Cold Storage

A cold room, sometimes referred to as a refrigeration room, is a type of refrigeration chamber or insulated space designed to maintain an artificially generated temperature or range of temperatures. Cold rooms are used for storing temperature-sensitive, perishable items, such as food items and pharmaceutical products like vaccines. Refrigerated rooms can vary in size from very small walk-in rooms to very large warehouse storage.

WHY USE A COLD ROOM?

Cold room storage provides precise temperature control for commercial facilities where consistent, powerful refrigeration or freezing is required. For food or chemical storage, this means long-term temperature regulation for perishable or unstable products, lowered deterioration rates, and peace of mind knowing that items are preserved in the optimal conditions.

For pharmaceuticals, the FDA indicates current best practices for the warehousing of drugs and requires them to be stored “under appropriate conditions of temperature, humidity, and light so that the identity, strength, quality, and purity of the drug products are not affected.” Cold rooms represent one of the above mentioned requirements for cold storage of these products. Some other benefits of Parameter’s cold rooms include:

Reduce energy costs for storage of samples and other materials. Cold storage units are constructed to prevent fluctuations in temperature, meaning less energy is required to balance and adjust the temperature while in use. This holds true no matter your industry.

Guarantee potency of vaccines, drugs, and other sensitive items with cold storage. This can also help improve your company’s reputation and reliability.

Medications and medical equipment are highly sensitive and expensive ensure their safekeeping with locked, weather-proof cold storage units. Cold storage rooms are also used in transportation of industrial materials and other temperature-sensitive products across industries. In this case, the container has a cooling unit installed to ensure optimal temperature control. Refrigerated rooms, in general, are valued for their precision and power and can maintain specific temperatures over long periods of time.

HOW DOES COLD ROOM STORAGE WORK?

The design behind cold rooms that allows them to function efficiently isn’t so different from any other refrigeration system. Cold rooms use a compressor, condenser, fans, and an evaporator to maintain temperature within the unit. After a gas refrigerant gets compressed in the compressor it expands, and the gas absorbs energy. The hot gas flowing from the compressor passes over the evaporator coils and, after liquefying under high pressure, this cools the evaporator coils and the surrounding air. In order to maintain temperature, cold rooms must also be efficiently insulated.

WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE RANGE OF A COLD ROOM?

Most cold rooms will be able to accommodate temperatures between -2°C and 10°C. As for the specific temperature range of a cold room, that depends on what’s being stored inside. For food items such as fresh produce, an ideal cold room temperature ranges between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius. Pharmaceutical ICH storage will require a 5°C with a tolerance of ±3°C. When colder conditions are required, freezer rooms will be the preferred option, able to tune down to -30°C for storage of pharmaceutical products or chemicals. Freezers are also able to provide ultra-low storage needs at -50°C to -80°C.

WHAT CAN BE STORED IN A COLD ROOM?

As for their application, cold rooms can be used to store a variety of items across industries. The most common items include biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical products, textiles, tobacco products, perishable foods (Fruits, vegetables, dairy products, eggs, meat, poultry, and seafood) flowers, delicate plants, artworks, and even rare books.

Precise temperature control of certain drugs and medical devices is especially important to prevent material corruption and guarantee usage safety. Laboratory reagents, dialyzers, disinfectant solutions, sterilants, burn treatment products, and dental restorative materials, for example, are all highly temperature sensitive and require routine or consistent refrigeration to be effective. A cold storage room also can be utilized to process or slow down chemical reactions in engineering settings. And as mentioned above, if sensitive materials need to be temperature-regulated during transit, cold rooms can help there too.

FINAL THOUGHTS

At JP Steel, our refrigerated rooms are available in a variety of sizes depending on your specific industry needs. Temperature stability control is sometimes required on a larger scale, or to different specifications than standard cold room chambers can accommodate. In this case, we offer custom testing and walk-in rooms custom-built and designed to the parameters indicated.

Commonly Used Cold-rooms:

  1. Remote Cold Rooms

    A condenser unit, evaporator unit, and other components like glass, dryer, and extension valves are used by the cold room specialist to build a highly-efficient remote cold room. A unique feature of this type of cold room is that the compressors are installed on the outline. Like most refrigeration systems, coolant is transported from the condenser to the compressor through a line.

  2. Standard Cold Rooms

    The standard cold room panels are used to build a reliable refrigeration system to fulfil the requirements of small and medium-scale businesses and stores. Such cold rooms are specially designed to handle low-temperature levels for an extended period of time. A standard cold room releases the cool air vertically. Moreover, all of the components are placed in a single refrigeration framework.

  3. Penthouse Cold Rooms

    If you own a large-scale business or have a large amount of food you need to store at a suitable temperature, then you should consider the services of a cold room specialist to build a penthouse cold room. This type of cold rooms provides sufficient space for strolling in refrigeration. As a result, you will have more space for capacity racks. An efficient fan system is installed in a penthouse cold room. Moreover, it has numerous advantages like a greater storage room and a significantly reduced downtime of the cold room panels to maximize the efficiency of the entire system.

  4. Saddle Mount Cold Rooms

    The saddle mount cold room panels are hung over the wall before installing the roof. Such cold rooms are quite easy to install. However, it is better that you rely on a cold room specialist to ensure proper installation. A significant advantage of such cold rooms is that they are pre-assembled, so you will not have to spend too much energy and extra money on the installation.

  5. Walk-in Chiller

    Modern walk-in chillers are equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Cold room manufacturers are providing a wide range of walk-in chillers. Generally, large organizations and multinational enterprises make use of such freezers. However, the introduction of customized cold room panels has made it possible for small-scale businesses to install suitable walk-in chillers. A noticeable feature of a walk-in chiller is that its size can easily be customized, and hence, you can fit this refrigeration system in your available space.

  6. Industrial Cold Rooms

    As the name suggests, the purpose of industrial cold rooms is to fulfil large-scale refrigeration requirements. We provides industrial cold rooms in both individual and unified designs. Moreover, customized industrial cold rooms are also being developed to fulfil unique requirements. The application of this type of cold rooms includes food processing units, medical labs, the frozen food industry, and more.

  7. Prefabricated Cold Rooms

    Prefabricated cold rooms are the refrigeration system in which the cold room panels and other ready components are designed to quickly build small cold rooms. Most of such cold rooms have a maximum capacity of 200t. The assembly and installation of prefabricated cold rooms are typically carried out by cold room specialists. They have very high efficiency. As a result, businesses are able to cut down their expenses

  8. Centralized Cold Rooms

    Centralized cold rooms are usually installed by large companies to fulfil complex refrigeration requirements. Users are able to control such systems via a mobile application, which makes it easy for them to operate their business remotely.

  9. Flake and Block Cold Rooms

    A flake and block cold room has a highly efficient design that is suitable for both general and industrial purposes. It is often marketed as an all-in-one solution because even small-scale businesses can rely on customized flake and block cold room.

  10. Hypermarket Cold Rooms

    All of the major supermarkets make use of a traditional cold room that is remotely mounted. It has a very simple method of installation and maintenance, which makes it easy for hypermarkets to maintain such cold rooms.

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