Food Product Cold Storage Data Table

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Food Product Cold Storage Data Table

Food Product Cold Storage Data

Data table calculator outputs available data on Quick Freeze temperature, Storage temp., Humidity, Specific heat, Latent heat, freezing point, respiration rate.

A great deal of research and experience are required to obtain authoritative information on optimum temperatures and humidifies for various products in cold storage. The Table calculator is representative of good practice. The safe storage period depends upon the product and the storage temperature, and operational techniques vary greatly. Modern cold-storage warehouses of the larger concerns are cooled by brine which is furnished at two different temperatures only. The higher temperature for the mild-temperature warehouses is 10 to 12°F (12 to 11°C), and the low-temperature brine for the freezers is 10 to 12°F (23 to 24°C). All temperatures above that of the brine are obtained by regulating the amount of brine circulated in any particular set of coils. In the low-temperature warehouses, the piping is arranged for two classes of service:

(1) sharp freezers, where the goods which are to be frozen are kept in a blast of air who set temperature is 30°F (34°C) while their temperature is brought down quickly to the holding temperature (say in from 6 to 10h) after which they are stored in (2) holding rooms where the desired temperature is maintained.

Reference:

Mark Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers