Products & throughput
Inlet temperature, daily mass, specific heat and cooling time.
Industrial refrigeration & preservation
Industrial cold rooms & refrigeration
Design a stable, energy-efficient cold store that is tailored to your products, logistics flows and process requirements.
Heat balanceDesignCommissioning
AIRPRO EXPERTISERefrigerationpositive or negative, sized according to the actual load and operating cycles
REFRIGERATION BALANCE SHEET
The right capacity starts with an accurate assessment of heat loads.
Volume alone is not the sole factor in sizing a cold store. Incoming goods, door openings, the building envelope, lighting and logistics cycles cause the load to vary from hour to hour.
AIRPRO translates these requirements into a thermal balance to prevent the installation from being undersized, unstable or unnecessarily energy-intensive.
Insulated envelope & access
Walls, floor, ceiling, thermal bridges, doors and frequency of opening.
Terms of use
Outdoor temperature, humidity, personnel, lighting and internal equipment.
Refrigeration systems
A seamless process, from the building envelope to control systems.
Performance results from the interaction between insulation, refrigeration capacity, air distribution and control systems.
Insulate
Minimise air infiltration through correctly specified panels, floors, doors and fittings.
Produce
Select the operating mode, refrigerant and equipment according to the expected capacity and availability.
Distribute
Maintain a consistent temperature without drying out the products or disrupting operations.
Regulate
Adapt the output, fans and defrosting to the actual load.
High-performance enclosure+Appropriate capacity+Precise control=Controlled cooling
Applications
A solution tailored to the temperature and the product.
Each application requires specific temperature levels, humidity levels and cooling dynamics.
Chilled storage
Temperature-controlled storage of fresh produce, raw materials and prepared products.
Priority: thermal stability and humidity control.Frozen storage
Chamber, doors, floor and defrosting system designed for low temperatures.
Priority: maintaining a constant temperature and preventing frost.Industrial refrigeration
Cells, airlocks and preparation areas integrated into production lines.
Priority: to reach the target temperature within the available time.Energy efficiency
Reducing energy consumption without compromising preservation.
AIRPRO focuses first on avoidable loads, then on production efficiency and the quality of control systems.
Infiltration
Airlocks, high-speed doors and the organisation of airflows limit the ingress of humid air.
Defrosting
Frequency and duration are adjusted to actual requirements to avoid costly cycles.
Condensation
The condensation temperature and heat exchange directly influence efficiency.
Supervision
Alarms, logs and indicators make it easier to monitor deviations.
Preparing the design
Useful information to help you specify your cold room.
A floor plan, details of the products stored and some operational information enable initial assumptions to be made.
Submit my project or call +33 7 57 69 08 40- Dimensions, layout and target temperature
- Nature, quantity and inlet temperature of the products
- Loading rate and opening frequency
- Ambient conditions of the room or site
- Health, acoustic and maintenance requirements
- New installation, extension or refurbishment
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
Key points to consider before designing a cold store.
Three solutions to better manage power, temperature and energy consumption.
How do you size an industrial cold room?
The calculation takes into account heat gains through walls, openings, products, people, lighting, equipment and operating cycles. The capacity is then selected, taking into account an appropriate operating time and margin.
What is the difference between positive and negative cooling?
Positive-temperature refrigeration generally maintains temperatures above 0 °C. Negative-temperature refrigeration keeps products frozen and requires cladding, flooring, doors and a defrost system suitable for lower temperatures.
How can energy consumption be reduced?
It is essential to combine insulation, control of openings, clean heat exchangers, optimised condensing pressure, efficient fans and defrosting controlled as required.
The AIRPRO service
AIRPRO provides your industrial cold room design.
AIRPRO designs positive or negative cold rooms tailored to your products, production rates, building requirements and energy efficiency targets.
The service may include requirements analysis, thermal analysis, definition of the building envelope, refrigeration design, equipment selection, air distribution, control systems, technical drawings and specifications, as well as support right through to commissioning.
- Heat balance and operating scenarios
- Design of the building envelope and refrigeration system
- Control, performance and technical specifications
Your project
Tell us about your industrial requirement.
Describe your installation, issue or objective. An AIRPRO engineer will provide an initial technical assessment.