Hiring Chillers For Apple Storage
October 21st was National Apple Day in Britain
. And with apple farmers having seen bumper crops this year, on the day, supermarket shelves were bulging with a wide variety of British apples, including: English Coxes, Granny Smiths, Pink Ladies, Golden Delicious, Braeburns, and Bramley Cooking Apples.
Apple farmers, to ensure that their produce is properly stored before distribution, and to delay its ripening process Postharvest, often use temporary chillers (large, powerful cooling machines) supplied by a proven chiller hire company. This can result in increased profits, making chiller hire for apple storage a cost-effective option when an existing refrigeration system at a fruit farm simply does not have sufficient capacity to cope with storing an abundant crop.
Imported Apples Still Dominate
The Romans first brought apples to this country, centuries ago, reports BritishFoodAbout.com. These days, Britains proven commercial varieties sell in their millions. Yet (according to Farmers Weekly) imported apples still dominate the supermarket shelves here.
British apples divide into four types:
1. Earlies, for eating in August through to early September
2. Midseason apples, for eating in September to October
3. Late season apples, for eating in October to December, and
4. Extra late apples, for eating in December to May
So, apart from a few months, native apples are always available for eating and cooking.
More About Postharvest
After the annual harvest in Britain, apple farmers then enter the Postharvest phase, which involves three key stages:
1. Handling Minimum handling of apples is vital as the risk of damaging produce rises every
time it is moved; therefore, farmers try to avoid transferring their picked crop a number of times before placement into final storage containers
2. Preparation Apples are cleaned and, with most varieties, leaves are removed and stems are clipped shorter (before the apples go into final storage)
3. Storage An apple storage temperature must be exact; the smallest variation can damage
an entire yield. An experienced apple farmer will know the precise temperature at which their
specific type of apple crop is best stored (for shelf-life and taste)
Note: Controlling the storage atmosphere allows farmers to delay the ripening process (known in the trade as putting the fruit to sleep), and also to prolong the crops shelf-life after distribution.
The most successful apple farmers in Britain are those most adept at this prolonging technique; but most are also reliant upon the services of a good chiller rental specialist to ensure the atmosphere control process is perfectly handled.
Prudent producers team up with a chiller expert, who they then work with each year, Postharvest.
Together they can also formulate a contingency plan, in case extra cooling capacity is urgently needed during an unusually hot spell during the autumn, or in the event of an on-site fixed refrigeration system breakdown, which could jeopardise a farmers entire crop (and therefore their livelihood).
Chiller Types
At their depots strategically located around the country, a chiller specialist will have in stock a full range of the following chiller types:
1. Fluid Chillers these are the perfect cooling solution for applications and locations that need the fastest, most reliable and cost-effective temporary cooling. Fluid chillers are highly efficient, quiet in operation, environmentally friendly, and can be used for a multitude of applications.
They are the ideal type of mobile chiller for process applications in manufacturing, e.g. for food products, beverages, other fluids and petrochemicals.
The chillers are coupled with air handling units (AHUs) to allow the user to position them so as to get the maximum and most efficient air flow where it is required
2. Low Temperature Chillers these high-performance temporary chillers have an internal unit compatible with compressors, evaporators and fans plus an outside unit for heat rejection. Flexible return hoses link the entire cooling system. The entire set-up is compact, quiet and energy efficient, and fully portable.
The type of portable chiller unit(s) supplied to an apple farmer will depend upon the size of the
crop, the kind of apple harvested, the existing on-site refrigeration systems capacity, and for how long the farmer will want to prolong the crops life. Whatever the equipment required, the apple farmer can leave its delivery, positioning, setting up and running to the chiller specialist, who will also provide extra power supply, where necessary.
by: Carl Webb
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