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Gntner Knowledge

Evaporator for
deep-freeze
store rooms

- Even air distribution in the cold store

- Even temperature in the rack area
- Low connected electrical load (D-mode)

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Optimum temperature distribution

in the deep-freeze storage room:
Gntner Evaporator for deep-freeze store rooms
Deep-freeze storage room with fully-automatic operation,
with low thermal load of reefer cargo

air flows

heat flows

The new deep-freeze storage room evaporator from Gntner: efficient performance
combined with a low speed and electrical power consumption.

Geometry of a deep-freeze stroage room with

3 deep-freeze storage room evaporators installed in

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air inflow shafts.

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High bays built to heights of up to 30 m

are increasingly used to make full use of
the area available in deep-freeze storage
rooms. In these rooms, their height means
that thermal currents occur that normally
cause vertical temperature layering.
Besides this, in these large rooms that are
often up to 80 m long it is also difficult to
distribute the cold air throughout the
entire room. Uneven temperature distribution and product quality reduction are
the result. Even air distribution can only
be achieved with very high-powered fans
when the usual air-cooling technology is
used. The Gntner deep-freeze storage
room evaporator does not work against
thermal currents in the same way as conventional coolers. Instead it makes clever
use of the natural thermal currents: The
cold air is blown downwards at low
speed.There it spreads and forms a reservoir of cold air. The heat carried in from
the walls heats the air, which then rises
and is again sucked in by the air cooler
directly on the ceiling. Since the heat in a
deep-freeze storage room does not occur
everywhere but mainly forms on the
outer walls, linear temperature layering
across the entire room height does not
occur as one might expect. Rather, the
locally occurring warm air rises quickly
and forms a relatively thin warm layer
under the ceiling.
With simulation calculations and measurements it has been possible to show
that a temperature deviation of only
maximum 2 K occurs over the entire area
in which the deep-freezed produce is
stored.

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m/s

Flow patterns (speed of the cooling air) in a vertical section by the middle evaporator: Cooling air spread
through the entire room.

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Temperature distribution in 2 vertical sections by the two external evaporators: an even store room
temperature, "warm air" only under the ceiling.

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Temperature distribution in one horizontal section at a height of 1 m. Creation of the cold air reservoir.

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Measurements in the cold store from 16th - 27th September 2004

Evaporator for deep-freeze storage rooms
Cold store:
Dimensions (L x W x H):

45 x 28 x 13 m, Commissioning area: 45 x 7 x 4 m

Room volume:

17,640 m2

Air circulation:

6.3 times per hour, referred to the empty room

Room temperature:

-24 C

Lighting:

10 kW, switched on from 07.00 to 15.30

Forklifts:

3, each 7.5 kW, operating time of all forklifts combined approx. 12 hours/day

Defrosting:

Hot gas

Accessoriews:

Double-insulated tray, defrosting flap

Defrosting times:

1 x daily. Each refrigerator defrosts individually.

Loading produce via the lock

Produce:
Produce handled during the measurements in pallets:
Pallets:

Palleted fruit
IN: 1.280; OUT: 562
Fruits, weight 675 kg per pallet, pre-cooled

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Measurement curves of
the temperature patterns
over 10 days (16 sensors)

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Flooded evaporator 3 x S-GHS 081E/212/20P

50,0 kW

Refrigerant

NH3(1)

37,160 m3/h

Evaporation temperature

-36 C

Pump rate

2.5 times

Sound press. level

71 dB(A)(2)

at intervals

1.0 m

Sound power

89 dB(A)

Power
Volumetric air flow
Air inlet

-26.4 C

95%

Air outlet

-29.6 C

100%

Fans

2, 3-400V 50Hz

Data per motor

Speed

890 rpm

Power

1.40 kW

Power consumption

2.7 (A)(3)

Hair-frost

0.5 mm

Galvanised steel

HE pipes

hot-galvanised

386 m2

Fins

hot-galvanised

12.00 mm

Intake socket

Housing
Exchange area
Fin pitch
Empty weight

1,600 kg

Unit length

3,896 mm

Unit width

1,260 mm

Unit height

1,290 mm

Number of suspensions

Evaporator for deep-freeze storage rooms with fitted defrosting flap.The flap is closed by a motor during the defrosting

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phase. Fan housing with air blown out downwards..

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Cold store

Verladezone
loading
zone

22

24

lock
Schleuse

Schnellauftor
quick-closing
door

Regale fahrbar
portable
shelves

Regal fest

25

19

sensor
Fhler 10 - 14

Regal fest

portable
Regale shelves
fahrbar

Fhler 15 - 18
sensor

20

23

21

Schnellauftor
quick-closing door

Floor plan: Sensor placement

air
cooler
Luftkhler

13 m

12

11

10
19

12 m
11 m

18
21
17

8m
4,5 m
1m

22

8m
air
baffle plate
Luftleitblech

16

15

4,5 m
1m

24
23

4m

13

8,70 m

14

20

5m

7m

28 m

Vertical plan: Sensor placement

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Energy-saving operation
Since the Gntner deep-freeze storage
room evaporator supports the natural
thermal currents rather than working
against thermal currents, much lower air
speeds are possible than is the case with
the usual types of air coolers.

This enables slow-rotating fans to be

used. In order to compensate for the reduced k value arising from this, the coolers
must be designed with a somewhat larger
heatexchange area, but the fans require a
much lower drive power.

Temperature layering in the deep-freeze storage room:

Measured values over one day

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Messwerte: gemittelt ber gesamten Messzeitraum (10 Tage).

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Germany
Hans Gntner GmbH
Industriestrae 14
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Phone +49 (0) 81 41 2 42-0
Fax
+49 (0) 81 41 2 42-155
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