity 90% for cold store testing. Ambient temperature, relative humidity and air velocity were measured for 3 different levels and 12 points for each level in the cold store. Total heat load and capacity of cooling system were calculated 5222 kcal/h. and 6.07 kW respectively.  The descriptive statistics  were calculated for the ambient temperature;  mean, 2.82oC, standard deviation 0.02oC and CV(%) 0.56, and  for the relative humidity; mean 88.01%, standard deviation 0.61 (%) and CV(%)  0.70 and for the air velocity mean 0.37m/s, standard deviation 0.22 m/s, CV 33.45 %. Even the air velocity CV was high, the ambient temperature and relative humidity variations were evaluated very good.

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Published

2022-01-01

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 1 (2022): Latin American Applied Research

Section

Applied Mechanics

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