Atmosphere Control System Cold Room
Once harvested and stored, vegetables and fruits still respire. By doing so they use oxygen and release carbon dioxide and heat. Fruit respiration is a multi-stage process that directly affects fruit storage life. For this reason, it’s in the farmer’s best interest to minimize the fruit respiration rate as much as possible and slow down the process of ripening. Thanks to modern technology, farmers can now manage the fruit respiration rate and prolong fruit storage life by using Controlled atmosphere storage (also called CA storage).
Thanks to the controlled atmosphere, the Controlled Atmosphere Rooms take O2 and then give off CO2 in order to improve the respiration of vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and fruits are stored in a gas-tight environment. The oxygen level in the air is lowered. Then the CO2 is increased. Controlled Atmosphere Rooms allow long-term storage of vegetables and fruits to minimize their aging and maturation to preserve taste and quality. Thanks to the Controlled Atmosphere Rooms, the rapid maturation (aging) of fruits and vegetables is prevented. Respiration is prevented in vegetables and fruits as it adapts to the gas conditions in cold storage. In controlled atmosphere rooms, the products are protected without applying chemicals. In this way, the life of many products is increased by 2-4 times.
Another incredible advantage of a Controlled Atmosphere system is the fact that your vegetable and fruits will remain fresh without using any chemicals. Other benefits of a controlled atmosphere cold room are;
● Your agricultural products remain fresh and eatable
● You can store your agricultural products and meat for a long time
● It saves you cost and other overheads
● If you have a well-controlled atmosphere cold room, there may be no need to build different cold rooms for your products
● This is helpful if you are not interested in storing your products for a very long time
● The cost of building a controlled atmosphere cold storage system is far less than building a cold room
● They consume lesser energy compared to other cold storage facilities
Controlled atmosphere technology is a fresh perspective in fruit and vegetable storage management that provides three imperative functions:
1. Temperature control; temperature is managed through standard refrigeration system which includes refrigeration pipes containing a refrigerant inside the storage.
2. Humidity control;
Since most fruits and vegetables stored in CA require a high relative humidity, various humidifying devices can be used to manage the moisture in the air.
3. Atmospheric conditioning; optimal levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide are managed differently in each CA storage type.
We provide services such as;
● The installation of atmosphere control equipment like Nitrogen generators and so on
● Design and build gas-tight rooms and doors
● Controlled cooling systems
● Build and install compressors
● Build and install panels
● We carry out regular maintenance on controlled atmosphere cold storage systems
● Design and fabrication
● Refurbish controlled atmosphere cold rooms
