Cold Room Refrigeration Systems & Ambient Temperature Control in Preston
Refrigeration Systems for Walk-In Fridges & Temperature Control for Ambient Areas
When it comes to acquiring a new warehouse or unit for your business, work may need to be carried out to make it fit for purpose. This is particularly the case when it comes to cold rooms. Cold rooms and temperature-controlled rooms need to be designed to your exact requirements and the exact requirements of the products you’re storing.
MTCSS can help transform your newly acquired, existing cold rooms or ambient areas, into the perfect cold storage solution to suit your application and specification.
One of MTCSS’ customers purchased a unit with existing cold rooms, walk-in fridges and ambient rooms. The unit was originally used to store and process potatoes, but the new planned usage was to store pharmaceutical products. The existing refrigeration systems installed in the cold rooms were too old and needed replacing to meet the latest industry standards.
Removing The Existing Refrigeration Systems
The first step in replacing the cold room refrigeration units and temperature control was to remove the existing refrigeration systems and engineering. The MTCSS team de-commissioned the existing refrigeration systems and temperature control, and removed all the services, dropped the evaporators and disconnected all the interconnecting electrics.
The process of decommissioning the units, is to pump down the existing systems, then used a recovery unit to pull the refrigerant out of the systems into the appropriate recovery bottles. The gas needs to be weighed into the bottles to make sure they’re not over filled. Once all the gas has been removed, you then siphon out the oil from the reservoir into suitable containers.
This then gets sent to a processing facility, who clean the gas so it can be re-used, and the oil correctly disposed of. This process is important due to the impact that refrigerants have on the environment and some refrigerants can be flammable.
Installing New Refrigeration Systems & Ambient Temperature Control
The unit consisted of a chiller cold room, maintaining positive temperatures; an ambient room with temperature control and a small ambient room with temperature control. Each refrigeration system required 100% back up refrigeration – so in the event of unit failure the pharmaceutical products would be consistently protected.
Chiller Cold Room Refrigeration Systems
The new refrigeration systems in the chiller cold room needed to maintain temperatures of +4°C, with the pharmaceutical products entering the cold room at +8°C and exiting the cold room +4°C.
The MTCSS team installed 4no evaporators and 4no condensing units – the 100% back up system meant 2no units would be working at once and would switch over to ensure consistent wear.
The refrigerant used was R449A – this refrigerant has a low GWP (1397), meaning its impact on the environment is minimal, and is an ideal refrigerant for long-term usage. R449A has a GWP 64% lower than R404A (this was go-to refrigerant for a number of years, however it is now being phased out due to its poor GWP) making it a more sustainable solution.
It has an A1 safety class, meaning it is non-flammable and has lower indirect emissions and operating costs compared to R404A.
Ambient Temperature Control Engineering
The new temperature control for the ambient rooms both needed to maintain temperatures of +20°C, with the products entering the ambient room at +24°C and exiting the cold room at +20°C.
The larger ambient room had 8no wall mounted units installed, with 4no units running at once and switching over to ensure even usage. The smaller ambient room was installed with 2no cassettes, with 1no unit running at once.
100% Back-Up Systems
The refrigeration systems and ambient temperature control for both the cold room and ambient rooms required 100% back up systems. The rooms had 6no auto-changeover panels installed to manage the back-up systems – these systems switch over every 10 days to ensure even wear across the units. In event of system failure, the panel will switch to the standby units.
The rooms were also installed with door open alarms to ensure if the doors to the cold rooms or ambient rooms were left open for an extended period, the alarm would sound. This helps to maintain the internal temperatures and to reduce the loss of cooled air.
Cold Room Lighting
In addition to refrigeration systems and ambient engineering, MTCSS installed a range of cold room lighting. We selected Olivewood LED cold room lighting to reduce the risk of lighting emanating heat in the room and therefore forcing the refrigeration systems to work harder to maintain internal temperatures.
The MTCSS team installed: 35no Olivewood LED lights, 11no Olivewood emergency lights and 4no exit bulkhead lights.
MTCSS can transform existing cold rooms and ambient rooms which are not fit for purpose, into cold storage solutions which are designed to the exact requirements of your business and industry.
Whether your existing temperature-controlled rooms need to be refurbished, or they need entirely new refrigeration systems – MTCSS has the answer to your problem.
Our team will be happy to discuss the options of your project in more detail, or if you’d just like some further information on how we can help – get in touch with our team! Call us on 01886 833381, email us at sales@mtcss.flywheelsites.com or fill in an enquiry form here!
Bert De Mooij, Bespoke Chiller Cold Room for Q Flowers Ltd 2021
From coming into contact with MTCSS to the finished product, has been a great and easy process.
The members of the team listened to our wishes and offered us exactly what we needed. From picking the type of cooler machines, the doors, the lights - everything was exactly adjusted to our wishes.
Even though through the COVID period where availability of materials were challenging, the cold room was finished on the date as was planned when signing for the order.
Very professional company from start to finish.
Catherine Hester Fenwick, Ambient storage at Brabourne Wines 2021
‘Brabourne Wine is a small, family run vineyard in Kent. In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a Conservation Area and with listed buildings, we needed to find a solution to store our wine without building afresh or making any material differences to the current buildings. MTCSS were amazingly flexible. They worked with us to develop a solution that fitted inside one of our outbuildings. Given the limitations on space and the requirement to have racking suitable for pallets, virtually everything about the project had to be bespoke but Darren never lost patience with the endless queries in the planning phase. Once on site, the team was professional, friendly, flexible and quick. They have delivered a solution which is perfect for our needs and exceeds our expectations. We are at the smaller end of their usual customer base, but we were never made to feel as though we were any less important than a major supermarket chain. We would certainly recommend them to anybody needing a controlled climate for storage (or any other reason)’
Chris Rudd, Frank Rudd & Sons
" From the initial enquiry to project completion, the team at MTCSS were both prompt and professional - delivering exactly to our requirements. " Chris Rudd, Frank Rudd & Sons Office Installation
Cold Room Refurbishment at Steve’s Family Butchers
Steves Family Butchers now has a fantastic refurbished cold room, which actually looks like a whole new cold room thanks to MTcss cold storage solutions. We found they responded in a very quick and helpful manner which meant that they communicated well with us and kept us informed well. The refurbishment was completed to a very high standard in a professional manner. We are exceptionally pleased with the service that we received.
Dual Compartment Cold Room Installation, London
From the beginning I found Gem’s customer service fantastic, out of all of the companies we spoke to for quotes she was the most responsive and attentive. Even when we were still finalising and it wasn’t confirmed if we were proceeding with MTCSS yet, she was always great with keeping in contact to see if we needed anything, and very responsive with emails, and also phone calls.
Andy and Nathan, have been great throughout the entire process. Both have been on hand for any queries we have had and very responsive again to all forms of communication. Everything has been handled promptly and efficiently both before, during and after the build. Any questions we have had they have always gotten back to us with an answer very quickly.
The gentlemen who completed the install here on site, where very friendly and mindful of business operations while completing work. Each day they would check in with who was here in the morning to explain what they would be doing, what access they required, and asked if and how this might affect our operations or customers. Again, they were very clear and open with communication and was happy to help find solutions when we had issues with the shelving.
Overall our experience with you has been very good and we have been left a happy customer. I would also just like to say a thank you to yourself Gem, Nathan and Andy as you have all been very great throughout our customer journey!